Houston Library and Exhibition Center
The Houston Library and Exhibition Complex is the second
installment in the initiation of dynamic architectural proposals for Houston,
Texas and the greater development of ideas for American cities. The design
functions along multiple trajectories of display corridors and library storage
to interpolate exhibition with an expanded book collection for international
reading and research. By having a series of harmonic manifolds of book
collection space and mixing of programmatic functions for exhibition, it
generates a dynamical system of flowing conditions which manifests within moments
of extrapolation. Within the
radiating tectonic corridors there is included smaller botanical gardens
which resonates with the surrounding landscape.
The site sits along the axis of Hardy and Burnett St. just
north of the downtown center. A vacant -underdeveloped
lot and community that is need of an influx injection regarding an economic
stimulus in the form of icon urbanism. The library – exhibition hall with
park and botanical landscaping can transform the area into a destination point
within Houston for cultural exchange, civic activities, and research. With a
robust architectural formal aesthetic for the complex, it anticipates a world
class book collection for both the arts and sciences, also expanding its
collection with international publications.
The architectural tectonics shift, bundle, radiate, and project upward in flight to create nodes of complexity in the form of tessellated metallic shells with varied glass façades. This strategy transforms the internal poly-function into a stealth metallic body which carries a meaning signature of a craft of departure, which manifests its conceptual synthesis. It also includes a series of green roofs, led walls, and a labyrinth for digital projections. The total development for the concept proposal is 9,000 m2.
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