Nicholas LoCiceroUniversity at BuffaloArchitecture 201 Fall 2010Nerea Feliz

Professors

Coordinator:

Jean LeMarche

Professor:

Nerea Feliz

Project One: Analysis of Precedent

1. Diagraming The Living Wall

2. Diagraming The House

3. The City of Buffalo Analysis

4. Library Analysis

Project Two: The Library

1. Site Analysis

2. Library Analysis

3. Precedent Analysis

5. Program

6. Book Core

6. Design

Sophomore Fall 2010

ForThisProjectwelookedbackatourfinalprojectsfromfreshmanyearinordertoget a better understanding of the work we had done as well as get a better understading of

diagraming.

Diagraming The Living Wall

EntryExteriorPublicSpace

SleepingSpaceInteriorPublicSpace

SleepingSpaceInteriorPublicSpaceEntry

SleepingSpaceInteriorPublicSpaceCirculation

Fracture Rick Roll Naterior Twister Tri-Plex The Shield

Thefirststepinanalysiswastounderstandthecreationofthehomeandtheprocessthatthearchitectunderwenttocreateit.Thisanalysiswasdonewithafocuson

buildingelements,includingstructure,program,circulationetc.

Diagraming The House

Intersecting Planes Horizontal Planes

BuildingElements

Vertical Planes

HorizontalLinearElements Vertical Planes Horizontal and Vertical

Circulation

BuildingElementsInPlan

Thenextstepinouranalysiswastolookaamuchbroaderscale.TheCityofBuffaloprovidedonesuchfocus.TheCityallowedforabroaderlookatelementsthatnotonlyincludedprogramandcirculationbutalsotypology,populationmovementandmanyotherimportantelements.IworkedincollaborationwithHyeongmo(Tino)Goo

onthisproject.

Analysing The City

Location

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Parking & Vacant Buildings

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PopulationMovement

1 mile to more than 1 mile

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Thefinalstepinouranalysiswastolookatpossibleprecedentsforourfinalproject.Wewerebrokenupintogroupsoftwoandtoldtoanalyzespecificlibrariesthatheldunique

qualitesandcomparethem.ThetwolibrarieswewereassignedweretheBeineckeLibraryandtheExterLibrary.IworkedincollaborationwithHyeongmo(Tino)Gooon

thisproject.

Exeter Library

Beinecke Library

Library Analysis

Site Analysis

Circulation

SOLID

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Solid and Void

BOOKS

STUDY SPACE

STORAGE

Program

Lighting

Exterior Condidtions

Ourfinalindividualprojectwastocreatealibrarythataddressedmanycondidtions,includingthesitewewereassigned,theproblemsthatmanysurroundingcampuslibraries

faceaswellasmanyotherelements.

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Thefirststepwastoanalyzethesite.Ilookedatthepathsthatcrossedthesiteaswellasthemostidealpointsofentry.Ialsolookedatthemostdesiredviewsfromthesite.UsingthisinformationIlaidagridoverthethesitethatwouldconformtoentryandthedesiredviewsofthesite.Ialsolookedathowthecirculationonandaroundthelibrarywouldchange.

Rare Books

Books

Special Collections Library

Beinecke Library

Proposed Library

Rare BooksOfficesArchives

Archives

Cyber- Cafe

Study Space

Poetry

Study Space

Poetry

ReadingExhibition

Archives/Poetry

Access

Circulation ProgramLayoutandCirculation

NextIchoseandanalyzedbothaprecedentlibraryandthecolletctionfromtheUniversityatBuffaloNorthCampus.ThePrecedentthatIchosewastheBeineckeLibrarythatIhadanalyzedinthepreviousprojectandfoundthatIcouldtakeelementsoftheBeineckeLibraryinordertocreateamorecomprehensiveSpecialCollectionsLibraryattheUniversityatBuffalo

TheelementsthatItookfromtheBeineckeLibrarycanbeseenbothconceptuallyaswellasinplan.Hereyoucanseethatthefocusofthelibraryisaroundthebookcore.Thiscorewasseenasalmostsacredandapraisedplacewithin the Beinecke Library and I sought to mimicthisideawithinmylibrary.WhereastheBeineckeLibraryhasasolidwithinavoid,mylibraryhasanoutershellthatwrapsmybookcore.

Book CoreBuffer Zone

Book Core Exhibition SpaceOfficesIndividual StudyCommunal StudyComputersCafeStorage

Icreatedaskintypologyformybookcorethatcreatesalightfiltrationsoastoprotectthebooks,aswellasprovideshelving.TheSizeoftheshvelingfluxuatesasthevolumesofthebooksbecomelarger.

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