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Design features of the new central library in Brisbane.
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Brisbane Square Library
Brisbane City Centre
2007
Brisbane City Library2
Modern city building
Visible, identifiable, recognisable
Prominent location that is easily described “At the top of Queen St” “Opposite the casino”
Brisbane City Library3
Modern city building
Distinctive building with plaza
Brisbane City Library4
Street approach
Legible signage
Brisbane City Library5
Bus stop at door
Access, welcomeActivity, liveliness
Brisbane City Library6
Foyer – spacious sightlines to plaza
Long sightlinesIndoor/outdoorNatural light
Brisbane City Library7
Foyer – library + cafe
Spacious scale; activity; natural light; wayfinding
Brisbane City Library8
Into the library
Functional definitionSecurity
Brisbane City Library9
Returns conveyor
Hi-tech leading practiceDefining qualityEfficiencyIntrigue/stories
Brisbane City Library10
DIY book checkout
Hi-tech leading practiceDefining qualityEfficiencyIntrigue/stories
Brisbane City Library11
Up to the action!
Escalator core – sightlinesNatural lightActivityEfficiency and convenience
Brisbane City Library12
Not in Kansasany more
Iconic meeting roomDesign aestheticsLight – nature + artificeActivity zoneStudying in active zoneComplex patterns – colour and light
Brisbane City Library13
Active core
Spacious, open, sightlinesDesign aestheticActive areaWayfinding, circulation
Brisbane City Library14
IT lounge
Functional zonesQuieter zoneNatural lightDiversity of seatingSpacious / expansiveSoothing colours
Brisbane City Library15
Transparent study/meeting rooms
Safe spacesEasy to superviseNatural light to coreLong sightlinesExternal outlooks
Brisbane City Library16
Studious outlooks
Study opportunities in central thoroughfareNatural light :: Wide thoroughfarePlants :: Sightlines :: Stimulating colours
Brisbane City Library17
Studious outlooks
Study opportunities in quiet thoroughfaresNatural lightSightlinesIntimate scale
Brisbane City Library18
Fiction
Familiar fiction sectionLibrarian deskDisplay cases – local historyStudy desksWide thoroughfaresShelves – 3 high
Brisbane City Library19
Kids
Protected nookIdentifiable by décor
In view of staff desk
Brisbane City Library20
Kids
Enclosed :: protectedIdentifiable by décorChild-size furnitureFantasy décor
‘Home’ by Narelle Oliver was commissioned by Brisbane City Council
Brisbane City Library21
Out the window
Active plazaSightlinesNatural light
Brisbane City Library22
Diverse study/leisure areas
Variety – purpose, colour, scale, program spaces
Brisbane City Library23
Acoustic
Flooring – carpetCeilings – textile and contourListening stations
Brisbane City Library24
Environmental biology
Mountain :: Desert :: Cave :: Forest :: Coast
Savannah
But we thrive in environments that have characteristics of the savannahs that human life evolved in.
We can survive in a wide range of environments
Stephen Boyd
Brisbane City Library25
9 hall marks of ‘savannah’ buildings
1. Balance between visual access and visual enclosure
2. Visual perspectives – horizontal rather than vertical
3. Long sight lines
4. Presence of tree-like forms (especially overhead canopy)
5. Multiple retreats
6. Daylight
7. Moderate levels of patterned complexity
8. Movement – flicker, light changes, flying, waving
9. Low background noise