The document outlines the importance of case studies in architecture education, highlighting how they help students understand design aspects through detailed investigations of specific structures. It details various case studies of design projects like cafes, bookstores, and libraries, explaining their purpose, architectural elements, and notable features while addressing both positive and negative points. Each case study provides insights into the design philosophy and contextual relevance of the projects discussed.

1. DESIGN STUDIO
NAME : AHMAD HASSAN
ROLL NO : 23
SUBMITTED TO :
SIR USAMA & SIR SHAHID

2. What is case study?
When students begin studying Architecture at a University, the first thing that they
are supposed to become excellent at, is doing a documentation or a case study.
It could be a case study of a small village, town, a villa, a bus-stop, or a high-rise
commercial or residential building.
A case study is an in-depth investigation of a single individual, group, incident, or
community. Other ways include experiments, surveys, or analysis of archival
information
What is the purpose of conducting a Case Study?
As the term Case Study suggests, it is the study of a particular case that is similar
to your topic of design project. Doing a case study will help you understand the
various aspects that you have to consider while designing.
Most Important points for case study are following:
• Name of Architect who design building.
• Location
• Purpose
• Positive/Negative Points.
• Solutions

4. 1. STRAW BALE CAFÉ . HEWITT STUDIOS
Address : Holme Lacy, County of Herefordshire HR2, UK
Design by : Hewitt Studios in 2010
Purpose : This project comprises an extended 100 seat cafe, refurbished
kitchen and cafe terrace. It is conceived as a learning aid in low-impact
environmental design.
Positive point : A key advantage of this modular form of construction is that
the building can be easily dismantled at the end of its useful life and most
components reused and/or recycled. This is important because the College has
long-term plans for the redevelopment of the campus over the next 10-20
years.
Negative point : Relative humidity of UK measures the actual amount of
moisture in the air as a percentage of the maximum amount of moisture the air
can hold.

5. The 60 organic straw bales used to insulate the building and timber is also use in
the building for Floor design, Roof design and wood is also use for furniture.
So, the climate of UK should be badly effected on this building.
Solution : We can also use other insulated materials expect wood like fiber
glass.
Wood work in building:

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Plan :

7. 2. F-COFFEE / WANGSTUDIO
Address : Dong Hoi Airport (VDH), AH1, Lộc Ninh, tp. Đồng Hới, Quảng Bình,
Vietnam
Design by : Wangstudio in 2014
Area : 217.0 m2
Purpose : F - coffee was designed based on the basic concept of minimalism ,
brick , concrete ,stone floor , trees and water to create a concise and emotional
space.
Positive Point : The café’s space is made up of 24 brick arches, in which an
unique visual language is used, thereby transmitting the way we focus on to
create the architectural space: Using least to achieve the highest efficiency.

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12. 3. THE BUDAPEST CAFÉ / BIASOL
Address : Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Design by : Biasol in 2017
Area : 178.0 m2
Purpose : The Budapest Café is designed to feel feminine, light and fun,
despite its loftiness and exposed structure.
Positive Point : Filmmaker Wes Anderson’s distinctive visual style provided the
inspiration for The Budapest Café in Chengdu, China. Our design draws on
Anderson’s meticulous, memorable and magical worlds to create an inviting
destination with whimsical character and international appeal.

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17. 4. BLUE BOTTLE COFFEE KANDA MANSEIBASHI CAFE
/ SCHEMATA ARCHITECTS
Address :
Santa Cecilia, Sao Paulo - SP, Brazil.
Design by : Schemata Architects 2018
Area : 24.91 m2
Purpose : Our design focused on how to integrate the cafe into this attractive
existing environment with a long history.
Positive Point : The Blue Bottle Coffee Kanda Manseibashi Cafe is set
under a 100-year old railway bridge (for the Chuo Line) made out of brick.

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21. 5. Cafe Cross / FORM | Kouichi Kimura Architects
Address : Hyogo, Japan
Design by : FORM Kouichi Kimura Architects 2012
Area : 121.45 m2
Purpose : Cafe CROSS has been built in a residential area of the suburbs.
With its dynamic shed roof that strengthens impressiveness, the façade looks
like a hall or a church, making the building something like a sign. Whereas in
the inside, natural light is utilized in the minimal space to provide subtle
appearance.
Positive Point : What enriches the space of the café is not the expensive
materials or novel products, but the rendering by light and shadow. It is hoped
that the cafe will be accepted by the community as “the healing place”.

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26. 1. 9 ¾ Bookstore + Café / PLASMA NODO
Address : Hyogo, Japan
Design by : PLASMA NODO in 2015
Area : 120.0 m2
Purpose : We believe that cities need warm and nice meeting places that
welcome us and invite us to learn having fun with our families and friends, sites
where people not only buy but go and have a good time.
Positive Point : The areas for children in 9 3/4 are small hiding spots or
places where they can draw, rest and play while learning and enjoying a good
book. For grown-ups there are private reading rooms and also tables for
sharing, all surrounded by warm materials, furniture and decoration objects that
speak of the joy that gives us a good story, a good book.

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32. 2. Paulus Bookshop / Site Specific Arquitectura
Address : Pombaline Lower Town, R. Augusta, 1100 Lisboa, Portugal
Design by : Site Specific Arquitectura
Purpose : The proposal intends to create a new identity for a traditional and
classic product, religious, which unifies the several bookshops from the
publisher.
Positive Point : Innovating and updating without neglect the message of the
editorial project, through clear and bright spaces, which communicate with the
public, with flexibility to receive different products - books and religious articles
- and different activities - book launches, conferences and movies.

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36. 3. Conarte Bookstore / Anagrama
Address : Pombaline Lower Town, R. Augusta, 1100 Lisboa, Portugal
Design by : Anagrama in 2015
Area : 90.0 m2
Purpose : Conarte is the council for culture and art in the city of Monterrey,
Mexico. Conarte aims to promote and stimulate artistic expression and
supports the preservation and enrichment of culture.
Positive Point : Innovating and updating without neglect the message of the
editorial project, through clear and bright spaces, which communicate with the
public, with flexibility to receive different products - books and religious articles
- and different activities - book launches, conferences and movies.

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42. 4. Bookshop And Coffee Bar / Plural + Totalstudio
Address : Bratislava, Slovakia
Design by : Martin Jančok, AlešŠedivec
Area : 170.0 m2
Purpose : Our aim was to create a flexible space that would not only sell
books but would also be capable of facilitating various collate relevant such as
projections, readings, minor concerts, workshops, etc.
Positive Point : Both levels are connected with cascades which serve as an
auditorium during collateral events.

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48. 5. Saraiva Bookstore / Studio Arthur Casas
Address : Rio de Janeiro - State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Design by : Studio Arthur Casas in 2013
Area : 2000.0 sqm
Purpose : Saraiva Bookstore was conceived as a hybrid between a public
square and a library, a place for conviviality, leisure, concentration and rest at
the same time. Its architecture is simple and inviting, it aims to disappear
behind the books to let the mind wander about their content.
Positive point : the bookstore was thought out to make clients stay longer
and come back as often as possible

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57. 1. Exeter Library
(Class of 1945 Library) / Louis Kahn
Address : Exeter, New Hampshire
Design by : Louis Kahn in 1972
Area : 12321.0 m2
Purpose : In 1965 Louis I. Kahn was commissioned by the
Phillips Exeter Academy to design a library for the school. The Academy had
been planning the new library for fifteen years
Positive Point : Kahn's sympathetic use of brick and his concerns for natural
light met these specific principles that the Academy had in mind for the library,
and thus the design fell in his hands.

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63. 2. Born CC Library / Jorge Pérez Vale
Address : Barcelona, Spain
Design by : Jorge Pérez Vale in 2013
Area : 121.0 sqm
Purpose : The bookshop has been designed to remain reminiscent of the
former use of the building, trying to preserve sensations and personality from
the old market, paying homage to the market trader days gone by.
Positive point : The building functioned as a market during 19th and 20th
centuries, and its commercial activity gave a special personality to the whole
neighbourhood.

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67. 3. 80㎡ Reading Village / yuan Architects
Address : Jiaojiang County, Taizhou City, Zhejiang Province, China
Design by : yuan Architects in 2019
Area : 80.0 m2
Purpose : The project is located in Taizhou Experimental Middle
School, Jiaojiang County, Taizhou City, Zhejiang Province.
Positive point : The school hopes that the library will not only be a building,
but also a landscape in campus, which has a distinctive external form and
provides spatial experience.

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74. 4. New University Library in Cayenne / rh+ architecture
Address : P.A.C.T de Guyane, Cayenne, French Guiana
Design by : rh+ architecture in 2013
Area : 2143.0 sqm
Purpose : Our aim is to give to this unique building for its program and its
central position, a proper architecture – identifiable by its volumetry and its
uses – combined to an opening upon the whole University.
Positive point : A gallery around the building and at the heart of the
University: The main architectural choice is the creation of an open peripheral
space : unlike a construction cast in one piece with no dialogue with the
surrounding, the building is wrapped up with a peripheral space of variable
dimensions called “gallery” or peristyle. This gallery is an open space, a place
where the students meet and pass through, an extra room between inside and
outside, sheltered from sun and rain.

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84. 5. Independence Library and Apartments / John Ronan Architects
Address : Chicago, Illinois, United States
Design by : John Ronan Architects in 2019
Area : 60000.0 ft2
Purpose : The Independence Library and Apartments building
was constructed as part of a city initiative that aims to co-locate housing
and libraries.
Positive point : Walls of glass will bathe the library in natural light and the
apartments break the mold of institutional-looking public housing.

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