Archiprix International 2001
Hosei University, Department of Architecture, College of Engineering - Tokyo, Japan
Akiko Maita
Tutors: Makoto Shin Watanabe
In recent years, we often hear the word 'digital', and library must be one of them which is influenced largely from that word. In the library science field the digital library has been developed, and it is said that library may become just one computer in the future. Then, is library no longer necessary? But, even if it is the same story we can’t say either reading books, watching videos, or watching movies are the same experience. Therefore, the library ought to exist as the library from now on too. But, in the ability of stocking the information, and searching and presenting the information immediately the digital library is superior to the usual library obviously so the library might give those functions. So I thought of making the territory of the library by putting the quantity of books to account. The importance in this library is to find the books and to read them. This is the reconstruction plan of Metropolitan Hibiya Library. This library is located in a big park called 'Hibiya Park', but the relationships between the park and the library is subtle. To cope with those present condition, I thought of 'making the library in the park', and first I propose the basic system called 'BOOKWALL' . BOOKWALL is a 3-meter-wide hall which has continuous latticed bookshelf in one side. The length of the BOOK WALL is calculated from the average thickness of one book and the number of the book collection, and we got the value of 1200meter length of 3-storied BOOKWALL. The BOOKWALL changes its shapes according to the element of the park, and forms the territory of the library in the park. Moreover I located the library in order to take in the element of the park. Some people who visited this library find books walking along the BOOKWALL located in the park, and some people read books in the reading room made by the BOOKWALL or in any places depending on their own feelings.