Connor Brattland
Site Plan
Clifton Library
Clifton Library // Dong
Clifton Young Adult Library/Community Center
Kate Milham
Concept Statement:
Books allow readers to escape to other worlds and realities far from our own. They present a journey to us that we follow from title to end page. I wanted to create the same unique experience when building my library. Throughout this project, I ran with the phrase “Never judge a book by its cover.” The cover could be boring, but the context otherworldly. I transformed this phrase into a library, using a primary orthogonal exterior and contrasting it with an organic interior. Allowing parts of the interior to extrude onto the exterior gave my library a hint of mystery and excitement that hooks passersby. My goal was to create an experience or journey, just like what a book gives you when you pick it up.
Site Context
Sublevel and Level 1 Floorplans
Level 2, 3, and 4 Floorplans
Longitudinal and Transverse Sections
Exterior Perspective: Front
Exterior Perspective: Back
North and South Elevation
East and West Elevation
Interior Perspective: Reading Room
Interior Perspective: Cafe
Vignettes
Diagrams
PRACTICE: LIBRARY DEVELOPMENT
CLIFTON LIBRARY CREATES UNIQUE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR EXPERIENCES DEFINED BY THE FORM AND STRUCTURE OF THE BUILDING AND THROUGH THOUGHTFUL INTEGRATION OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT IN THE FORM OF NATURAL LIGHT AND VEGETATION.
IN ADDITION TO THE CENTRAL LIGHT WELL, CONNECTING EACH SIDE OF THE LIBRARY TO ITSELF, THE STRUCTURE OF THE BUILDING IS EXPOSED THROUGHOUT AND THE FLOORS IN THE NORTH WEST AND SOUTH EAST CORNERS ARE PULLED BACK FROM THE FACADE TO FURTHER EMPHASIZE THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR SPACES RELATIONSHIP TO THE STRUCTURE. THIS ALSO SERVES TO PROVIDE A CERTAIN LEVEL OF CONTINUITY THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRETY OF THE BUILDING, AS ONE WILL FEEL AND SEE THE WHOLE BUILDING ON EACH FLOOR.
Elliot Tishler Clifton Library Final
Site Plan
Site Plan 
Site Plan
Floor Plans
Parking Garage 
Level 1 
Level 2 
Level 3 
Level 4 
Level 5
Elevations
South Elevation 
North Elevation
East Elevation 
West Elevation
Sections
Longitudinal Section 
Longitudinal Section Rendered
Transverse Section 
Transverse Section Rendered 
Transverse Section 
Transverse Section Rendered
Diagrams
Vignettes
Collections 
Courtyard 
Interior Atrium
Interior Renderings
Maker Space- Clean 
Corridor 
Auditorium 
Computer Lab- Public
Exterior Renderings
Howell Street Entrance- Night 
Howell Street Entance- Night
Ludlow Entrance 
Ludlow Entrance
Ludlow Entrance
Facing Howell Street 
Facing Howell Street
Test two
Test Post
Interior Rendering 
Web Test Vicky Dong
Horvath Practice Upload
Thoroughfare Exterior 
General Exterior 
Sublevel 
Level 1 
Level 2 
Level 2 Corrections