At the Loch: a library proposal for the Boleskine house foundation
Typ
Examensarbete för masterexamen
Program
Architecture and urban design (MPARC), MSc
Publicerad
2021
Författare
Klint, Georg
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Sammanfattning
At the eastern shores of Loch Ness, Scotland, Boleskine
House is found. This is a manor built in 1809
with an interesting and controversial history, most
noticeable for having been owned by Aleister Crowley
and Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin. Since 2019 the area
is owned by the Boleskine House Foundation, which is
a non-profit organization whose main aim is to restore
and maintain the Boleskine House estate. Their end
goal and overall vision for Boleskine House is that it
will become a historical landmark that will offer public
accessibility and enjoyment in a way hitherto unavailable,
including a forum that will enrich people with
the importance of history and heritage. Therefore, the
foundation has future plans to build a library on site.
The focus of the library will be local Scottish history
but also the contested topic of western esotericism.
This thesis presents a design proposal for how a
library on this site could look like, and what qualities
it would offer. The aim of the thesis is to show how
architecture can relate to place and history, but also
how it can facilitate reading and learning. Incorporating
the concept of a lightbringer and the theory of
analogue architecture, the design proposal is based
upon traditional site analysis as well as studies of the
library typology through literature and drawn reference
projects. The library is situated on the same lot as
Boleskine House and its restored formal garden which
means that it has to relate to the existing architecture,
while at the same time also act as a public building on
site. The interior spaces include a book collection of
25 000 volumes as well as a small archive and spaces
for reading, working and recreation.
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Ämne/nyckelord
Library architecture, contextual architecture, analogue architecture, Loch Ness, iconography