This project investigates the library as an ecological and organizational system, using pixelation as an analytical method to abstract spatial intensity, density, and access from an existing urban plan.
Design Studio · DS 2B
Library
- Studio
- DS 2B
- Instructor
- Jennifer Chen
- Team
- Rong Cao
- Site
- 6th & Hope St, Downtown Los Angeles
Site analysis
6th & Hope, Downtown Los Angeles
Solar shadow at 3pm, winter and summer
By discretizing the site into minimal spatial units, the project transforms gradients of program, light, and circulation into a set of operative architectural logics that guide sectional organization and massing development. Pixelation operates here as a representational tool to translate urban conditions into architectural drivers, enabling the reorganization of space through gradients rather than fixed typologies.
Pixelation
Gradients, not typologies
Intensity, density and access abstracted from the urban plan
Section functions as the primary organizational apparatus through which reading spaces, data storage, and public circulation are spatially coordinated. Rather than serving as a neutral container, the library is configured as a vertically operative public infrastructure, structured by movement, light, and layered interfaces.
