3 30 94 http://omeka.philaathenaeum.org/LookingForward/files/original/bc3a855ac42761f448e2d73f27bca112.jpg 0678b6a9cd4547e7ea67c96fa82b79f0 http://omeka.philaathenaeum.org/LookingForward/files/original/a848ef543b3960f24e0749b4bbf00482.jpg 40f5de2907a380841ee19d1d153e6fa2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Professional Category Architectural Contest Entry Category Professional Registration Number 46184851 Project Assumption The mid of the 21st century would be defined by a paradigm shift affecting not only libraries and similar institutions but also the society as a whole. This period of time could be characterized by a continuous transition from a written text towards verbal information or from a keyboard towards the talking computers. New technologies will play an important role in this transition. Similarly libraries and other cultural institutions as we know them today would become prominent hubs mediating this transition between technology and society in terms of how information is being processed, stored, searched and presented to the individuals and society. Current text searching technology will be replaced by more advanced search browsers. These would allow us to access diverse information data with attributes such as texture, smell, tone, reflectivity etc. Exhibits presented by these institutions will display digitally processed and enhanced objects, 3d environments and projections in their full spectrum, including tones, smells, atmospheres, able to fully interact with the visitor and thus creating a unique experience. Project Statement The project is conceived as an interpretation of the existing Athenaeum brownstone building from 19th century during the shift of the cultural paradigm. What would the institution’s on-site and on-line presence look like in the period of time when written text is being slowly replaced by verbal information and images and video by digital objects, interactive models and simulations? In the time when the digital copy of an object is more real and vivid as the original. The project focuses on the internal organization of spaces within a generic volume and its relation to the digital content presented by the institution. One of the two main spaces is the basement. It serves as a main area for producing the digital content for the institution and contains facilities such as text-to-speech studio, digital lab for 3d scanning, printing and creating interactive digital projections of architectural exhibits, along with archive and server room. The other main space is the computer study room on the top floor which would allow the visitors access the digital content via voice-in/voice-out computers. Volume compressed by these two floors is conceived as a sequence of rather acoustic-like spaces for exhibiting the digital content such as interactive installations, digital 3d objects and environments. Ground floor is defined as variable space for temporary exhibitions, technology workshops, lectures and digital broadcasting. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Athenaeum of Philadelphia 2050 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lukac, Martin Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Bratislava, Slovakia Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2014 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 005-LF-P030 3d printing hologram night view http://omeka.philaathenaeum.org/LookingForward/files/original/331d529d3fb0fba3af9fb1d79fb33962.jpg 52230d2370fce8bba2f143a4db984f69 http://omeka.philaathenaeum.org/LookingForward/files/original/c0908baec2b582dc38997327b3424ee8.jpg 6e56d96f5a2657c58c242c0346e2fa24 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Student Category Architectural Contest Entry Registration Number 46144918 Category Student School The Catholic University of America Project Assumption The Athenaeum is a library and museum with historical design, literary, and educational activities. It is a member-supported library with a circulating collection and reading rooms that engage the public as well through lectures, programs, exhibitions, and publications. As technology has advanced, books and other materials have been made accessible through the Internet. Members could potentially access everything in the library from their home. These advances threaten the not only the existence of books, but also the need for libraries as well. Can architecture evolve to incorporate these advances in technology? Project Statement In this design, the Athenaeum changes from Georgian style to contemporary, symbolizing the advancement in technology. The first floor glass walls may be interactive digital screens displayed in the exhibition room. The digital center creates a space to access online services. Despite technological advances, there is a special quality about tangible books that digital material cannot offer. The Athenaeum provides learning and interactive space such as an exhibition space, lecture hall, and chess room that cannot be replaced by Internet. Therefore, it is important to adapt and include the technology, while giving visitors reason to come to the Athenaeum. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 005-LF-S019 Title A name given to the resource The Athenaeum, Philadelphia, PA Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Yager, Nicholas Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2014 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Henderson, NV, USA http://omeka.philaathenaeum.org/LookingForward/files/original/bdd14a412e6833e388851042a05a330d.jpg 91aabc10c3e031391e5b76b135047268 http://omeka.philaathenaeum.org/LookingForward/files/original/e0f12b06db1e8ce1e76f90d09de484b0.jpg 6f56124ebe8d03bb23a57d53a82a5c8b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Professional Category Architectural Contest Entry Registration Number 46185996 Category Professional Project Assumption The scheme utilizes the current library as a basis for design: expanding the main library and reading rooms, adding a rotunda for storage and display of rare books, reinstating the basement lecture theatre and incorporating a roof top coffee shop and semi-public reading spaces. The addition of 2d/3d scanning, projecting and printing studios will allow users to archive, explore, exhibit, and create in a new way. The digital/ physical representations of this new archive will be presented in a series of hybrid spaces throughout the building, including the large multi-media ground floor gallery as well as the rooftop reading rooms. Project Statement This proposal is inspired by the history of the site, both in terms of aesthetics and use. Updating the building - modifying its material palette from brown sandstone to vertical terracotta fins, and rationalizing and modernizing its geometry and detailing - can be seen as a metaphor for updating methods of communication: both are repackaged but retain their original purpose. In this scheme, the old - physical - and new - digital - do not need to cannibalize each other. By rewriting the myth of the Athenaeum with a new language, its role in society will continue. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 005-LF-P031 Title A name given to the resource The Athenaeum: The Architectural Library of Philadelphia Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource McAslan, Alexander Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 2014 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant London, UK 3d printing cafe hologram night view http://omeka.philaathenaeum.org/LookingForward/files/original/d5840e27819123f543252b7fcce53472.jpg 3255271f1f7ca3c84b5f5a4f4d5cfab1 http://omeka.philaathenaeum.org/LookingForward/files/original/38ce8164417fcc40efe441d32fd87ad9.jpg 0c00e8854064f9a3d9e5996331bc3ab3 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Professional Category Architectural Contest Entry Registration Number 46190954 Category Professional Firm Endemic/Michigan Project Assumption Perhaps no other typology should be less concerned with the question ‘what will it be in xxx years’ than the athenaeum. Yet, perhaps no other typology should be more concerned. Both reliquary / library, museum / archive, and a historic / projective project, the Athenaeum is a classic contradiction. However, speculations on the future of technology or the library miss the point. The inherent contradictions of an athenaeum are fodder for resistance to such conjecture without relinquishing an instrumental cultural status. The future of the Athenaeum is not bound up in the status of libraries or technology. Rather, it is an archetype that resists such architecturally antagonistic statements. Instead, the Athenaeum is a protagonist of architecture’s capacity to curate new social collectives as a disciplinary construct, developed here through anachronistic, elemental architectural geometries of a box, cone, and vault in novel arrangement. The future of the Athenaeum is architecture itself. Project Statement This proposal combines fundamental architectural elements in ways that are historically referential yet projective in nature. Here, the Athenaeum is an arrangement of primitive forms; the box, the barrel vault, and the cone. The box is its normal robust container, carved out by intersecting barrel vaults to produce an expanded public ground plane. Interior cones within the box serve as vertical light well aggregations and objects that structure programmatic shifts, thresholds, rooms, and spatial interruptions as elements between within the box mass constituting an interior figure. The facade consists of layers of red brick and white marble, traditional to many buildings considered to be the pride and ornament of Philadelphia as well as the original facade proposals for the current Athenaeum. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 005-LF-P041 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Thenhaus, Clark Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 2014 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Ann Arbor, MI, USA Title A name given to the resource The Box, the Vault, and the Cone night view http://omeka.philaathenaeum.org/LookingForward/files/original/436f4e63a5c30b895ca9be91c6214dd5.jpg 0bcf06b96f29e27ceadfe4a6badbbf31 http://omeka.philaathenaeum.org/LookingForward/files/original/e2023ded1fbce00b0b1753eef0979c9b.jpg e64a6077c0062731063a9f5df8f0e1ef Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Student Category Architectural Contest Entry Registration Number 46133615 Category Student School The Catholic University of America Project Assumption 2050 human population has doubled, ocean levels have raised and food sources have dropped; the definition of sustainable architecture has changed. It is now a requirement that all new construction has to be as harmless as possible and additionally give back to the world’s natural needs. Water pollution is becoming a common problem in Northeastern US cities; hence, water filtration systems are becoming our solution. These systems can sustain a building’s aquatic needs while giving excess water back to Philadelphia. Project Statement Prolonged Circulation and the Progression of Knowledge. Circulation mimics the flow of filtration; conceptualizing the idea that one filters through art, artifacts and books to gain knowledge. Decelerating the path of travel exposes the user to different architectural elements and allow one to filter through information to gain knowledge. The faster one filters through knowledge, the less contaminates are detected. By slowing down circulation, it lets each visitor experience all futuristic resources the library has to offer. Finally, the top floors view the building below, so members look down and understand where all filtering knowledge originated. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 005-LF-S011 Title A name given to the resource The Circulation of Filtrating Knowledge Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kelly, Matthew Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2014 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Summit, NJ, USA cafe grey water http://omeka.philaathenaeum.org/LookingForward/files/original/06d209d7424bb3e4f8c1cea199adecef.jpg d00d1a5e60241b5c5caa1080902b343d http://omeka.philaathenaeum.org/LookingForward/files/original/73a8b6e682936998eb190c56b9d7fa1b.jpg 508aa5ec54cb32c437a8a093aa7e5d2b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Student Category Architectural Contest Entry Registration Number 46189195 Category Student School The Catholic University of America Project Assumption In 2050, I believe the Athenaeum to have progressed from an exclusive member’s only society, to a large community of traded knowledge. More people will be aware of its existence and the use of technology will be a major factor in doing so. Technology will also play a big part of the athenaeum both as a structure and as an organization. The building itself will be equipped with high end facilities that will be able to deliver information easily, thoroughly, and quickly; while, the organization will benefit from a direct connection to the people through social networks and online communication. Project Statement My concept for the Athenaeum in 2050, is a contemporary structure that doesn’t compromise its historic standing, and functions as a hub for easily accessed knowledge. I created slopes that emerge from the grade to form the massing. I decided to enlist a sense of uniform to design in the form of even heights and widths of the volumes, as to not overwhelm the neighborhood. The fluidity of the slopes and how they subtly mimic nature and organic formation address the historical aspect, while the order, sharp angles, grids, and geometry address the macro scale of Philadelphia as a city. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 005-LF-S032 Title A name given to the resource The Emergence of Cutting Edge Dissemination: Re-imagining the Athenaeum of Philadelphia Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Albader, Ayshah Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2014 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Washington, DC, USA http://omeka.philaathenaeum.org/LookingForward/files/original/9c165e6ca4050ddb9fc0a70b763f99d5.jpg 7e781a39b628b152494af553d239a91a http://omeka.philaathenaeum.org/LookingForward/files/original/c8de820f355283270a5f72de70366433.jpg 6942b7db6780edeaedc3f963acb2ac19 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Student Category Architectural Contest Entry Registration Number 46131538 Category Student School The Catholic University of America Project Assumption In 2050, technology will be in every aspect of life. Not only will it be incorporated even more than it is now, it will be stronger than ever before. All types of information will be stored through technology. Libraries, specifically the Athenaeum, will act as places of gathering to discuss new ideas. The Philadelphia community will still be preserved in the way that it is now, but the Athenaeum will bring a different sense of community to the famous historic district yet still remain a private library. Project Statement The Athenaeum is not only going to incorporate the future of technology but the importance of the history as well. These two different spaces are going to be represented as private/present and public/past. While the courtyard is only accessible to its members, it engages the Philadelphia community since the inside atrium is viewable to all. The topography varies greatly throughout the site allowing the boxes to be exposed at different heights. Choosing not to rebuild on this historic site shows the importance in preserving the area around the Athenaeum and allowing the glass boxes to represent movement through time. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 005-LF-S008 Title A name given to the resource The Exploration of Time and Space through Landscape Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Hovorka, George C. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2014 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Copiague, NY, USA green roof http://omeka.philaathenaeum.org/LookingForward/files/original/847ee352baaca178c8d64be30c2d6a36.jpg 298c936e75b84ec440fdf31b9ab4b503 http://omeka.philaathenaeum.org/LookingForward/files/original/3e2a21c57dd6f147bd3058c8ad265058.jpg b83dd54b8a4bd4da31b8c6d181cea3a8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Professional Category Architectural Contest Entry Registration Number 46191257 Category Professional Project Assumption The year is 2050. Large-scale 3D-printing technology has become commonplace in the building industry. Libraries have lost ground in their traditional functions to other institutions and technological phenomena. Museums and remote storage facilities have taken over much of book storage. Virtually all available information can be accessed instantly in a variety of formats through digital media. Digital Storage is done cheaply on remote server farms. This design must focus on the functions that the library is still in a strong position to serve. The Dilworth property has been removed and the site is open to pedestrians on all sides. Project Statement Libraries have always served humanity at a very personal level. The amount of cultural bandwidth apportioned solely to libraries is shrinking. Libraries can best serve the public by joining and complementing other institutions. This can be done by maintaining a broad focus beyond information storage and by continuing to hybridize with other public institutions such as museums, colleges, and community centers. The library can also stay relevant to communities by acting as a 'third place', meaning a sanctuary that is neither work nor home. As such, the design presented focuses on the range of functions that library is still in a strong position to serve, organized around the fundamental human needs of community/contact and personal repose/tranquility. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 005-LF-P043 Title A name given to the resource The Hybrary: Serving Human Needs Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Linnstaedt, Andrew Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 2014 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Flint Hill, VA, USA http://omeka.philaathenaeum.org/LookingForward/files/original/9500847f3ed2eb2b50d297a480dd1ba6.jpg 0a1f29e6302a770a118a085e54c2a5cc http://omeka.philaathenaeum.org/LookingForward/files/original/b114ac93bdba7a2143498e592d595b8e.jpg 2bf888a62dad9270ea6bde5a4a3c4a7f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Professional Category Architectural Contest Entry Registration Number 46190039 Category Professional Firm Central Standard Office of Design Project Assumption Athenaeum of Curiosities is based on the premise that humans will have a highly developed sense of memory through the preservation and interaction with physical objects of the past. While the project anticipates technological material advancement (i.e. façade systems made of archival glazing assemblies), it takes an opposite approach to the “everything will be digital” mantra of recent years. The proposal speculates on the possibility for architecture to institute change through the spatial, organizational, and effects-driven accumulation of historic objects. Hoarder-like in its overabundance and John Soane-esque in its careful curation of object types to create microcosms of the world, Athenaeum of Curiosities is a future projection on our attachment to objects and the potential for architecture to allow us to not just view them but to inhabit them. Project Statement There will always be things. Physical things, things that provide us with a sense of a past that we’ve never witnessed, things that give us a tangible connection to the materials and methods of those that came before us and most importantly, things that tell us stories of our future. Athenaeum of Curiosities is a portal to these things. Overabundant in its display of physical objects (books, art, artifacts), it is an architecture that projects on immersive experiences through both space and objects. Objects become façade and furniture turns spatial as the Athenaeum of 2050 celebrates the preservation of physical and material effects in the world. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 005-LF-P040 Title A name given to the resource The Philadelphia Athenaeum of Curiosities 2050 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Bair, Kelly Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 2014 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Chicago, IL, USA http://omeka.philaathenaeum.org/LookingForward/files/original/43f9b8d63a173a6e2abc68dee1279a28.jpg 547f3b9b61876dc87d04d4dd6664b99c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Student Category Architectural Contest Entry Registration Number 46189762 Category Student School The Catholic University of America Project Assumption What will people of the future require from the Athenaeum? Will forever go unanswered because a lack of insight to the future. The knowledge of the future does not exist; only knowledge of the past is tangible. In present time, people will require the Athenaeum to experience the past, while they are working towards the future. An escape to the Athenaeum in the year 2015 will give visitors the chance to experience tangible books in it’s libraries, rather than their counterpart of electronic prints which continue to develop. The past is the necessary foundation to create a future. Project Statement A shadow casts overhead. Stealing the sun. Where is the not immediately visible obstruction located? On the approach, the building is an arms length away, yet the looming shadow does not match the structure seen. The tangible building, and its non-matching counterpart are presently the only existing clues. Before entering, all that is known is there is a building, a shadow exists, and not knowing what lies behind the cause of the shadow until climbing the, at first, unseen tower. We know the present, and that the future exists, but not what it consists of until reaching the unseen future. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 005-LF-S034 Title A name given to the resource The Tangible and Its Counterpart Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Carr, Masie Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2014 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Brant Beach, NJ, USA skyscraper http://omeka.philaathenaeum.org/LookingForward/files/original/bcd067d40f9be8f6c0b2f97b4ecbf105.jpg 219d9d2dec3d559c7eef6e282b2f2655 http://omeka.philaathenaeum.org/LookingForward/files/original/2b2b4199f875716d275b7ead666e145c.jpg 9b93dcbfe66c569fd42be387094fde84 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Student Category Architectural Contest Entry Registration Number 46161506 Category Student School The Catholic University of America Project Assumption In today’s world, we are experiencing a technological revolution. In just a short span of time, information has moved from the physical world, to a digital realm. The rise of the computer and the internet has revolutionized how information is obtained, created, and distributed. Once, the library was the ultimate source of knowledge; today, that information is available at our fingertips. Now we can simply ask our phone a question, and it can understand and give us an answer. This trend will continue to 2050; the Digital Revolution will give rise to the Digital Intelligence. Project Statement The Athenaeum of the Future will house a digital intelligence that known as the Virtual Librarian. Like an oracle, members of the library will rise to the top of the building to consult the Librarian on topics related to their research. The Athenaeum will be a shrine dedicated to the pursuit and sharing of knowledge: it is a house for the Virtual Librarian. The Librarian will present itself as a hologram, and will be able to give lectures to an audience in a great auditorium. The Athenaeum of 2050 will be a Cathedral of Knowledge. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 005-LF-S022 Title A name given to the resource The Virtual Librarian: The Future of the Athenaeum Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rahill, John Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2014 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Milford, MI, USA hologram http://omeka.philaathenaeum.org/LookingForward/files/original/9986370924118fc59cb24744ac6c087e.jpg 0fdfda1d797eb3fc59d0fef1310dbf1f http://omeka.philaathenaeum.org/LookingForward/files/original/e0ae26d3a20d5ae76b8e81ee895a4313.jpg cf44758395b3b533dfeb604eeecf57c8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Professional Category Architectural Contest Entry Registration Number 46164724 Category Professional Project Assumption In “thinking back | looking forward: the Athenaeum of Philadelphia”, the following is to be assumed: In 2050, new technologies and emphasis on social collaboration have advanced information gathering and exchange methods. Valuing the foundation set forth by previous eras and the evolution of the new generation, interactive and visual elements juxtaposed with physical representation and creations of the past create a holistic experience within the Athenaeum. Interactive visual walls, new forms of object and drawing recreation, and socially engaging spaces intertwined with foundational elements of the Athenaeum foster an innovative hub for the researchers and creators within the community. Project Statement Currently, the fortified-like structure exudes a presence but doesn’t connect strongly to the park. Its lantern and plaque are always lite, though its soul is mysterious to passerby. Meanwhile, its online presence is booming. This duality became the concept of our design. The spaces are divided into public and private zones. As the floors ascend, the information gathering methods and level of vocal exchange becomes simpler and quieter. Glimpses through tectonics heighten the mysteriousness of the spaces beyond, while circulating light and ventilation. Nature intertwines with research and creative exchange. A lantern at the entry signifies its ever going presence. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 005-LF-P017 Title A name given to the resource Thinking Back | Looking Forward Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Sison, Ryan Ziegler, Stephanie Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 2014 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Philadelphia, PA, USA cafe grey water http://omeka.philaathenaeum.org/LookingForward/files/original/0fb5d0aa1c8a20634af5cdf0b543cb38.jpg 62a83e258a22059fa36ed3d28bd3a3ce http://omeka.philaathenaeum.org/LookingForward/files/original/8683378b71cd061b7774ba261a4ca631.jpg 1cf3ff4cdbe9a045fd1778ca6bcaf0d1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Student Category Architectural Contest Entry Registration Number 46142185 Category Student School The Catholic University of America Project Assumption The Athenaeum of 2050 will continue to provide an exalted study space for private members, but will also be looking towards the future with a public interactive gallery space for the growing residential population and tourists alike. Project Statement The inseparable quality of time and place leaves a lasting impression in our memory. “You have never been at a place except for a time, and you have never existed in a time except for at a place.” Returning members and first time visitors alike subconsciously locate themselves in the present, while program bisects their perception of place. Private members descend into the archive of our architectural past, while the public ascends to the future of digital sharing and interactive technology Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 005-LF-S017 Title A name given to the resource Time + Place Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Moran, Kyle Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2014 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Davidsonville, MD, USA night view http://omeka.philaathenaeum.org/LookingForward/files/original/b1af63b234346570fa2bc7a707a850bb.jpg 8d9975dc37c5a5acc66bb5a6acde1cde http://omeka.philaathenaeum.org/LookingForward/files/original/7e87c12b3db7fa45952e7a7313557c26.jpg bb73d2bb05a14394b0ea64f5d78c32b5 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Student Category Architectural Contest Entry Registration Number 46189777 Category Student School The Catholic University of America Project Assumption Washington Square Park has a substantial influence on the design of my structure. The building reaches out to the park and structurally implies conceptual trees enclosing a modern building giving the feeling of my concept “The Urban Tree House.” The Athenaeum of 2050 will house original documents as well as digital labs to view the original copies yet minimize the physical interaction. “The Urban Tree House” ties together the historical roots of the Athenaeum with the digital era of the future. Project Statement Holding a physical book in ones hand is a traditional experience; yet with the rise of technology, digital copies of the equivalent material are just as relevant. Designing a contemporary structure to house both these historical roots as well as accommodating the digital era constructs, implies the creation of uniquely configured spaces. Being 2050 it is under assumption the culture has drastically transformed. Taking today’s “smart devices” and transforming them into complete “smart buildings” will be the new progression. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 005-LF-S037 Title A name given to the resource Urban Treehouse Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rio, David Del Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2014 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Roselle Park, NJ, USA http://omeka.philaathenaeum.org/LookingForward/files/original/8feaa968030a443c1b6843d95470ac39.jpg 13709494c8134879a439922ca4aa5bca http://omeka.philaathenaeum.org/LookingForward/files/original/0a04f269d5f1de77cce6621db80cf6b1.jpg 958829cc2a5ec1d3f2da2a4a76d80dca Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Professional Category Architectural Contest Entry Registration Number 46189713 Category Professional Firm Yale School of Architecture Project Assumption Recent decades have witnessed a shift from paper-based design to digital design in the field of immaterial production and in particular in the architectural profession. Thus the project envisions a library in a time that most of its collection will be born-digital and the future Athenæum will be an infrastructure of data where its knowledge will be stored in rows of servers. With its Cloud service for its users (mainly architects, scholars, designers in related fields and interested general public), the production of knowledge will be a simultaneous process of creation and storage and potentially sharing based on users’ choices. Project Statement The project proposes two interdependent components for the future Athenæum: the Wall - a highly efficient and controlled space for the production, exchange and storage of digital data - and an open space covered by tree Canopy - a productive landscape where the publicness of a library is celebrated as it is a space dedicated to the coming together of individuals to the production and dissemination of knowledge. Together, the Wall and Canopy make the future Athenæum again the pride of Philadelphia for its collections and services, and more importantly, for its celebration of collectivity both online and on-site. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 005-LF-P039 Title A name given to the resource Wall and Canopy Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Mo, Wanli Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 2014 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant New York, USA http://omeka.philaathenaeum.org/LookingForward/files/original/4a57c8b6b2696d986343d89b2c8e84b0.jpg 6fa9b3a7be069a63a843b6a2dc10c8af http://omeka.philaathenaeum.org/LookingForward/files/original/6a4b38c9520d67276d4c67f3da971882.jpg f0e95e416ee242b1ee28a8b9440a1b69 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Professional Category Architectural Contest Entry Registration Number 46086336 Category Professional Firm Joseph Allan & Company Project Assumption In the year 2050, technological innovation has progressed to the level of biomechanical implementation. Humans are able to supplant their natural abilities with digital devices, which can be implanted into their physical bodies. This allows them instant access to all knowledge, as well as the ability to share and contribute to that repository. As the ability to obtain knowledge has become more of an individual and private endeavor, there is a greater need to foster a physical connection to the communities that share common interests. The ATHENÆUM provides the venue for congregation and contemplation of those interests, in a setting that inspires innovation and discovery. Project Statement The new ATHENÆUM promises to become the city's cultural center, offering a variety of venues, with varying levels of access. From the street level plaza, to the penthouse apartment, every type of space is addressed. The building boasts sophisticated technology, supporting a priceless collection of traditional media. It is a place to study and learn, to congregate and contemplate, More than a place for research, it is a place to live and work. The key to the financial success is the 28 story residential tower, featuring a 60 space parking garage. The residences ensure ample income to support the collections, and guarantees traffic through the public spaces. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 005-LF-P008 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Sistler, Joseph Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 2014 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Orlando, FL, USA residential skyscraper http://omeka.philaathenaeum.org/LookingForward/files/original/e2c4ee6ba67ae6cc4bd6f1c884001c47.jpg 11645c3c018ec14c31605d6b0e40b0b7 http://omeka.philaathenaeum.org/LookingForward/files/original/2d71664358f0175ff2126b67d72a4988.jpg 221612cc29991674fed6e52e8e3e223e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Professional Category Architectural Contest Entry Registration Number 46150381 Category Professional Firm Talbot + Vormus Project Assumption To meet the future needs of the institution, the project implements a strategy of multivalent spaces capable of accommodating known usages of today, but also those that will be invented tomorrow. The trend towards digitization of data and technological nomadism result here in the design of continuous and open spaces. But to prepare for the future is also to secure the past, creating two levels of archives that can accommodate nearly 10km of shelving. And the Athenaeum of 2050 will be a place of exchange, multimedia experience and memory. Project Statement The disappearance of the Athenaeum’s historical building will leave an imprint that draws the foundations of this proposal. The project context is the history of the place, a history around which the building stands. The opaque base, contemporary abstraction of the old building, crystallizes the legacy of the institution and protrudes into an extension structured around a broad patio. The body and the crowning result from the base as much as they define it. The interdependence of the composition illustrates the continuity that will guide the development of the Athenaeum by 2050. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 005-LF-P012 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Vormus, Sammy Talbot, Clement Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 2014 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Paris, France http://omeka.philaathenaeum.org/LookingForward/files/original/84868fe0e57749d7b3568a5b1f0e20ec.jpg 3b583c3d5fe2a2301997644f4135ed17 http://omeka.philaathenaeum.org/LookingForward/files/original/c070582900db6a991485083c1df84b63.jpg 352b418e9c4f403c061a19dea41f2333 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Professional Category Architectural Contest Entry Registration Number 46170777 Category Professional Project Assumption Research libraries maintain scholastic and popular relevance by adopting contemporary tools and mediums for the rapid formation and visualization of ideas and their potentially entertaining dissemination. It does so without sacrificing the artifactual for the purely informational. A technologically advanced accession process includes rapid, accurate digitization, cataloguing both digitally and physically while enhancing the collection’s accessibility and searchability. The Athenæum equips researchers with data mining and visualization software, accelerating and diversifying the dissemination and formation of new knowledge with video, maps, imaging, and holographics. Robotically accessed archives concentrate centuries of books, drawings, documents, and objects, retaining those fundamental, artifactual tools. Project Statement This proposal embraces the unity of a longstanding tradition with an imagined future of academic research and archival stewardship. The forward-positioned grand reading rooms, lecture halls, and galleries provide a dignified setting for academic discovery as researchers unlock the cultural wealth safeguarded within the archives. A robotic archival storage and retrieval system conceptually anchors the building and is on display for the public’s enjoyment. Classical Greek ornamentation recalls Philadelphia’s civic identity as the “Athens of America.” Interplay of traditional and contemporary design elements embodies the spirit of history in the digital age. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 005-LF-P019 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Howard, Stephen W. Gander, Andrew Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 2014 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Arlington, VA, USA automated book delivery hologram skyscraper http://omeka.philaathenaeum.org/LookingForward/files/original/b56dca6302cad516b523881a535a6171.jpg bad92b9283701d5871cd3c8b4fec8434 http://omeka.philaathenaeum.org/LookingForward/files/original/a03ed340ac376d6496951f04a1e8b085.jpg 25ec3d9c77e13a10698d0b2d7cfe425d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Professional Category Architectural Contest Entry Registration Number 46171789 Category Professional Firm Francesca Russo Architect Project Assumption The 40,000 SF New Athenaeum occupies the old footprint. The articulated building exterior of concrete panel and glass reflects new technology. At the south façade, above the adjacent landmark Dilworth House, are solar membranes. Keeping with an ecological theme, additional solar devices, a green wall and grey water collection are incorporated. The interior features stacks and storage for the existing collections, community spaces and classrooms for book-binding, robotics and cooking. Unique spaces including immersion pods, a hologram room and 3-D printing facilities offer new library features. Gallery and artist-in-residence spaces offer possibilities to introduce new material into the library program. Project Statement The thrust of this design for the New Athenaeum is multi-faceted: • To provide a home for the abundance of materials now housed in the current building. • To provide greater dissemination of and access to the materials through physical and digital means. • To create new spaces for learning through hands-on experiences and total multi-media immersion. • To provide spaces for learning for people of all ages and backgrounds. The design strategy includes the retention of the Dilworth Building and the creation of a six-level new Athenaeum that will be contemporary in nature while still harmonious with its surroundings. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 005-LF-P021 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Russo, Francesca Robertson, Maren Asseo, Lorna DiStasio, Nancy O'Conner, Patricia Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 2014 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Nyack, NY, USA cafe grey water hologram pod/hive solar http://omeka.philaathenaeum.org/LookingForward/files/original/9b9aa29b22a21503256e19d54728f447.jpg d82ed74323b4f16b902d83d3c85fcc3d http://omeka.philaathenaeum.org/LookingForward/files/original/b23d3ac59bf256a756abdf24785b27a2.jpg 15ba359071e3ce583e8c4da9ba63f422 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Professional Category Architectural Contest Entry Registration Number 46172548 Category Professional Firm Ethelind Coblin Architect Project Assumption In a hopeful vision architecture and architectural institutions, such as the Athenaeum, will have arrived by 2050 at a new technological, digital and social paradigm that is capable of making collaborators out of users or spectators (W.Benjamin, “The Author As Producer”). This will encompass: - a new role of public and semi-public spaces within the building to accommodate new individualized and collaborative work and study modes - new digital, organizational and mechanical means to store and make accessible analog and digital information and artifacts - a material culture that is in sync with ecological demands to ensure an equitable future Project Statement The 7-story New Athenaeum has a distributed program enabling its mission to make accessible architectural knowledge through new technology and social interaction. All of the archival holdings, organized into an automated wall, store and display the collections. The archive energizes the building, mediated with the rest of the program through a full height atrium. Institutional functions are bracketed by public programming on the lower and upper floors, with exhibition, library and multi-purpose spaces. The 6th floor interfaces the public with the collection and interlinks the building’s volume with the city. An experimental holographic environment allows for state-of-the-art means of investigation. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 005-LF-P022 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Coblin, Ethelind Lipson, Louis Cheemalapati, Maneswar Palomin, Carlos Neumann, Matthias Judge, Jennifer Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 2014 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant New York, NY, USA automated book delivery hologram skyscraper http://omeka.philaathenaeum.org/LookingForward/files/original/215dd9848962bb661c14ef0a9eccef65.jpg bc199eb6abb2c6a2dca82e49928945bf http://omeka.philaathenaeum.org/LookingForward/files/original/f6ce51b309c527f9f1d609f732ac0edd.jpg 4f4a754ce7a80e122958e78ed3142a11 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Professional Category Architectural Contest Entry Registration Number 46173611 Category Professional Firm Ether Ship Project Assumption Structure, MEPs and other architectural elements will be merged into skin, and columns are to be disappeared in history enabling pure open plan. All the architectural elements will be explained in a single element – Skin – Total Glass. The future of Athenaeum is to be affected by this change and new technologies. Three dimensional hologram make visitors to experience historical buildings in a room, and the Artificial Intelligence create mind of architects in history to enable visitors of talking with them. Future visitors will get the knowledge by talking with the author instead of reading books. Project Statement The building being made of Total Glass is column free to claim the most freedom in space design. According to the inner program’s change, TG adjust degree of sunlight into interior and artificial lighting. Visitors first see the aura of original drawings, photos or manuscripts at basement floors, and move up to second floor to experience the building with three dimensional hologram, and at third floor, they watch the original objects of the building in the form of physical model or mockup, and finally at the forth floor, they talk with the architect to know the essence of the architecture. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 005-LF-P023 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Yang, Sung Goo Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 2014 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Jersey City, NJ, USA cafe hologram skyscraper http://omeka.philaathenaeum.org/LookingForward/files/original/2add249bcc2677b05eff46e1b889f3ca.jpg e1dae038165847660e3eb1aa3ea278db http://omeka.philaathenaeum.org/LookingForward/files/original/88dbef12c253cd93d47cd148e874dcfd.jpg ed5ab671660799c8d801a25ad6747f4d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Professional Category Architectural Contest Entry Registration Number 46175011 Category Professional Firm Studio Ralph Tullie Project Assumption Building technology will become more automated and modular with more construction being done offsite, reducing material waste and dangerous onsite working conditions. Architectural libraries and records will include more 2D digital representations, virtual model walk through opportunities, and 3D printed physical examples. The advancement in technology will create more immersive interactions between people and design. It is possible that there could be an online library of virtual models of every completed and proposed building that could be explored from any device. The Athenaeum could become the local or national hub for all design-related information. Project Statement The building is set back on the site and raised in order to be more welcoming and accessible to the public with the intent on recruiting more members. An open ground floor leads to a lush, landscaped courtyard. The building will feature an outdoor video curtain that will feed the intellectual and creative life of Philadelphians. Video content will be visible from each floor and appear as a transparent background with views of the city beyond. A vertical green wall extends to the top of the building and provides each floor with natural daylight filtered through low-maintenance plantings. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 005-LF-P025 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Tullie, Ralph Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 2014 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Philadelphia, PA, USA 3d printing green roof http://omeka.philaathenaeum.org/LookingForward/files/original/1d1a0c52eb19ab554bbd33078828d12f.jpg f4b379b5ab3b0d0bdef88d90dbb5e114 http://omeka.philaathenaeum.org/LookingForward/files/original/de2ac10c5cfd52adac997acee47ba4ae.jpg f4d9ddb5eb02fa78baed736618cecf11 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Professional Category Architectural Contest Entry Registration Number 46177651 Category Professional Project Assumption The physical library has become a rarity in a world where vast online repositories of information can be readily accessed by anyone - at any time of day, anywhere in the world. While its collection remains unrivaled, the Athenaeum recognizes that Architecture is fundamentally an art of the physical, experiential world. To remain the leading resource on architecture in the city, the institution must be more than the custodian of records and documents for individual research. It must also strive to reach out beyond its walls, encourage public engagement, and assert itself as an integral feature of urban Philadelphia’s future. Project Statement As an institution dedicated to disseminating knowledge, preserving the history, and celebrating the future of architecture in Philadelphia, the Athenaeum requires a contemporary, forward thinking design, which, in terms of form and scale, also respects and refrains from overpowering the historical character of its urban context. The ground level and upper story, designed to flow as an extension of the street, provide ample public and semi-public spaces for community interaction. The lower floors of the building, gently sheltered from the bustle and commotion of the city above, provide an ideal environment for the more academic functions of the building. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 005-LF-P026 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Bazil, Theodore Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 2014 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Philadelphia, PA, USA night view http://omeka.philaathenaeum.org/LookingForward/files/original/5fa1664a0c15e39bb0c91f8e669813c8.jpg 69583adaf969656ff8e24c282e03e3e9 http://omeka.philaathenaeum.org/LookingForward/files/original/404482ddaa80231d402970a8cdce3615.jpg 1cef49ca69c23399164abcad80b97f36 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Professional Category Architectural Contest Entry Registration Number 46187492 Category Professional Firm RRS-Studio Project Assumption The new Athenaeum building is based on the idea of functionally divide space without any vertical wall. Each space is organized as a gallery and free to exibit architectural archives manufacts (drawings, documents, models, videos, audio contributes, etc.). The archives are set in the underground levels with restoration laboratories and facility spaces while the entrance and conference hall are situated in the floors spaces next to the city entrance. The building raise to high levels hosting a continuous vertical path made by exposition’s spaces. Project Statement The project goal is to develop a new idea based on a different path in architectural archives and museums design. It starts from Le Corbusier’s and Frank Lloyd Wright ideal concept for illimitate grow structure able for hosting growing culture heritage manufacts. As the same for library and architecture’s archive this idea could be more suitable concerning how this kind of museum communicate with people and with the cityscape. So the new Athenaeum thinked for 2050 is based on an internal path where the space becomes a continuum exposition gallery, from basement where the archive is to the top. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 005-LF-P034 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Renzi, Riccardo Falcioni, Margherita Pagliazzi, Guilia Cerofolini, Valentia Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 2014 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Firenze, Italy night view skyscraper http://omeka.philaathenaeum.org/LookingForward/files/original/dcf0654ec1d2dac04e3d29a37bb1ebda.jpg f736659bab1945b65527efb56c9d1187 http://omeka.philaathenaeum.org/LookingForward/files/original/64f72c2b148580e42ff6c3d6e0c016d6.jpg a261894bfece107e0cef323d671e6969 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Professional Category Architectural Contest Entry Registration Number 46188111 Category Professional Firm Virginia Tech Project Assumption Projecting beyond the present situation of the library is an unnecessary endeavor. The progress of information technology has repositioned the library as a broad public institution, liberated from attending to the necessities of the object — allowing a slide toward pure space. Caught up in the confusion, the library houses only difficult objects, texts which reject the technological charge to become ethereal. The object slowly becomes an artifact to be enjoyed in a space tailored to its altered status. The library is, then, simultaneously monumental and intimate — presenting itself as public edifice and private retreat. Project Statement The library suggests public space as an intellectual refuge. A sunken plaza is obscured by a false façade on Sixth Street. In this retreat one may pass time observing activity in the reading room or on the ramp puncturing the building envelope. The entrance is along St. James — a vaulted passage that denies the exterior world. Upon entering the library, one is immediately found within the tracery of stacks. Three stories of steel frames filter light and support volumes of books. In the library, disparate forms are conjoined to create thoughtful spaces for the public to rest. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 005-LF-P035 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Knuteson, John Heard, James Kilburn, Chelsea Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 2014 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Chicago, IL, USA http://omeka.philaathenaeum.org/LookingForward/files/original/932272f138dc0285b0995de2af431b7b.jpg b5f155329b0bca1423304d5d032d8ee2 http://omeka.philaathenaeum.org/LookingForward/files/original/a5ec09268a4b456fe6f7273ef9c8862a.jpg c86127e7ea109d206f7e0b052487335f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Professional Category Architectural Contest Entry Registration Number 46189559 Category Professional Project Assumption To remain relevant in a new era dominated by digital media and a public accustom to immediate access to services, future libraries must re-evaluate how to effectively and efficiently store, archive and distribute information. The library of the future will align more closely with today’s distribution and e-commerce centers than they will of the libraries of the past. Their focus will be on providing services and resources to a national market, and will be designed around the need to move information quickly and in a variety of different media. Project Statement The design approaches traditional library functions from an industrial and e-commerce point of view where efficient storage and distribution of goods is essential. An automated storage and retrieval system allows for the maximum amount of materials to be held in the Athenæum’s collections and distributed throughout the building and to member organizations with the click of a button. The design features gallery space for the library’s museum items and visiting exhibitions, office areas for the Athenæum’s growing research staff, and visualization labs where members can work directly with digital files and records. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 005-LF-P038 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Mobilia, Nicholas Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 2014 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Philadelphia, PA, USA automated book delivery green roof http://omeka.philaathenaeum.org/LookingForward/files/original/df6d7e6056083843a9e81128b1774044.jpg d5bb4b4866aef138f863a8bfde660949 http://omeka.philaathenaeum.org/LookingForward/files/original/eda00e0f4ad92324c433c63962d1ae34.jpg d72ec98993c14773bf1cdbeb9efdb9f8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Professional Category Architectural Contest Entry Registration Number 46190975 Category Professional Firm Shalom Baranes Associates Architects Project Assumption This proposal is designed based on assumptions that we do not have to follow current zoning, environmental codes, or height limits. The proposal also assumes that towards the year 2050 and beyond to 2150 Philadelphia will be growing exponentially with the Athenaeum of Philadelphia prospering and benefiting from endorsements, funding, archives, antiquities, and collections from newly constructed and historical buildings. Project Statement This proposal explores the Athenaeum as a vertical landscape of public and scholarly activities. The design aims to centralize and disseminate the Athenaeum’s expansive collection and public programs throughout the building -- a tall house that reinforces fluid scholarly activities and public functions as well as creating spaces of surprise, excitement, and energy. The exposed activity-filled interior rooms and follies perpetually transform the Athenaeum’s ornamental quality. The verticality allows the Athenaeum to concentrate its wealth of knowledge into a single tower. The Athenaeum will perform a double duty as both an architectural library and a lighthouse to observe the ever-changing architecture of Philadelphia. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 005-LF-P042 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Pattamasattayasonthi, Ekachai Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 2014 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Washington, DC, USA skyscraper http://omeka.philaathenaeum.org/LookingForward/files/original/ebc98b188f7ed7af09cea1c56d87757a.jpg 643736ce604a81562e66a9eaca7e3670 http://omeka.philaathenaeum.org/LookingForward/files/original/1194ae38e4be03e37164d6d0edc71531.jpg 9b80f3ea1216c385e3aad54f671f7964 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Professional Category Architectural Contest Entry Registration Number 46192121 Category Professional Project Assumption Since their inception, libraries and athenaeums have had a dual function - that of collection and dissemination (preserving and enabling). The importance of these roles has fluctuated over time, as has content. The destined mutability of our learning devices and artifacts brings us to question the true and lasting purpose of libraries and athenaeums in our society. Permanence, we ought to believe, lies in the shear significance of the “place” that the athenaeum creates in the city, with the memory it carries in its walls. Project Statement While most libraries today address both of these functions through a model of mass distribution and consumption, the athenaeum is curated and its content is highly significant, bordering the function that of a museum. It needs to display treasures as a museum does, protect them as an archive does, but have people interact with them in the intimate way that a library allows. In our proposal, content is form and content is structure. Like studiolos or cabinets de curiosités, we see the architecture as becoming one with the treasures it contains; the rooms are defined by the memory carried in the walls surrounding them, whether this memory be physical, experiential, digital or a yet to be -ial. As above, so below. As before, so again. What remains is place and memory. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 005-LF-P045 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Phan, Jennifer Tu-Anh Tandon, Antariksh Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 2014 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Brooklyn, NY, USA http://omeka.philaathenaeum.org/LookingForward/files/original/851b5bb52e271e815d719d7b0d54cace.jpg c3fa5ce7d366cfa29afb77bc7531f57f http://omeka.philaathenaeum.org/LookingForward/files/original/30bfe2b4234c5f8a8c76f94b3d1a7f28.jpg de5c22a30a500394153cb507ff444878 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Student Category Architectural Contest Entry Registration Number 46142739 Category Student School The Catholic University of America Project Assumption With much of the Athenaeum’s collection available and accessed online, the content of this information loses a place of origin, especially with the removal of the historic building. The Athenaeum’s collection, rooted in Philadelphia, defines its identity and becomes the new pride and ornament of Philadelphia. Project Statement The concept of the Philadelphia Athenaeum of 2050 examines the library as a sacred space. As “the architectural library of Philadelphia,” the new building’s reflective exterior mirrors and pays homage to the rich architecture of the historic neighborhood, while its central courtyard becomes a place of self-reflection. By incorporating interactive public spaces and exhibitions with quiet, contemplative spaces, the future Athenaeum will work to provide a place of origin for the collection in a progressive manner, while preserving the Athenaeum’s traditions. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 005-LF-S018 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kilduff, Rebecca Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2014 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Yonkers, NY, USA http://omeka.philaathenaeum.org/LookingForward/files/original/2c13f917f158589277b03f64ba4cffb4.jpg 48fa2e35ad58cd4a7af9917cc25e0c02 http://omeka.philaathenaeum.org/LookingForward/files/original/e19134713c19d21534a7cb0dc6768385.jpg 6f8d9fe339968babb360650291cd4ba2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Student Category Architectural Contest Entry Registration Number 46169207 Category Student School The Catholic University of America Project Assumption The Athenaeum will continue to be a place to store and display artifacts and books. In addition, it will be a place for people to share social experiences (with auditoriums and theatres) as well as provide private spaces for contemplation and exploration (with research studios and workstations). The common thread weaving these two spaces together is the interconnectedness to the people who populate them. These curious and inquisitive minds can turn into a knowledge network with awesome potential and capacity for learning, researching and making connections. This is how the new Athenaeum can become a forum for existing knowledge as well as a springwell for new thought, future artifacts and new knowledge. Project Statement It is anticipated that significant synergy and streamlining will be the result of community networking and the integration of library and museum functions. A growing relationship and evolving roles with the community and society will strongly color the overall environment and infrastructure. Through the involvement of libraries, museums, research, and technology, a new hybrid institution will rise to the central issues, challenges, and opportunities for libraries and museums of the future. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 005-LF-S024 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Motamed, Azalea Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2014 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Los Angeles, CA, USA