KONCEPTAS

SITUATION SCHEME.

The site is in Klaipėda city, Statibininkų district. It is a vacant green site not far from „green hill“ wich connects several public spaces. The site has a good public and privet transportation with the city.

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URBAN SCHEME.

The site has a stable 7-9 floors heights soviet era buildings which form concentrated building clusters. Separate public and educational two stories buildings where constructed between them. By the Statibininkų prospect is a potential green line which can be transformed into parks and could be connected to the „green hill“ park system. Beside that it is proposed to strengthen public space channel by integrating unused public spaces between housing building and educational facilities.

 

MARKET TIPOLOGY. 

Surrounding area consist out of fully formed residential housing clusters with educational and public facilities between them. The site is based on the intersection of natural and public channels. The two channel metamorphosis helps not only integrate the new building into existing urban structure, but also creates a human scale space.

Taking into consideration the brutalist urban surroundings, part of the building is transformed into market. Part of the building is separated to create more human scale composition and create more dynamic composition, making it more reflective of surrounding the site individual public and educational buildings. This kind of design helps to invite people into the site and create a district visual identifier of the building and it's inner functions. The approach creates a lot of possibilities of organizing different types of events.

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WORK HOURS.

Main library reading spaces are designed on the first floor which work on normal hour schedule. Second floor public spaces and coffee shop on the first floor have a possibility to function independently from the building. 

 

VOLUME DESIGN.

One store high building is formed, which is one of the most efficient ways to complete functional demands. Taking into consideration existing green line, building volume is placed in the south part of the site. Main building functions are concentrated on the first floor, the the second floor is divided into smaler piecies and concentrated on providing different spaces for public activities.

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PUBLIC SPACE.

The second floor spaces is designed to accommodate public activities, which can function 24 hours a day independent from library work hours. Activities and public cubes can be customized to different public activities.

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VISUAL CONNECTION WITH BUILDING INTERIOR.

Cubes facades are designed with perforated metal plates, which shields the building from overheating and create a visual connection with interior. The main public space is designed among this cubes, which creates a possibility for site visitors to witness different activities. Besides that dynamic facade perforation helps to minimize building volume and create more intimate public spaces.

 

PUBLIC PARK. 

Building position create a possibility to save existing trees. Building roof is designed as an open public space, which integrates into surroundings green area and maximise sites public space potential. 

 

 

MARKET ALLEY. The site plan has several places there market, coffee, food and other both, tent and other temporary installations can bet installed. This gives an opportunity to have different types of festivities, concerts and celebrations. Beside that  amphitheater is installed on the building.