Imagine a place of learning where other possible worlds are exposed by virtue of the enclosure. Where disparate ideas slam together to form a whole greater than the sum. Where presumption and prejudice are momentarily detached. Where the frontal cortex is shifted, ever so slightly: enough to expose another view, another way. This Little Library That Could would be grounded on POTENTIAL to the end of stimulating GROWTH. The former, begetting the latter and springing organically from the mind under the right environmental conditions. Much as the mushroom springs from the earth. Both, fruiting structures, punching through a barrier, reaching for the beyond. Producing spores/ideas that will go forth and propagate. The metaphor is apt as it is dynamic and visual. And worthy of interpretation So Scheme F is developed as an abstract expression of the mycelium model. To the end of buildibility, the curves have been orthogonized. Maintained is the sense of something organic breaking through and pushing up. At the base, the structures are bracketed by large slabs of shifted and displaced earth: broken and agitated from the eruption of this incredibly powerful force. A geometry balanced internally by a partially sunken ellipsoidal heart which functions as the reading/contemplation opportunity. Leon County has demonstrated their ability
to invest in contemporary buildings and forms. They proudly occupy,
by previous commission, one of the most modern and metaphorically
rich buildings in the region. The appeal here is to their previously
demonstrated sensibilities and sophistication as much as it is to
the director's vision for a place of discovery. Finally, this experience learning project, its form and guts, is conceived, and is consistent with, the Florida Green Building guidelines.
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