Tower of Enlightenment

Spring 2018

Critic: Rychiee Espinosa

Site: A corner lot near a park in Chinatown in New York City, NY

Premise: To Design a Library for the surrounding community

Project: This is a thirteen floor library with an auditorium below street level. The library stacks are set on floors between the top floor private study space and the lower level open communal spaces. Each floor is designed with a oculus to look down onto the floor below.