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task 5

part a: we were to individually Produce a second alternative masterplan which proposes a different scheme for the State Library. this was seen as a chance to exploredifferent ideas about urban design, planning, programme and circulation. this also needed a demolition plan to go with it. 

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IN THIS DESIGN ATTEMPT I KEPT SIMILAR PROPERTIES FROM MY PREVIOUS DESIGN AND EXPANDED ON THAT. I CREATED THE DOME TO BE MORE CURVATURE TO INCREATE FLOW AND PLACED THAT INTO OTHER ASPECTS OF THE BUILDING. I HAD ALSO SPLIT THE LIBRARY INTO ISLANDS THAT CAN BE OPEN AND CLOSED DURING DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE DAY. I
CREATED MORE PATHS THAT SEEM LIKE LANEWAYS TO MIMIC THE LANEWAY CULTURE OF MELBOURNE TO MAKE THE MOST PROGRAMS ACCESSIBLE.

THE FEEDBACK RECEIVED FOR THIS DESIGN WAS THAT THE CURVES SPACE WAS A NICE TIUCH BUT COULD
BE MORE EXAGGERATED AND IN THE NOT ONLY THE EXTERIOR SPACES BUT ALSO THE INTERIOR SPACES AS
WELL. NEW PROGRAMS SUCH AS THE DAYCARE SHOULD HAVE THEIR OWN ENTRANCES TO ALLOW MAX
ACCESSIBILITY AND NOT MAKE PEOPLE ENTER THE LIBRARY FULLY IF THEY DONT HAVE TO. THE NEXT STEP
WOULD BE TO CONSIDER WHAT TYPE OF FACADE I WOULD DESIGN, AND LASTLY THE PLACEMENT OF THE
TOILETS TO THE PUBLIC ISN’T THE BEST IDEA AND SHOULD BE MOVED SO ONLY PEOPLE IN THE LIBRARY
CAN USE

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