“The Café in Garden Scheme”
This scheme includes a two structure configuration with a landscaped
garden as a central focus. The information commons is found as a two
story configuration with an open mezzanine level comprising the second
floor. The café and community meeting room is found on the ground level
of the second structure, allowing for an interconnection between the
café, meeting room, information commons and garden spaces. The café
is set amidst the garden in an orientation that blends seamlessly into
the natural space. Second floor finds classrooms with a view out onto
the garden space and ‘green’ roof of the café. Both structures are connected
with a pedestrian bridge which will facilitate the flow from one building
to the other.
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“The Bridge Scheme”
This scheme includes a single structure, ‘bridged’ by a second level
which allows entry into the garden below. The information commons is
found as a single level to the north. The southern portion of the building
contains the café. The community meeting room is found as a second level
above the information commons and contains a terrace overlooking the
garden below. The ‘bridge’ is created by the spanning classroom section
that connects the second level of the north and south portions of the
building.
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“The Stacked Scheme”
This scheme attempts to incorporate the majority of functions into a
single, larger structure, with the café as a smaller building located
across the garden to the south. The northern building will contain three
levels with the information commons making up the first level. The community
meeting space is found on level two with the classrooms on the top floor.
As with the other schemes, the roof of the café is developed as a living
roof system and the gardens are integrated as social spaces.
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