Sunday, December 12, 2010

Vance Chavis: Final Design

concept:

The Vance Chavis Library is dedicated to the living cycle of life long learning.
The library represents the continuation of past traditions, embraces the present, and
welcomes future growth.


Atrium Design






Timeline Wall Detail





Bench Detail




Materials Throughout the Space

Vance-Chavis: Design Development 1












Thursday, October 14, 2010

Precedent Study


Viipuri Library [designed by Alvar Aalto]




Greensboro Central Library






Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Vance-Chavis Site Analysis


















Interesting enough Edward Loewenstein and his firm designed the Vance-Chavis Library. This image has several different iterations that he designed before coming to the final design of what we have today.