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Clifton Library // Emily Pate

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The Clifton Library integrates with the Clifton community by using key concept ideas from the Clifton Plaza design. The concept came from the history of Clifton, which was transformed by the modern technologies of the street car. This idea is implemented into the design with the use of an abstracted street car route map on the facades of the library and on the ground plane of the plaza. The Clifton Library introduces a more modern design into the historical Clifton area, while still preserving the history of how the community came to be.

Site Plan

Site Plan

Floor Plans

  • Level 0
  • Level 1
  • Level 2
  • Level 3
  • Level 4
  • Level 5

Sections

  • Section A
  • Section B

Elevations

  • West Elevation
  • East Elevation
  • North Elevation
  • South Elevation

Perspectives

  • View from Clifton Plaza
  • View of Plaza Entrance
  • View of Cafe
  • View of Reading Room
  • View from Howell Ave.

Diagrams

  • Circulation Diagram
  • Parti Diagram
  • Structural Diagram
  • Materials Diagram
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Clifton Young Adult Library

The concept behind my design was revolved around the idea of creating an indoor, outdoor experience. This concept came from the idea that Clifton Plaza which this library is attached to, was an outdoor room, with no walls or roofs. With this design it then creates an interesting experience as one travels from one end of the building to the other.

Site Plan

This project was based in Cincinnati, Ohio. More specifically in Clifton.

Floor Plans

Sections

  • East West Section
  • North South Section

Elevations

East Elevation
South Elevation
West Elevation

Exterior Perspectives

  • East Side
  • Howell Ave

Interior Perspectives

  • Refreshment Bar
  • Third Floor Patio
  • Third Floor Bridge

Vignettes

  • Third Level Reading Room
  • Second Floor Plaza Enterance

Diagrams

  • Second Floor Program Details
  • Third Floor Program Details
  • First Floor Program Details
  • Circulation Diagram
  • Structure Diagram
  • Concept Drawing / Massing
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Clifton Community Center

Danielle Young

Concept: Void and Fill

  • Parti Diagram
  • Design Process

There is an interesting relationship between solid structures and the voids they create; this particular relationship is what I wanted to explore. In the process of designing, I have created multiple spaces where the three volumes intersect. My design explores space through what is there and what is not.

Site Plan

  • Site Plan

Elevations

  • East Elevation
  • North Elevation
  • South Elevation
  • West Elevation

Floor Plans

  • Level 1
  • Level 2
  • Level 3
  • Level 4
  • Underground Parking Level
  • Public Thoroughfare

Sections

  • Longitudinal Section

  • Transverse Section

Building Materials Diagram

Graphic Vignettes

Exterior Perspectives

  • Plaza View
  • Howell View

Interior Perspective

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Cole Masse Clifton Library Final

  • Site Plan
  • 1st Floor- Howell Street
  • 2nd Floor- Clifton Plaza
  • 3rd Floor
  • 4th Floor
  • Under Ground Parking Garage
  • East-West Section
  • North-South Section
  • North Elevation
  • South Elevation
  • West Elevation
  • East Elevation
  • Exterior- South West
  • Exterior South East
  • Exterior North West
  • Plaza Entrance View
  • Atrium
  • Rooftop
  • Library
  • Office
  • Cafe Balcony
  • Parti
  • Thoroughfare
  • Materials
  • Sustainability
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Clifton Library // Jackson Rastetter

Clifton Young Adult Library

Jackson Rastetter

Concept

For my Library Design, I focused on having the public thoroughfare run directly through the center of the library. The public thoroughfare divides the program into 3 main spaces. The lower most region on Howell avenue level being the library and book stacks. The two floors above the plaza level contain all learning and media areas. The public thoroughfare, which is lined with administration is a direct continuation from the plaza into the library program. This thoroughfare divides these two main sectors and provides access to the whole program when allowed.

Site Context

Floor Plans

  • Basement Floor Plan
  • Howell Avenue Floor Plan
  • Level 2 floor Plan
  • Plaza Level Floor Plan
  • Level 4 Floor Plan
  • Level 5 Floor Plan

Elevations

  • North Elevation
  • East Elevation
  • West Elevation
  • South Elevation

Sections

  • North-South Section
  • East-West Section

Diagrams

3D Section- Program Diagram
  • Structure Diagram
  • Public Thoroughfare Diagram

Perspectives

  • Howell Avenue Perspective
  • Howell Perspective- West
  • Plaza View
  • Roof Garden
  • Lobby- Howell Entrance
  • Public Thoroughfare
  • Bookstore
  • Book Stacks and Reading Areas
  • Book Stacks and Reading Areas

Vignettes

  • Reading Area with book stacks- Basement
  • Reading Area
  • View from Plaza
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Clifton Library : Julia Bohlen

Clifton is a vibrant neighborhood with a strong sense of community which will be enhanced through the addition of the Clifton Young Adult Library. The library is meant to serve as an extension of the Clifton plaza and the library originates from the geometries and experiences created in the design of the Plaza. The library is created through the layering of modules with angles derived from the Plaza. As in my Plaza design, the pentagon geometries transform into squares on the interior where the library contains a central core of program elements that falls where the layers overlap and circulation surrounding this core. As the goal is to create a community space, the routes of circulation force users of the library to travel throughout the building and linger, rather than pass through. Throughout the library there are several levels and many opportunities for spaces and impromptu gathering areas, including outdoor terraces. The thoroughfare from the plaza to Howell mirrors the “zig-zag” circulation found within the plaza.

Exterior Rendering: Howell Entrance
Exterior Rendering: View from Ludlow/Plaza
  • Interior Rendering
  • Interior Rendering
  • Initial Massing Studies
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Clifton Library Final Kayla Smith

The design I created for this library started out with me thinking about how to create a space that is comfortable and simple but intriguing. I wanted my building to have a lot of natural light highlighting my elements inside. I also wanted to connect Clifton Plaza with my design creating a space that flows.

Concept Sketches

  • Parti Sketch
  • Concept Sketch

Site Plan

Clifton Plaza, Cincinatti Ohio

Plans

  • First Floor Plan
  • Plaza Floor Plan
  • Third Floor Plan

Sections

  • Section Cut East to West
  • Section Cut North to South

Elevations

  • West Elevation
  • East Elevation
  • South Elevation

Diagrams

  • Program Details (1st Floor)
  • Circulation Diagram (3rd Floor)
  • Massing Diagram

Exterior Views

  • View from Howell
  • View from Ludlow

Interior Views

  • Reception desk
  • Collections

Vignettes

  • Refreshment bar
  • Entrance from Plaza
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Clifton Young Adult Library//Esther Amonor

Concept:
My approach to this design started with the idea of slope and light. For my precedent library, I studied the Delft University Library of Technology in the Netherlands. A key feature that I wanted to encapture from that library to mine was the slope. Another important factor in my concept is the enhancement of natural light. Since the site is facing South, I wanted to take advantage of the amount of natural sunlight coming in. My library is designed to appear to be opening up to the sun.

Site Plan

Process Work

  • Concept/ Pari
  • Material Collage

Vignettes

Floor Plans

Elevations

Sections

Diagrams

  • Public Thoroughfare
  • Sun Diagram

Interior/Exterior Perspectives