MEDIA CENTER PLAN |
Media Center notes:
- Media Center:
- Storage capabilities for over 15,000 volumes
- The majority of book shelves will be lower than 48" tall.
- Computer stations near the circulation desk. All monitors will face the circulation desk.
- Shelving broken up into sections and interrupted with different types of class seating spaces (tables and chairs in one area, soft seating in another).
- Room would be a larger volume with potential for clerestory windows (windows above the adjacent spaces roof) allowing natural light into the space from above.
- Display cases would flank the main entry to the Media Center.
- Circulation Desk:
- Centrally located for good visibility over entire space
- Will be on a raised platform (one step) for added visibility
- Will include area for two workers with transaction counter
- Will include a drop off box
- Office and Workroom:
- Directly behind the circulation desk.
- Office will have windows to the Media Center
- Workroom will include layout space and storage cabinets .
- A sink will be provided in Workroom
- Computer Rooms:
- Assignable room that could be used for classrooms
- Back wall of room shall be all interior windows in to the Media Center for supervision needs
- Front wall shall be presentation wall featuring markerwall and projection.
- A cabinet for printers and supplies shall be provided in the rooms
- Project Rooms:
- Differing sizes for variety of purposes.
- Located on perimeter of the Media Center
- Have access from inside the Media Center and from the outside corridor.
- Rooms adjacent the Media Center primary entry would include operable partitions to allow them to be used for smaller rooms or grow to be used as a standard sized classroom.
- Interior windows into the Media Center and into the Corridor would be provided for visibility on both sides of the rooms.
- End walls would be solid and used for presentation walls (markerwalls with projection and/or tackwalls)
MEDIA CENTER ISOMETRIC VIEW |