car park library
The project is an exploration of how multi-storey car parks can be designed in the future, taking into account the opportunities given in a future of zero emission self-driving cars. The main aim of the project is to address the building typology’s inherent social unsustainability by rethinking car parks as not just places for cars, but also for people.
Typical programme diagram of car park and library
Car Park Library programme diagram
The concept of the project is to combine a car park with a social typology to make it socially sustainable.
Rooms on Wheels
The possibility of self-driving enables the form of the car to not have to look like a car. Future self-driving cars can be designed as Rooms on Wheels that can be used by people when parked.
Car Capsules
Different Configurations
The Car Capsule integrates seating, furniture, and a visual barrier. Each Room on Wheels has 4 capsules, which can be arranged into different configurations of privacy depending on the function.
Ramp Diagram
When parked, the Room on Wheels extend the architectural space, adapting into private study rooms to the library.
Short Section cutting through Rooms on Wheels
Long Section showing transition from petrol to community shared self-driving cars
South Elevation
Putting a brick skin over the concrete structure to create a car park that responds to the context and is inviting to the community.
Reclaiming our roads: Before and After
Ground Floor Plan with 3 distinct landscaped zones
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