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LAKE VIEW TERRACE BRANCH LIBRARY
LAKE VIEW TERRACE, CALIFORNIA
Photography:
RMA Photography
Jury
Comments: This project has excellent site
orientation, with the long exposures facing north and south
for the most beneficial solar control and daylighting.
Attention to daylighting was carried through on the south
side with solar shading at the roof and light shelves
located mid-distant up the window walls.
Lake View Terrace Library is a 10,700 square-foot branch
library and multi-use facility for the City of Los Angeles.
The library includes a community room, environmental display
gallery, and exterior courtyard. The program called for a
LEED Platinum Certified building.
The plan responds to the community’s desire to reflect the “rancho” tradition of the region, with interior spaces organized around an open central courtyard. A main reading room stretches along an east-west axis and enjoys dramatic views of an adjacent park.
Built of durable concrete masonry, glu-lam beams, metal roofing, and wired and ducted for flexibility, it is designed for a “long life.” The library is a model of environmentally sustainable design. Anticipated energy use of the building is 40% more efficient than California standards. Building orientation and configuration, the use of various light control devices and spectrally selective glazing control heat gain and prevent glare, while maximizing daylight. Ninety-three percent of the building areas achieve target lighting levels without artificial light.
Eighty percent of the building is naturally ventilated. Arched forms and automated, mechanically interlocked windows enhance cross ventilation. Building integrated Photovoltaics provide fifteen percent of the building’s energy and maximize production during peak load periods to contribute to energy security. A landmark tower at the library’s entry, requested by the community, is designed as a passive cooling tower that uses prevailing winds to deliver naturally cooled air to the building.
Concrete masonry construction is fundamental to the building’s passive cooling strategies. The mission white, burnished concrete masonry units are insulated on the exterior with stucco and exposed to the interior. The mass properties of the concrete masonry units serve to modulate interior temperatures, absorbing and storing heat during the day. Night ventilation purges and restores the heat sink capacity of the CMU’s in preparation for the following day.
ARCHITECT:
Fields Devereaux Architects & Engineers
5150
Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90036
J.
Peter Devereaux, AIA
|Principal
ENVIRONMENTAL
BUILDING CONSULTANT:
GreenWorks
5150
Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90036
James
Weiner, AIA
and
Dennis Bottum, AIA, Director
Vice Presidents
STRUCTURAL
ENGINEER:
BP Consulting Engineers, Inc.
GENERAL
CONTRACTOR:
Coordinated Construction
MASONRY
CONTRACTOR:
Coordinated Construction
BLOCK
PRODUCERS:
Angelus Block Company, Inc.
Trenwyth Industries, Inc.
OWNER:
City of Los Angeles
