ARCHashik - a tectonic epistemology

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THE FULL PROJECT BRIEF...
is revealed. To be tackled during the double quarter, now in a partnership: a new
main branch for the Oakland Public Library system, whose current architectural
incarnation boasts a bewilderingly-lackluster cuboid massing sans daylighting,
public ammenities, and even accessible entrances.
To fully tackle this issue, the Piecoup x De La Cruz partnership hoped to draw
inspiration from the site's various cultural precedents, recognizing that this
choice should be aimed at bringing social equity and personal creative expression
to the modern library.
The ethos of the project recognizes the artistic
diversity and significance of Oakland and its people,
visualizing a space where the happenings of the street
are pulled up into the library - one of the last public
sanctuaries with the opportunity of flaunting the
interior-exterior relationship playfully.
J O H N B . W I L L I A M S F W Y
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D O W N T O W N
L A K E S I D E
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P A R K
A D A M S P O I N T
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CLEVELAND
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LAKE MERRITT
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A C O R N I N D U S T R I A L
O L D O A K L A N D
C I V I C C E N T E R
C H I N A T O W N
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M E R R I T T
J A C K L O N D O N D I S T R I C T
P E R A L T A - L A N E Y
PORT OF OAKLAND
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