Recording of 4th Years Design Studio Presentation

last Studio Project as an Untergraduate: the Downton Library

It was very interesting, because when I started this project by doing some research for libraries I realized it this is a building type that has changed significantly over the last generation. Probably more than any other building type.

The reason for that is; electronic information these days is becoming easier and easier accessible; so enormous book collections, that once were the organizing feature of libraries, have lost their importance as academic resources. Especially us the young generation that grew up using the Internet has little patience for a labyrinth of “book-stacks” and long searches through printed materials.

So for the design approach of this project I stepped away from this building prototype that used to be traditional and monumental, and instead go with a more fluid style, that satisfies the brought needs of today’s society, instead of just having a storage for book stacks.