“Emergence - requires the recognition of buildings not as singular and fixed bodies, but as complex energy and material systems that have a life span and exist as part of the environment of other buildings, and as an iteration of a long series that proceeds by evolutionary development towards an intelligent ecosystem.”
To design a project that emerges to create not only a presence, but an experience and a very crucial link between two important entities. The Library explores the concepts of “versatility” and “timelessness”. Between these two concepts, a very interesting experience is cultivated through a simple understanding of the city fabric and the future needs for the citizens.
The ability to think systemically is about understanding buildings, urban blocks, districts and cities as an organism where linear processes are replaced by circular processes mimicking principles found in nature. Additionally, it also reflects a comprehensive understanding of resource and material flows, energy balances and carbon so that our strategies are most effective to achieve agreed sustainability goals.
The design optimizes the potential benefits of natural daylight, sky exposure as well as passive and active solar heat gain.
The key elements of a sustainable development are defined at the master plan scale. Outdoor comfort and sky exposure of the massing must be ensured at master plan level. In making specific, ambitious performance specifications for annual consumption for buildings of grid services (sewerage, water, heat, cooling) provides the precondition for a roadmap from low to no carbon development.
The new design takes a step closer to bring this imagination to reality. We want to create not only a library, but a social hub, a creativity outlet, a retreat for bright minds.
