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1 B R A N C H L I B R A R Y A T A U D U B O N T E R R A C E N E W Y O R K C I T Y LYCEUM COMPETITION A TRAVELING FELLOWSHIP IN ARCHITECTURE

2 ABOUT THE LYCEUM FELLOWSHIP CONTENTS Eligibility 1 Prizes 1 The Design Problem: Branch Library at Audubon Terrace 2 Jury 3 Program 3 Site 4 Presentation 6 Schedule Ownership of Submissions Entry Format Student Submission Guidelines 6 Faculty Submission Guidelines Submission Form 9 Certification of Eligibility 9 The Lyceum Fellowship was established in 195 by Jon D. McKee, AIA ( ). Through its annual design competition, the Lyceum seeks to advance the profession of architecture by engaging students in design and travel during their educational years. The American Institute of Architects has recognized the Lyceum nationally for the effective pursuit of this mission with the prestigious 2015 AIA Collaborative Achievement Award. More than 100 students of architecture have benefited from travel prizes, grants and recognition of merit awarded through the annual Lyceum Competition. The Lyceum has awarded nearly half a million dollars in travel prizes to date, enriching the education of highly talented students through travel to 5 different countries. The Lyceum Fellowship is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 corporation. It provides taxdeductible opportunities to companies and individuals to sponsor annual programs or host competition activities. One hundred percent of unrestricted financial contributions to the Lyceum support travel prizes awarded to students. Please visit lyceum-fellowship.org for more information on giving, sponsoring or partnering. You may also view more than 30 years of competitions, student awards, noted jurors and participating schools on the website. ELIGIBILITY The Lyceum Fellowship competition welcomes submissions from students attending any accredited school of architecture in North America. Lyceum travel prizes are intended to enrich a student s academic experience. Student competitors are required to have at least one year of architectural study remaining following participation in the competition to ensure any travel award is concluded prior to the completion of studies. The student s entry may be completed independently or within a design studio under the oversight of a faculty advisor from the school of architecture. The submission must represent the individual work of the one student whether completed independently or within a studio. PRIZES first prize: $12,000 for 4 months travel abroad second prize: $7,500 for 2 months travel abroad INTRODUCTION The Lyceum Fellowship Board of Directors: third prize: $3,500 for 1 month travel abroad alternate: citation Mark A. Hutker, FAIA Peter N. Vincent, FAIA Joseph Sziabowski, AIA Jennifer A. Sweet Mark A. Spaulding, AIA 1

THE DESIGN PROBLEM BRANCH LIBRARY AT AUDUBON TERRACE NEW YORK CITY LYCEUM FELLOWSHIP 2017 INTRODUCTION The public library is our most democratic institution, its foundational goals to make

3 THE DESIGN PROBLEM BRANCH LIBRARY AT AUDUBON TERRACE NEW YORK CITY LYCEUM FELLOWSHIP 2017 INTRODUCTION The public library is our most democratic institution, its foundational goals to make educational opportunity available to all and to serve as civic center for its community. As such, it is a bridge between immediate local needs and broader public ideals. The project is a small branch library, essentially today s equivalent of the historic Carnegie Libraries. The site on Audubon Terrace in Manhattan, between 155th and 156th Streets on Broadway, is one of change and need. Once a home of the upper class and elite, by the late 20th century it had fallen prey to crime and urban decay. Today this is a community of hope, with a great deal to be done. The library facility is aspirational and will begin to bridge what appears to be an abyss separating past and future. The project must negotiate between two levels of public access: 156th Street, which will serve as the library s neighborhood entrance; and Audubon Terrace, an ennobled space, raised above and separated from the street. Audobon Terrace, looking east. with edge of site on left 2017 JURY Tod Williams & Billie Tsien Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects, NYC program authors and jury chairs Andrew Berman, FAIA Founder Andrew Berman Architect, NYC Karen Fairbanks, AIA Founding Partner Marble Fairbanks, Brooklyn NY Professor & Chair of Architecture Department Barnard College Anne Rieselback Program Director The Architectural League NY Peter N. Vincent, FAIA Director Lyceum Fellowship Founding Partner, Peter Vincent Architects Honolulu, HI PROGRAM The new branch will be an 11,000 square foot ground-up structure built to house a circulating collection of 100,000 books. Space within will be divided almost equally between book functions (collections, reading room) and social/community services (computer training, community meeting/ performance space). The building will include the ability to delineate areas within larger spaces, as well as creating additional discrete spaces for community functions. b) Computer Training Area (450 s.f.) c) Community Room (600 s.f.) Should be discrete from reading area, including separate access from the exterior. Seating for up to 75. Pantry with counter top and cabinets. Storage closet with shelving. Adjacent green room. d) Story Hour Room (350 s.f.) Adjacent to children s reading room. Include projection screen and rug. Include shelving for books. e) Teen Center (500 s.f.) f) Circulation Desk Workstations with computers. Minimum 60 linear feet of shelving for reserves. g) Work Room (250 s.f.) Should be adjacent to circulation desk. Include seating for 6 at computer stations. Built-in storage cabinets. h) Staff Lounge (200 s.f.) Upper and base cabinets, kitchen sink, microwave oven and a refrigerator. Table for. Lounge seating for 4. i) Children s Librarians Office (150 s.f.) 2 computer stations. PROGRAM The library is a civic building serving a populace of different ages and different backgrounds. It contains a mix of spaces serving the requirements of book circulation, community functions, and staff needs. Adjacencies are desirable for best functionality of certain spaces; others function better as discrete spaces, with independent entrances in certain cases: j) Head Librarians Office (90 s.f.) 1 computer station. k) Custodial Storage Space (70 s.f.) Storage for wet, dry and exterior equipment. Shelving, equipment hooks, etc. a) Reading Room(s) (min s.f.) Include distinct areas for adults, young adults and children. These can exist in a single space or as separate reading spaces. l) Interior display: Allow for minimum (6) 4 x 4 bulletin boards. (2) 4 x4 lockable display cases. m) Outdoor Garden (600 s.f. min.) 2 3

SITE The site is located on Audubon Terrace, a landmark complex of eight early20th century Beaux Arts and American Renaissance buildings located on the west side of Broadway, bounded by 155th and

Siting and landscape will play an important role in this project, in terms of the approach to the building but also with regard to issues of accessibility: a) The approach to the building creates a

Housing several cultural institutions and occupying most of a city block, the architecturally complementary buildings are arranged in two parallel rows facing one another across a beautiful common

4 SITE The site is located on Audubon Terrace, a landmark complex of eight early20th century Beaux Arts and American Renaissance buildings located on the west side of Broadway, bounded by 155th and 156th Streets, in the Washington Heights neighborhood of upper Manhattan. Siting and landscape will play an important role in this project, in terms of the approach to the building but also with regard to issues of accessibility: a) The approach to the building creates a welcoming aspect, reaching out to the community the building is meant to serve. Housing several cultural institutions and occupying most of a city block, the architecturally complementary buildings are arranged in two parallel rows facing one another across a beautiful common plaza. The site for the library, between the Church of Our Lady of Esperanza and Boricua College, is a 50 x 100 lot, with a 30 change of grade between the interior courtyard of Audubon Terrace and the exterior sidewalk at 156th Street. The foundation of the lot includes sizable outcroppings of the dense Manhattan schist that undergirds much of the Washington Heights neighborhood. b) The building must transition between street and plaza (+30 above street level). c) The building design shall include a service area that accommodates all of the library s deliveries and refuse. d) The site design shall provide a barrierfree accessible route to the first floor of the library from the city sidewalk. SITE Site from Audobon Terrace, looking west Ariel Photograph 4 Audubon Terrace 5

Site from 156th Street, looking south SITE PRESENTATION Each student should be inventive in their

inevitable, and uniquely crafted to their specific proposal.

views, time-based drawings, and perspective views. Be creative and original.

5 Site from 156th Street, looking south SITE PRESENTATION Each student should be inventive in their representational techniques and strategies, crafting a presentation that is thoughtful, inevitable, and uniquely crafted to their specific proposal. This could include, but is not limited to, hand sketches, plans, sections, elevations, axonometric views, time-based drawings, and perspective views. Be creative and original. The student must include within the presentation a short project statement (250 words maximum) that articulates the specific ways that their solution will be feasible. 6 7

6 FORMAT COMPETITION SCHEDULE June 1, 2016: competition program and submission form available for download from the Lyceum Fellowship website: June 1, 2016 through March 16, 2017: timeframe in which students prepare their submission, either individually or within a studio. March 17, 2017: submissions are due to the Lyceum Fellowship. Submission requirements are noted below. March 25,2017: jury convenes. The Lyceum Board of Directors will notify award recipients directly following the jury. OWNERSHIP OF SUBMISSIONS: All entries will become the property of the Lyceum Fellowship and will not be returned. The Lyceum reserves full publication rights to all entries and will give full credit upon publication to the authors. For more information about the Lyceum, prior juries and winners visit: lyceum-fellowship.org. ENTRY FORMAT Entries must be presented in the form of an 11 x 17 bound booklet. The overall submission shall not exceed eight (11 x 17 ) pages plus cover. The submission content shall not exceed 1,63 square inches, including the cover. The written project statement (see Presentation above) should be integrated into the booklet content (not a separate or additional page). Entries should not contain any identifying information (name, school, etc). Entries are blind judged by the jury. To assist in archiving and publication of entries, a digital format (.jpg) of the entry should be submitted. Each 11 x 17 page should be 150 dpi (RGB preferred). Submit this electronic file on a CD placed in submission envelope as indicated below. STUDENT SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: You must securely affix a 9 x 12 clasped envelope onto the back of the final page of your entry. Seal the envelope with the clasp only. Do not label or mark the envelope in any manner. Please include the following inside the envelope: SUBMISSION FORM complete all information and signatures on printed form. PROPOSED TRAVEL ITINERARY include on an.5 x 11 typewritten page a brief statement of intent regarding your travel plans if awarded a travel prize. Include intended travel destination(s) and the relationship, if any, to your on-going studies. APPLICATION FEE $ 15 make checks payable to: Lyceum Fellowship, Inc. DIGITAL (CD) COPY OF ENTRY see Entry Format for specifications FACULTY SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: Faculty should sign each entrant s printed submission form and maintain a list of all student entrants from the school, regardless of whether entries are completed individually or within a studio. Faculty should notify the Lyceum when shipment has been made. Please tell us how many boxed shipments, and the number of entries, the Lyceum should expect to receive from your school. You may ship final entries to us at any time throughout the competition timeline so long as entries are received on or before the submission deadline. SUBMIT ENTRIES TO: Boston Society of Architects 290 Congress St, Suite 200 Boston, MA ATTN: The Lyceum Fellowship EVALUATION COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING CONTACT INFORMATION. Competition winners are notified directly. student name student s telephone number student s address above: permanent mailing address below: _ city: state: zip: COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: student s school name of degree program year of study / expected year of graduation list other degrees or previous education PRIOR TO THIS LYCEUM FELLOWSHIP COMPETITION, MY TRAVEL EXPERIENCE WAS (CHECK ONE BOX): [ ] I have not yet traveled much beyond my immediate home or school state [ ] I have not yet traveled internationally [ ] I have traveled internationally once or twice [ ] I have traveled internationally on several occasions please tell us if and where you have traveled abroad: CERTIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY (SIGN THIS FORM): I CERTIFY THAT THIS ENTRY INCLUDES THE ITEMS NOTED ABOVE AND MEETS THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS: The student is enrolled in a school of architecture in North America. The student has at least one year of study remaining in the current program or plans to attend an immediately subsequent architectural degree program so that a travel award from this competition may be fulfilled prior to the completion of architectural studies. The entry represents the individual work of the student, completed either individually or within a design studio. student signature date faculty signature date faculty printed name faculty address faculty telephone number SUBMISSION FORM 9 11

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2017 AIA INDIANAPOLIS EXCELLENCE IN ARCHITECTURE AWARDS Call for Entries

2017 AIA INDIANAPOLIS EXCELLENCE IN ARCHITECTURE AWARDS Call for Entries All AIA Indianapolis member architects are invited to compete for Honor, Merit, and Citation Design Awards to be presented at the.