Documente Academic
Documente Profesional
Documente Cultură
Architectural
Analysis
Dipl.-Ing. H. Apelt
Dipl.-Ing. H. Yegenoglu
2011/2012
05. Presentation
Berend ten Hoopen, Maykel van den Hurk, Mart Huijbers, Dave Maas
Essays
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Pergamon
thermal houses.
prestigious campuses.
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at that city. The Ebla storage does not only consist of clay
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for the people, and also placed in other public buildings like
was place for daylight through the roof, this was done so that
still readable. The separate shelves with the scrolls are also
with the scrolls in their walls. In the middle of the hall there
the daylight could not reach the scrolls but the scrolls where
or basements.
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And when you find the entrance on the ground floor, you
are inside you will lose all contact with the world outside
rooms.
are not in the library yet. There is a large stairs, which leads
It takes some effort to finally get in the library, but when you
the library. The library is build for the media; the building
fashion, but also one where they can meet others without
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Modern libraries
monk.
After the Dark ages, the high middle ages came up. Around
grew in a fast way. The knowledge that was lost blocked
a big part of the library itself. Thereby you got most of the
audience.
Campus library
and its not that open the faade tells the passers. The main
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media. The media functions the space, and not the space the
media. This typology represent the whole building. Striking
Concluded scheme
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Scheme; functions of libraries through history
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Bibliography
Books
Webpages
Figures
culture/the-royal-library/description
http://www.aly-abbara.com/voyages_personnels/syrie/
http://shl.dk/eng/#/home/about-architecture/library-
Ebla/pages/palais_royal_G_archives.html
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http://www.historiaclasica.com/2007/09/la-bibliotecade-prgamo.html
Essay
Video
City of Pergamon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Drawing_of_ancient_
Pergamon.jpg
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Universiteitsbibliotheek, Utrecht
http://www.e-architect.co.uk/utrecht/utrecht_university_
library.htm
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http://shl.dk/eng/#/home/about-architecture/libraryculture/the-royal-library/images
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Berend ten Hoopen, Maykel van den Hurk, Mart Huijbers, Dave Maas
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Content
Utrecht Library,
Wiel Arets
Typo-morphological analysis
1. Project description
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2. Context
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2.01 Situation
2.02 Plot structure
2.03 Morphology
2.04 Relation
2.05 Access
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3. Exterior
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3.01 Volume
3.02 Access
3.03 Threshold
3.04.1 Faade composition | Grid
3.04.2 Faade composition | Depth
3.04.3 Faade composition | Transparency
3.05 Faade materials
3.06 Ornaments
3.07 Architectonic details
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4. Interior
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4.01.1 Routing
4.01.2 Routing | Public / Private
4.02 Construction
4.03 Use of spaces
4.04 Sequences of spaces
4.05 Threshold between spaces
4.06 Spatial order and proportion
4.07 Spatial hierarchy
4.08 Materialization and cladding
4.09 Interior elements
4.10 Architectonic details
Conclusions
Routing
Composition
1. Project description
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3. Exterior
3.01 Volume
3.02 Access
3.03 Threshold
3.04.1 Faade composition | Grid
3.04.2 Faade composition | Rhythm
3.04.3 Faade composition | Transparency
3.04.4 Faade composition | Depth
3.04.5 Faade composition | Symmetry
3.05 Faade materials
3.06 Ornaments
3.07 Architectonic details
4. Interior
4.01.1 Routing
4.01.2 Routing | Escalators
4.01.3 Routing | Public / Private
4.02 Construction
4.03 Use of spaces
4.04.1 Types of spaces
4.04.2 Types of spaces | Employee corridor
4.05 Threshold between spaces
4.06 Order of spaces
4.07 Spatial hierarchy
4.08.1 Climatic properties | Natural light
4.08.2 Climatic properties | Artificial light
4.09 Materialization and cladding
4.10 Interior elements
4.11 Architectonic details
Conclusions
Literature
Conclusive drawing
Literature
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1. Project description
1.01 General information
The university library of Utrecht
300 workstations
Coffee corner
6 shops
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1. Project description
1.02 Axonometric projection
The University library of Utrecht appears like a big box
on the first floor. This comes from the master plan for the
on the first floor.
When you pass the entrance on ground level there are two
from the first floor in the main atrium. Form there you are
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1. Project description
1.03 Plans
The library has 8 floor plans in total, this is included the
first floor. Al the floor plans contain several voids, and most
ground floor and the floor in-between the ground floor and
of them are going through the main atrium by sky bridges.
Because of those voids you can see other parts of the library,
and you cannot easily see how to get there. This makes the
two stairs, you have to take two different stairs and cross a
part of the in-between floor to reach there.
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1. Project description
The main part of the ground floor is reserved for employees
entrance from the ground floor, and than goes straight into
to the sixth floor, you can see that the public space of the
for example the fifth floor has almost no surface left for
atrium, and from there the routing inside the library begins.
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1. Project description
section
lenght
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1. Project description
1.04 Sections and elevations
When you approach the library it looks like a closed box
comes from the materials that are used in the faade, to start
with the sun protecting print on the glass.
Beside the big glass surfaces there are concrete panels used
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1. Project description
The cross section is showing the atrium of the library, here
you can see the sky bridges which are going through the
atrium. It is also showing the main staircase that connects
all the floors together around the atrium.
when you want to the ground floor in the back of the library.
Beside the entrance it also shows the atrium that is dividing
the building into two boxes.
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2. Context
2.01 Situation
The library is part of the university campus of Utrecht
Until now this plan is still the base where the campus is
growing on.
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2. Context
2.02 Plot structure
The structure of the plot is a rectangle that is in a strict
On the north side of the plot there is the central axis of the
campus, this axis consists only a road for busses and provides
the entrance of the campus by public transport. The south
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2. Context
2.03 Morphology
The morphology of the campus was set up around 1960
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2. Context
2.03 Morphology
Because of the strict grid of roads, the site patterns are
On the site pattern plan you can see the new master plan
is not showing the clear grid that is the base of the campus.
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2. Context
2.04 Relation
The campus has no direct relation to the city of Utrecht
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zone.
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Utrecht
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city centre
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Uithof campus
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2. Context
2.05 Access
The plot can be reached from the north, south and west.
Not from the east because there it is connected to another
the access to the building, there are several shops that are
reachable from the street.
the buss lane and the main entrance of the building. In the
sidewalk there is a bike path that gives direct access to the
parking garage for bikes.
access to the parking garage for cars, and supplies the library.
Primary access
Secondary access
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3. Exterior
3.01 Volume
The library building of Utrecht consists of three main
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3. Exterior
3.02 Access
There are two kinds of entrances to access the library. The
The car parking has its own entrances on the north and
north side of the building which is connected to the strip,
the main road of the campus. At the south side and the back
of the building is the entrance for cars and a little entrance
to access the staircase.
Public entrance
Private entrance
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Isometry
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3. Exterior
3.03 Threshold
The library has two entrances; the first entrance is located
Hard threshold
Smooth threshold
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3. Exterior
3.04.1 Faade composition | Grid
The composition of the faade has a functional and
linear grid. The faade elements which are transparent or
closed are all fitted in the same grid. All faade elements
have the measurements adjusted on the floor heights and
Closest plane
Furthest plane
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3. Exterior
3.04.2 Faade composition | Depth
The volume of the building and its faade doesnt have much
depth differences. The faade elements are all in the same
Closest plane
Furthest plane
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3. Exterior
3.04.3 Faade composition | Transparency
The faade consists of two kind of transparent elements. Most
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3. Exterior
3.05 Faade materials
The architect used two kinds of materials to clad the faade.
fully semitransparent.
Glass
Semitransparant glass
Steel
Natural stone
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3. Exterior
3.06 Ornaments
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3. Exterior
3.07 Architectonic details
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Decorative concrete
Glass with print
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4. Interior
4.01.1 Routing
The internal routing is an important aspect of the building
two stairs to get to the main level. When people come into
the building with the footbridge connected to the main
campus building they immediately can get to the atrium
studying people can be seen and other visitors can see you.
Because the most transition zones takes place in the core
the first and main floor is also a study area in the South side
of the building which is hanging above the ground level
Routing visitors
atmosphere.
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4. Interior
4.01.2 Routing | Public / Private
To understand and use the building you need to know where
The south side of the sixth floor is used for storing and
from the atrium and are mainly used for displaying books
the lecture hall. The first floor is the first library floor has a
the public spaces are. All public spaces are visible accessible
and studying or reading. To get there is not so easy because
open space of the library. These spaces are fully cladded with
black decorative concrete which is a very present element
in the building. The closed private parts of the building are
storage or archive spaces. Every floor has a very different
layout which makes it difficult to understand the use of the
building by visitors.
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South side of the atrium. The space on the other side of the
atrium is non-public but has an open administrating and
closed storage function. The fourth and fifth floor both have
the public space on the North side of the atrium which is
very limited public space. The sixth floor on the other hand
is almost fully public and is designed with a double ceiling
Public area
Private area
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4. Interior
4.02 Construction
The Utrecht university library has a concrete portal
Structural elements
Floors
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4. Interior
4.03 Use of spaces
The building consists of a commonly use of spaces except
each other. The floors with a large public space have also
had multiple usages of spaces. This floor has all usages such
Commercial
Reading / studying
Reading
Searching
Storing
Administrating
Refreshing
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stairs they arrive in the last space, the entrance of the library.
spaces which both lead to the last space and entrance of the
library. From the ground level entrance the visitor enters
the library so know that they are arrived. It is clear that the
architect deferred the real entrance of the library to the first
level. So the steps in this sequence of spaces are a kind of
threshold for the library.
the ceiling is two storeys high and people can see up to two
levels higher. The clearly present stairs shows a strong route
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4. Interior
4.05 Threshold between spaces
There are a couple of different smooth thresholds and
Hard threshold
Smooth threshold
Hard transition
Smooth transition
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4. Interior
4.06 Spatial order and proportion
The building has an understandable spatial order from
six spaces that follow after each other until the main space
fifth and sixth spaces are both atrium, but the last space
room is connected with space one and two. Seen from space
one the third space has a significant higher ceiling and is
Sequence of spaces
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3
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Section schematic | S 1:500
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4. Interior
4.07 Spatial hierarchy
The internal spatial hierarchy on floor level is divided
which makes it hybrid areas. The spaces that are only used
for transition are the serving areas.
Served
Hybrid
Serving
the faade.
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4. Interior
4.08 Materialization and cladding
The architect uses the same concrete materialization in the
glass faade. The public spaces are not closed with black
floor with its white and shiny surface. This surface has a
Section | S 1:20
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4. Interior
4.09 Interior elements
Visitors entering the main library space will immediately see
Floor
Bookshelves and footbridges
Concrete construction
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4. Interior
4.10 Architectonic details
In the whole building are architectonic details that are
clearly visible for its users. This important architectonic
Decorative concrete
Smooth concrete
Concrete construction
This detail makes clear that the decorative elements are only
used for the closed boxes so it is an ornament.
Section | S 1:20
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Conclusive drawings
Conclusive drawing | routing
When you approach the building, there is immediately
and at the same moment the atrium, the hart of the library.
on the stairs, you can look through the library floors. This is
you are more isolated from the world outside the library.
When you finally enter the library you are directly in the
hart of the library from where the routing inside the library
floor and one on the first floor, which can be reached from
the main building of the university.
After you enter the building on the ground floor you arrive
in a space that can be seen as the pre entrance for the
library itself. The actual entrance of the library is extended
and appears after you pass two stairs and a part of the in-
between floor. After you have taken the stairs up to the first
level, the entrance route from the main building coincides
with the route from the ground floor.
a nice idea for when you are exploring the library, but when
get there fast.
The main route inside the library goes through the staircase
in the atrium. But there are some stairs that gives you a
several floors inside the library. And when you are walking
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Conclusive drawings
Conclusive drawing | composition
From exterior straight box, to interior diversity
shaped library, but when you take the facades away there
Public (library)
Non-public
4th floor
3th floor
2th floor
1th floor
1/2 floor
ground floor
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Literature
Books
Webpages
Figures
Birkhauser
culture/the-royal-library/description
http://www.architectenwerk.nl/box/archief.2005.0607.htm
http://shl.dk/eng/#/home/about-architecture/library-
http://www.librar ybuildings.info/denmark/blackdiamond-royal-danish-library
http://www.kb.dk/en/dia
http://www.e-architect.co.uk/copenhagen/sort_diamant_
copenhagen.htm
http://www.archdaily.com/136377/utrecht-library-wielarets-architects/
3. Main atrium
http://archinect.com/features/article/92824/showcaseuniversity-library-ubu-utrecht
http://www.dac.dk/visKanonVaerk.asp?artikelID=2604
http://www.aok.dk/byliv/det-kongelige-bibliotek-den-
arets-architects/
sorte-diamant#what:Byliv
http://www.archined.nl/oem/reportages/ubu/ubu.html
http://www.archdaily.com/136377/utrecht-library-wielarets-architects/section-480/
http://aureon.nl/architectuur/bibliotheek-utrecht/
http://www.cumbu.com/university-library-ubu-utrechtby-wiel-arets-architects
http://www.archdaily.com/136377/utrecht-library-wiel-
http://www.e-architect.co.uk/utrecht/utrecht_university_
library.htm
6. Print
own source
http://shl.dk/eng/#/home/about-architecture/libraryculture/the-royal-library/images
http://www.ruutvanrossen.nl/De_Uithof/UBU.html
http://www.behance.net/kimzwarts/frame/679918
culture/the-royal-library/images
http://ubukaart.library.uu.nl/frames.html?ufloor=1&objcla
ss=1&noscale=0
http://archinect.com/features/article/92824/showcaseuniversity-library-ubu-utrecht
1. Main atrium
http://shl.dk/eng/#/home/about-architecture/library-
http://www.librar ybuildings.info/denmark/blackdiamond-royal-danish-library
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