Books and Bikes

Name

Charisse Foo, B.Arch. 2018

Class

ARCH 3102 Design VI: The City Library

Instruction

The bike-library hybrid spatializes the information highway: the constant, rapid circulation of ideas is echoed by that of people and bicycles. Not only is food for thought provided, but also a physical workout.

<span style=";color: rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family: "&amp">In connecting the existing network of cycling paths in Manhattan and Queens, cycling requirements (ramps, turning radii) negotiate with library floor plates, producing a landform building that connects to the ground, rejecting the status of a monument. The new city library is a landscape for movement — of ideas and bodies — instead of a static object for storage.

Links

https://aap.cornell.edu/student-work/books-and-bikes?degree=411&discipline=279