PIAZZA BRUNELLESCHI ENTRY
Program: Elementary School
Program: Elementary School
Location: Koreatown, LA, CA
Year: 2015
Located in Piazza Brunelleschi, a short jaunt from the monolithic Duom in the center of Firenze, this project acts as a new entry building for a preexisting humanitarian library. The piazza sits in a state of dilapidation and neglect, mostly used as a parking lot and gathering place for the fringe inhabitants of the city. This contemporary addition attempts to establish and re-envision the piazza as a place of information exchange and social condensation through the lifting of the pedestrian realm from the street, not
unlike the nearby Biblioteca Oblate.
unlike the nearby Biblioteca Oblate.
Diagrammatically, this project’s L-shaped
parti abuts the surrounding buildings to create an enclosed courtyard wit many pathways that enter from the street. The ground houses a bookstore a well as two theatres for lectures and films. Directly from the street, a staircas ascends and invites users to access the raised café, study room, outdoor space, and art gallery along the corridor into the library. In essence, the
building performs as a raised platform for social interaction and gathering wit stages for exhibits, education, and leisure.
parti abuts the surrounding buildings to create an enclosed courtyard wit many pathways that enter from the street. The ground houses a bookstore a well as two theatres for lectures and films. Directly from the street, a staircas ascends and invites users to access the raised café, study room, outdoor space, and art gallery along the corridor into the library. In essence, the
building performs as a raised platform for social interaction and gathering wit stages for exhibits, education, and leisure.
Ground Level Plan
Second Level Plan
Section A
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Section B
