Rosegarden Branch Library San Jose, CA

1. Rosegarden Branch LibrarySan Jose, CA Miory Kanashiro Lighting/Electrical Option Primary Consultant: Professor Mistrick

2. Function • A place where people: children, teens, adults, no matter what their economic status, race, age, or religion can come and feel comfortable in an environment where they can feel free to research, read, type, study, etc. • li· brary : a place in which literary, musical, artistic, or reference materials (as books, manuscripts, recordings, or films) are kept for use but not for sale

3. Spaces to re-design • Children’s Storytelling Area • Children’s Circulation • Children’s computer room • Exterior facade

4. Interior Storytelling Area Circulation Area

5. Interior Spaces • Focus on : • Children’s psychology • Create a fun atmosphere • Let them know that READING IS FUN!

6. DESIGN PROCESS

7. Adjectives Playful Wonderland Fantasy Surrealist Unreal Storybook Fairy-tale Dreamy

8. Verbs Read Wonder Dream Imagine Create Write Learn Analyze Inquire

9. Metaphor • Fantasy land: • it represents a child’s dreams, everything can come true. Imagination is all you need. • A magical atmosphere. • Fairy-tale environment • Inviting, making children want to come back.

10. Interior Spaces: Symbol • North Star • Guides us through the night • Provides direction for people • Bright • Powerful to guide in right direction • Important in history • Symbol of astronomy/science/truth/history/freedom • Symbol of stories/beliefs/legends • Very sparkly: will create awe in children • Wish upon a star

11. Design Approach for interior • With this quote in mind: • "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."~Eleanor Roosevelt, American First Lady • Create an environment filled with MAGIC and FAIRY-TALE stories. • Children and Adults should all WANT to the Library and read a book. • Stimulates their imagination • Creates a warm and cozy feeling where people will forget about their problems and focus on reading.

12. Children’s Storytelling Area Design Goals • Create a starlit sky on the ceiling. • Provide the illusion that kids are reading under the sky. • Make sure there is a uniform distribution of light. • Avoid glare. • Provide good rendering of faces and objects • Create an environment filled with MAGIC and FAIRY-TALE stories.

13. Illusion of galaxy “The Navigator's Star."

14. Children’s Storytelling Area • Use small blue/white LED lights in order to achieve goal • Make circular ceiling protrusions change color with LED system as used in Detroit Airport. Resembling nature’s sunset. • Pendants hanging in round shapes.

15. Proposed Look Unique pendants hanging down from right side over hallway.

16. Children’s Circulation • Provide even distribution of light • Use light fixtures with a clean look • Indirect/direct lighting on top of shelves • Lighting that does not produce shadows in isles • Lighting for shelves should be adequate for reading books and documents

17. Children’s Circulation • Provide hidden T5 lamps on perimeter of circular holes on drop ceiling. • Glowing feeling from circular holes. • Unique pendants hanging down from right side over hallway.

18. North star • Try to imitate nature’s colors.

19. Proposed Look Changing colors LED lighting coming from below dropped ceiling Dropped Ceiling Indirect/direct linear pendants with T5 fluorescent lamps

20. Children’s Computer Area: Design Goals • Have an even distribution of light • Provide adequate lighting for different tasks to be performed such as: typing, reading, writing. • Avoid glare • Provide good rendering on faces and objects • Lighting adequate for VDT screens

21. Children’s Computer Area: • Indirect lighting light fixtures. • Wall wash with slight blue tint • Minimizes glare on VDT screens Part of space has

22. Exterior

23. Symbol • The SUN: • Radiates heat • Provides warmth • Gives life • Is very similar to colors of library • Looks like the sunset • Children and Adults should all WANT to go to the Library and read a book. • Stimulates their imagination • Creates a warm and cozy feeling where people will forget about their problems and focus on reading.

24. Exterior Façade: Design Goals • Attract adults and children to the library. • Inviting, making children want to come back. • Represent knowledge=power • Make the library shine at night • Highlight interesting points of architecture, and surrounding landscape • Try to avoid light pollution

25. Exterior Façade Cleveland Hopkins International Airport • LED strip lights behind window panels on west side • create illuminating effect from inside in descending intensity color pattern • By lighting lobby’s walls and staircase using • Color shifting controls • Wall washers • Down lights Morimoto’s Restaurant

26. Wall-washers using metal halide lamps to graze surface of protruding areas on north and west walls. • Up lights and down lights

27. Proposed Sketch LED lit Rosegarden Library Sign Windows lit with colors that go lighter as the height decreases by lighting the lobby inside Up-light wall-washers Up-lighting for trees

28. Light up the front entrance sign with LED’s from behind so that it creates a glow from behind the letters. Creating a lunar eclipse effect • “There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.” Edith Wharton • Radiates light

29. Surrounding Landscape • Uplights • Heat resistant • Waterproof • Metal halide

30. MK productions Inc. Thank you for your time. Special thanks to Professors Mistrick & Moeck Lutron Lighting Designers Present If you can dream it, you can do it. --Walt Disney