Cafe / Library Model

The joint cafe and library building poses one of the biggest challenges of my proposal. It is the main building in this building complex and is likely to be significantly higher than other aspects of the wall, possibly matching the existing school building in scale. So I need to spend a good amount of time developing it and today I feel I made significant progress in making a further model of the building. Below are the images with some annotation. I've dropped some people in to give a sense of the scale to the model.

Aerial photograph. Note the extensively planted green roofs, the large open areas to the South and the cores to both ends which provide stair access/escape and toilets. The main entrance is to the right of the photograph, with an external and internal stair leading up to the library on the second floors.

View from Bricknell Avenue, showing the building set back above the wall. Openings in the wall are deep to this elevation to provide intimate seating areas in the public cafe on the ground floor. There is a large green wall here, helping to break up the elevation.

South Elevation as seen from the existing school building.

This is the West Elevation, showing the kitchen on the ground floor (with green roof) and the reading/study area of the library on the third floor.


Finally, this is the East Elevation and the main entrance to the building. You can see the core to the left of the photograph and the double height entrance space adjacent. Within the entrance space there will be a stair directly up to the library, mirroring the external stair. The relationship between the two is a chance to play with levels, windows and light to create some interesting events.