Hexagonal Accumulation - Library Design
Instructor: Gabriel Fries-Briggs ︎
Site: Silver Lake, CA
Year: 2018 Winter
Individual Work
Instructor: Gabriel Fries-Briggs ︎
Site: Silver Lake, CA
Year: 2018 Winter
Individual Work
This project works through the accumulation of basic
structural bays as they scale, join, merge, and over-lap to
create a variety of interior conditions, heights, densities.
The structure could share columns, share beams or
combine single columns in stacking, nesting, and joining
in aligning with a smaller or larger single bay. When
the envelope aligns to the bigger structural bay, the
hierarchy will emerge as single, double, or triple spaces;
or when the envelope is aligning to the smaller structural
bay, the bigger structure will show up the exterior.
The depth of members in each structural bay changes for purposes. It shifts according to structural needs, deeper
in areas requiring a long span beam. It also varies
according to the interior organization. At certain points,
the beam depth is minimized to provide a taller space.
At other locations, the beam becomes deep enough to
suggest enclosure as a room or to separate programs.
In contrast to the structural bay, the envelope is a largely rectangular form. This interior structural system has a
loose relationship to the envelope at the perimeter. At
times pushing outside the envelope, at times, pulled
back from the envelope, creating double-height
spaces and other times aligning themselves directly.
The fit produces a variable interior condition and relationship between interior and exterior. In addition to doubleheight
spaces, access to the library through entrances
and the courtyard are located at moments where the
structure breaks the otherwise rectangular envelope.
