Architecture · Academic project

China Town Library

An urban library and learning center organizes reading, community activity and circulation around an angular vertical void.

Project period
2016–2017
Contribution periods
2016–2017
Role
Personal contribution to confirm
All Work
08 images
Aerial view of the library at the edge of the city block opposite the park.
Oblique model view of the library with ochre wall panels, recessed glazing and staggered floors around the public stair.
The glazed entrance is recessed beneath projecting stone-clad volumes along the street.
A straight stair turns through a tall opening toward daylight from the upper floor.
Reading tables line a wall of windows looking into the trees across the street.
A shared table and individual work places occupy the study room beside a glazed opening.
Rows of timber chairs face a projection screen at the windowed end of the hall.
An axonometric cutaway shows the public stair coming through the floor beside the reading tables.