Rosegarden Branch Library San Jose, CA

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Rosegarden Branch LibrarySan Jose, CA

• Miory Kanashiro
• Lighting/Electrical Option
• Primary Consultant Professor Mistrick

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Function

• A place where people children, teens, adults, no
  matter what their economic status, race, age, or
  religion can come and feel comfortable in an
  environment where they can feel free to research,
  read, type, study, etc.
• li brary a place in which literary, musical,
  artistic, or reference materials (as books,
  manuscripts, recordings, or films) are kept for
  use but not for sale

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Spaces to re-design

• Childrens Storytelling Area
• Childrens Circulation
• Childrens computer room
• Exterior facade

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Interior
Storytelling Area
Circulation Area
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Interior Spaces

• Focus on
• Childrens psychology
• Create a fun atmosphere
• Let them know that READING IS FUN!

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• DESIGN PROCESS

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Adjectives

• Playful
• Wonderland
• Fantasy
• Surrealist
• Unreal
• Storybook
• Fairy-tale
• Dreamy

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Verbs

• Read
• Wonder
• Dream
• Imagine
• Create
• Write
• Learn
• Analyze
• Inquire

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Metaphor

• Fantasy land
• it represents a childs dreams, everything can
  come true. Imagination is all you need.

• A magical atmosphere.
• Fairy-tale environment
• Inviting, making children want to come back.

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Interior Spaces Symbol

• North Star
• Guides us through the night
• Provides direction for people
• Bright
• Powerful to guide in right direction
• Important in history
• Symbol of astronomy/science/truth/history/freedom
• Symbol of stories/beliefs/legends
• Very sparkly will create awe in children
• Wish upon a star

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Design Approach for interior

• With this quote in mind
• "The future belongs to those who believe in the
  beauty of their dreams." Eleanor Roosevelt,
  American First Lady
• Create an environment filled with MAGIC and
  FAIRY-TALE stories.
• Children and Adults should all WANT to the
  Library and read a book.
• Stimulates their imagination
• Creates a warm and cozy feeling where people will
  forget about their problems and focus on reading.

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Childrens Storytelling Area Design Goals

• Create a starlit sky on the ceiling.
• Provide the illusion that kids are reading under
  the sky.
• Make sure there is a uniform distribution of
  light.
• Avoid glare.
• Provide good rendering of faces and objects
• Create an environment filled with MAGIC and
  FAIRY-TALE stories.

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• Illusion of galaxy

The Navigator's Star."
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Childrens Storytelling Area

• Use small blue/white LED lights in order to
  achieve goal
• Make circular ceiling protrusions change color
  with LED system as used in Detroit Airport.
  Resembling natures sunset.
• Pendants hanging in round shapes.

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Proposed Look

• Unique pendants hanging down from right side over
  hallway.

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Childrens Circulation

• Provide even distribution of light
• Use light fixtures with a clean look
• Indirect/direct lighting on top of shelves
• Lighting that does not produce shadows in isles
• Lighting for shelves should be adequate for
  reading books and documents

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Childrens Circulation

• Provide hidden T5 lamps on perimeter of circular
  holes on drop ceiling.
• Glowing feeling from circular holes.
• Unique pendants hanging down from right side over
  hallway.

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North star

• Try to imitate natures colors.

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Proposed Look
Changing colors LED lighting coming from below
dropped ceiling
Dropped Ceiling
Indirect/direct linear pendants with T5
fluorescent lamps
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Childrens Computer Area Design Goals

• Have an even distribution of light
• Provide adequate lighting for different tasks to
  be performed such as typing, reading, writing.
• Avoid glare
• Provide good rendering on faces and objects
• Lighting adequate for VDT screens

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Childrens Computer Area

• Indirect lighting light fixtures.
• Wall wash with slight blue tint
• Minimizes glare on VDT screens

Part of space has
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Exterior
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Symbol

• The SUN
• Radiates heat
• Provides warmth
• Gives life
• Is very similar to colors of library
• Looks like the sunset
• Children and Adults should all WANT to go to the
  Library and read a book.
• Stimulates their imagination
• Creates a warm and cozy feeling where people will
  forget about their problems and focus on reading.

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Exterior Façade Design Goals

• Attract adults and children to the library.
• Inviting, making children want to come back.
• Represent knowledgepower
• Make the library shine at night
• Highlight interesting points of architecture, and
  surrounding landscape
• Try to avoid light pollution

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Exterior Façade
Cleveland Hopkins International Airport

• LED strip lights behind window panels on west
  side
• create illuminating effect from inside in
  descending intensity color pattern
• By lighting lobbys walls and staircase using
• Color shifting controls
• Wall washers
• Down lights

Morimotos Restaurant
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• Wall-washers using metal halide lamps to graze
  surface of protruding areas on north and west
  walls.
• Up lights and down lights

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Proposed Sketch
LED lit Rosegarden Library Sign
Windows lit with colors that go lighter as the
height decreases by lighting the lobby inside
Up-light wall-washers
Up-lighting for trees
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• Light up the front entrance sign with LEDs from
  behind so that it creates a glow from behind the
  letters. Creating a lunar eclipse effect
• There are two ways of spreading light to be the
  candle or the mirror that reflects it. Edith
  Wharton
• Radiates light

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Surrounding Landscape

• Uplights
• Heat resistant
• Waterproof
• Metal halide

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MK productions Inc.

• Thank you for your time.

Special thanks to Professors Mistrick
Moeck Lutron Lighting Designers Present If you
can dream it, you can do it. --Walt Disney