related to architectural design.

1. MAYA SOMAIYA LIBRARY
By – Ar. Sameep Padora

2. INTRODUCTION
• Maya S. Somaiya Library at Somaiya
Vidyavihar's Shri Sharda English
Medium School, Kopargaon
Maharashtra. This library is
designed is by the Mumbai based
architect, Sameep Padora. Keeping
in mind the instinctive affinity that
children have towards natural
environments over just an ordinary
building, the design of the library is
an innovative creation of a structure
built without any columns and
beams under it. The vault has three
layers of brick tile. The library is
spread over 5000 square feet of
floor space with a capacity to house
over 22,000 books.

3. LOCATION

4. REFERENCE

5. PLAN

6. ELEVATION

7. SECTION

8. SUNPATH DIAGRAM

9. ANALYSIS
Direct Light

10. SUNLIGHT PICTURE

11. SITTING AND BOOK RACK
Library has the
capacity of 10,000
books and 100
students.

12. CIRCULATION PLAN

13. CIRCULATION IN THE LIBRARY

14. STRUCTURE

16. DEAD SPACE

17. ROOF AND
FOUNDATION
DETAIL

18. PICTURES OF LIBRARY

19. EVENING VIEW OF LIBRARY