First sketches and ideas

 

I intend to separate public and private and assign one structure to each. The private "building" will be on the West part of the Peck Slip between Water and Front St. The public "building" is placed on the East part between Front and South St. to assure the views on the Brooklyn Bridge and Brooklyn across the East River. The "fiber" idea will be incorporated in the public "building". I see this building to have a light and airy feel to it. It will have an easy flow (circulation) with minimal obstruction to open space and views. The facade may have wood panel system which will regulate the amount of natural light that enters the building. There will be a roof top cafe. Visitors of the library will enjoy the views of the Brooklyn Bridge and Brooklyn, but also visitors on the Brooklyn Bridge will be intrigued by the activity on the roof top.

 

The circulation in the public building will have an organic flow. The stacks will be located in the center and along the north  facade. Carrels will benefit from natural lighting along the south facade. 

south elevation showing how "chip" and "fiber" connect

Space Reference

This diagram will be a reference for some of the major space in my design. Each box represents the square footage required for the space it is labeled for. The boxes show their size relations to each other in scale.

Study Models

This model is inspired by the way the wiring is layed out on a chip board. 

 This model is also inspired by the chip board. I let the wires go in all 3 dimensions to create a body.

 This is the ram chip from my old laptop. The chip itself is inspiring with its elaborated wiring.

 This was a skewer that splintered this way after I bent it. It's intriguing how the strains come together into one big skewer; all strains get connected inside the skewer.

 

This is the connection between fiber and wire.

 

 

Concept Board

My concept is derived from the association with the word connection. I took the basic means of how libraries provide information; books and computers. Going one layer down, I took a single component of each; the paper and the chip. Looking at those components more closely, I created the connection between the fibers of the paper and wiring on the chip board. The fibers are ultimately the structure that holds the writing/information in a book and the wiring is what conducts information in a computer.