The document summarizes an urban fabric analysis of building heights, population density, and metropolitan functions around a site in Chicago. It shows a gradient from southeast to northwest that conforms to downtown Chicago's radiating influence. The proposed public library project overlaps two distinct building volumes to create a core conference/event space. This communicative space facilitates cultural exchange and interaction between different metropolitan cultures and social values in the city.

1. Urban fabric and density analysis shows
a characteristic gradual change of building
height, population density, and metropolitan
function. The gradient runs from southeast of
the site to northwest, conforming
with the radiating influence of downtown
Chicago.
Overlapping two building volumes of
distinct character and creating a core space
dedicated to conferences, multi-media use
and interactive events, the library facilitate
the communication of different metropolitan
cultures and the interaction of social values.
With such a communicative space,
the library facilitates cultural INTERLOCUTION
in the city of Chicago.
01 URBAN INTERLOCUTION
Public Library | Chicago, Illinois
The public library performs as an interface
where all the exchanges, convections
and diffusions take place.
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2. First Floor Plan
0’ 10’ 20’ 30’ N
Site Location
Longitudinal Section
Spatial Sequence Diagrams
Building Form Diagrams

3. The site location as the bounding point that joins two unique streetscapes and
transits passengers from one urban character to another.
Urban Collision Concept Diagram
High Rise above 75 ft
Street Skyline
Visual Access to Site
Downtown Life Style
Michigan Lake
Uptown Area
Chicago River
Downtown Area
Urban Collision

4. movement schemeactivity interaction
level 1
movementscheme activity
level 3
level 5
level 7
level 2
level 4
level 6
level 8
Concept: Diffusion
Concept: Interaction
Form: Overlapping Volume
Form: Overlapping Floor Slabs
Movement: Stairs Material and Character Difference
Visual Connections and Constrains

5. Lobby View
Rusty Metal Screeening
Translucent Glass Enclosure
Vertical Wooden Sheathing
Glass Storefront
Stained Metal Screeening
East Elevation
Street View

6. Physical Model
Model Diagram