Studio V concentrates on designing a community library within an urban infill site. The library is defined as a modern one that serves the local community. Modern library services should promote knowledge creation rather than knowledge consumption. It creates a space where patrons engage with information—process it, reflect on it, have conversations about it, and develop new ideas, conversations, and opportunities as a result of it. Though libraries do play a valuable role in bringing the world to the community, they should focus even more on bringing the community to itself. They should reflect the needs, personality, and nuance of the community they service, and serve as a glue to bring disparate members of the community together. Furthermore, the modern library should not assess its value based on the quantity of services provided or number of people that walk through their door—but rather based on the true, long-term, substantive impact on the lives and livelihoods of community members.
Learning Outcomes:
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Learnt to design based on the unique character and conditions of the site context.
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Gained better understanding about spatial planning for a public building.
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Able to generate design through conscious consideration of section-plan relationship with various considerations.
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Able to incorporate larger context into designing.
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Project 2:
COMMUNITY LIBRARY @ SENTUL
Project 1:Preliminary Studies
The Preliminary Studies is a preparatory assignment that focuses on investigating basic notions of the city, and learning from examples of community library around the world. This assignment aims to firstly introduce students to the basics in urban design and its relation to architecture, and secondly, studying and determining the programmatic function, societal role and spatial layout of a community library and architectural responses for urban infills. The Preliminary Studies comprises of three components: Site Documentation, Site Analysis, and Precedent Studies of Urban Infills and Community Library. The Site Documentation and Site Analysis will equip students with a firm understanding of the site they will be working with this semester, while the Precedent Studies will provide an insight into architectural responses for designing an urban infill community library.
Learning Outcomes:
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Learnt to conduct case studies and site analysis to generate an understanding of the physical and cultural context and development of urban environments
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Able to determine and describe the role of a community library in a contemporary urban setting
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Able to examine and establish appropriate architectural responses and strategies for designing within an urban infill site
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