Exterior+Design





Exterior Design: The design of our building is inspired by Antonio Gaudi’s amazing architecture. Antonio Gaudi is known for designing colorful buildings. designed with absolutely no straight lines. For example, he has designed various apartment buildings in Barcelona that capture the attention of anyone walking past them. Our library is 33 feet tall, and is covered in colorful mosaics, in different sizes and from different materials. From afar, it is obvious the baby blue pieces from the mosaic spell out “Dream. Imagine. Conceive.”

When you enter our library, you see a door, a hallway, and an ornate staircase that leads up to the second floor of our building. On the second floor, the Humanity Room is located. The door leads to the Creative Room, and the hallway leads to the Environment Room.

Environment Room:

In the Environment Room, we have all the inventions that have benefited the environment. When you enter the room, you are able to see the lush greenery that surrounds our Library through the long window that runs around the circumference of the room. The walls are made of a shiny green and silver mosaic and the floor is made of light birch wood.

The objects are placed along the walls, under the window so the natural light reflecting through the trees outside the room shine onto the objects. This reminds the visitors of the environment and how important it is to preserve.

Objects: Recycling- Recycling is very important. It is one of the most important steps to a greener earth. Recycling probably started with some smart person wanting to save some money by turning old things into something new. Like an old barrel into a plough for farming. Never the less, recycling deserves a position in our library. Electric Cars- Erin Water Bomber- Erin

Humanity Room: In the humanity room, we have all the inventions and ideas that have benefited humanity throughout the centuries. This room is circular and is made entirely of blue glass. When you enter this room, it is very spacious and bright. There is no obvious exit, but the room and all of the objects are inviting, and accepting. All of these structural attributes represent freedom, and acceptance, because freedom and acceptance have taken long struggles to obtain nationally and are both great achievements.

Objects: Magna Carta- The Magna Carta was the first step towards democracy. Before the Magna Carta, England was ruled by a monarchy, and the king had complete control over the country. In 1215, King John was forced to sign the Magna Carta by barons, because he had taken advantage of his power. The Magna Carta was written so that life could be more fair for peasants, who had been taken advantage of by King John. Some of the rules on the Magna Carta are that all people convicted of a crime are entitled to a fair trial, and that the King cannot pass any bills or taxes without approval of the court.

Civil Rights- Because of Civil Rights, oppression was lifted off of African-American people in the US. All people were allowed to go to school and university, and no one was forced into segregation. All citizens were given political and social equality.



Darwinism- While in the Galapagos, Charles Darwin imagined that all life wasn't created by God. This led to the idea, of evolution. This idea was so revolutionary because before, the Catholic Church had convinced everyone that all living things were made by God, and Darwin had evidence that that wasn't the case. Copernicus (telescope?)- Erin

Pasteurization- Pasteurization was revolutionary for the food industry; it is a way to reduce the pathogens in the food so they are unlikely to cause disease. It greatly extends shelf life of products such as milk and so is widely used. Vaccines- Erin Anesthetic- This was such a great invention because it allowed patients undergoing medical processes including surgery to have a better experience. With anesthetics patients would experience little to now pain. Before this, patients were strapped to the table or knocked out before surgery. This is a much safer, better process. Humanism- Before humanism, people clearly relied on religion, and what the catholic church told them. In his early life, Nicolaus Copernicus challenged the Catholic church by suggesting that the earth wasn't the centre of the universe. He wrote a book explaining his idea, which was quickly banned by the Catholic church. After Copernicus's death, people continued to believe that the earth was not the centre of the universe. Copernicus's imaginative idea led to more people discovering their own ideas, and defying the church. The teachings from the church were now not the base of all ideas. It was the start of people thinking for themselves and trying to figure things out.

Weapons- Countries with the most powerful weapons have much more power than countries with less advanced weapons. Weapons have gone through a huge evolution, from being made out of the user’s surroundings to being able to destroy a whole city. Stone weapons were once feared, swords used to be the best option and during World War Two, nuclear weapons were used for the first time.

The Progress of the weapon:

Vaccines- The first vaccine was used in 1770 by Edward Jenner to treat smallpox. To treat smallpox, Edward Jenner extracted a small amount of cowpox and injected it into his patient, so that the patient's body had already created white blood cells to treat smallpox when he got it.

Creativity Room: The creativity room is the largest room in our library of imagination. In the middle, there is a large brown box. Around the box we have placed all the objects that have been caused solely by human creativity and originality. This placement represents ideas that are outside the box.

Objects: Human Flight- When Leonardo de Vinci was alive, he tried to invent practical solutions to human flight. He built machines with the same structures as birds. Although his machines never functioned properly, these ideas led to inventors inventing more functional solutions to flight. Eventually this led to the airplane of today. Video Camera- In 1951, the first video camera was invented by Charles Ginsburg. The video camera was a great step for human imagination, because it allowed people to keep visual memories of important events. It allowed middle class people to experience the beauty of the world, without having to travel, and it was able to entertain people.

This is one of the first model's of photography cameras. One of the first video cameras.

Telephone- Many inventors contributed to the invention of the telephone. The invention of the telephone was so revolutionary because it allowed people to communicate with each other faster than mailing letters. It allowed for both people, one on each end, to be able to hear what the other has to say, and it allowed important messages to be received immediately.

The Progress of the Telephone:

Telescope- Like the telephone, many inventors contributed to the invention of the refracting telescope. The first model was constructed in 1608 by Hans Lippershey, Zacharias Janssen and Jacob Metius. Galileo also improved the design.

The telescope was an important invention because scientists were able to learn more about outer space Wheel- It is probably the most useful invention of all time. Without the wheel, life would be in a standstill. It would not be possible to build houses, move heavy things, travel long distances in a short period of time or trade goods far and wide. The invention of the wheel provided a passage for pottery, agriculture and jet engines.

Spinning Wheel:

Pottery Wheel:



Antonio Gaudi's architecture-The only way to describe it is to see it… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BSixChAvBY

Microscope- This led to many more discoveries, one of which is micro-organisms. It is very important and has been improved many times. Without it we would not know about things too small for us to see.

Exterior Design:

Gaudi Mosaic Colorful No straight lines Many windows-different shapes and sizes countered by rich colored paints. From afar, it’s obvious the baby blue pieces from the mosaic spell out: “Dream. Imagine. Conceive."

Environment Room: The green door leads to the environment room. In the Environment Room, we have all the inventions that have benefited the environment. When you enter the room, you are able to see the lush greenery that surrounds our Library through the long window that runs around the circumference of the room. The walls are made of a shiny green and silver mosaic and the floor is made of light birch wood. The objects are placed along the walls, under the window so the natural light reflecting through the trees outside the room shine onto the objects. This reminds the visitors of the environment and how important it is to preserve.

If you start walk around the circumference of the room, you'll first see a model of an electric car

Electric Cars: An electric car is a car powered completely or partly by electricity. Ford invented one of the first electric cars in the early 1900s, and this revolutionary idea has decreased carbon emissions by 40% in the UK! As well as decreasing carbon emissions, this imaginative idea has helped people all over the world save money on gas, and has given us another way to help conserve this precious resource

An old electric car: // //A Solar powered car:// //// //A Hybrid Prius:// // The electric car is placed in our environment room because this revolutionary idea has helped humans conserve our dwindling supply of gas, reduce carbon emissions and save money. This imaginative ad original idea has shown how humans can take the popular and effective idea of the car, and make it almost flawless. By reducing the carbon emissions caused by cars, you are taking one of the biggest flaws out of the car, and replacing it with an environmentally friendly method.

Next you'll see a recycling bucket:

Recycling:

The last object you'll see in the Environment room is a model of the Water Bomber:

Water Bomber:

//The water bomber is an airplane that is able to collect water form a large water source, and displace it onto a wildfire, in an attempt to stop the fire.//

//Humanity Room// //Now that we are finished in the Environment room, you'll see a door that leads to our Humanity Room. In the humanity room, we have all the inventions and ideas that have benefited humanity throughout the centuries. This room is circular and is made entirely of blue glass. This is the largest room in the Library by many meters. When you enter this room, it is very spacious and bright. There is no obvious exit, but all of the objects and the room is inviting, and accepting. All of the these structural attributes represent freedom, and acceptance.//

//The first object you'll see in the Humanity Room is a copy of the Magna Carta and the Civil Rights Document://

//Magna Carta://

//Civil Rights://

//Civil Rights://

// Because of Civil Rights, oppression was lifted off of African-American people in the US. All people were allowed to go to school and university, and no one was forced into segregation. All citizens were given political and social equality. //

// Civil Rights deserves to be in our library, because it was a huge step for human imagination, and because it defied racism and demanded human equality, which has been a huge step for humanity. The idea of racial equality had never been considered for many years, and it must of taken a vast amount of imagination to think of and to voice such a controversial idea. //

//Next, you'll see a photo of Charles Darwin and Nicolaus Copernicus://

//Darwinism://

//Coppernicus://

We think that Copernicus is an important icon for imagination, because during his time period, ideas that defied the church were rare, and difficult to express. He thought of an imaginative, and outside the box concept that had been tabooed by the Catholic church, and we think he deserves to be in our library of imagination because of it.

As you near the end of the room, you'll see 3 remaining objects. Vaccines, Anesthetic, and a timeline of weapons throughout the centuries.

Vaccines:

Vaccinations are one of the most successful ways of preventing fatal illnesses. They stimulate the body to produce pathogens, that prevent certain diseases. The first vaccine was discovered by Louis Pasteur in 1770 to treat smallpox. Louis Pasteur thought that if he took a small amount of cowpox (a less fatal version of smallpox) and injected it into his patient, he or she could become immune to smallpox because their body would know how to fight that virus.

Vaccines deserve to be in our library because they have been a huge breakthrough for medicine. The finding of vaccines lowered mortality rates rates from smallpox immensely, and have been one of the most effective ways of lowering the spread of contagious illnesses. The number of lives that vaccines have saved is uncountable and all because Louis Pasteur imagined this revolutionary idea.

Anesthetic: An anesthetic is a drug that induces insensitivity to pain. Anesthetics allowed patients to undergo unavoidable surgeries, avoiding the agonizing tortures. One of the first anesthetics was discovered by Willian Morton, and was first used while a patient was undergoing a tumor surgery in 1845.

Anesthetics are in our library of imagination because they gave doctors the amazing ability to perform torturous surgeries on their patients without them feeling any pain. Before anesthetics, the patients were strapped onto the surgery table so they wouldn’t escape, and forced to endure the excruciating pain of the surgery in full consciousness. The discovery of anesthetics decreased surgical mortality rates, and shortened a patients post surgical hospital stay.

Microscope:

A microscope allows the human eye to see objects that are too small to see with a naked eye. For example, a microscope allows microbiologists to take samples from a sick person, examine them, and determine if that person is fatally ill or not, depending on the microbes found. One of the first microscopes was found in 1590 in Middleburg, but it’s hard to determine exactly who invented the microscope.

The microscope was a huge breakthrough for science. Almost all diseases and illnesses are caused by life forms that cannot be seen without the aid of the microscope. Being able to identify which bacteria or germ is causing a disease can allow doctors and nurses to treat the patient much quicker. The microscope opened up a whole new world that no one knew existed! The microscope is an example of how the inventor of the microscope saw past the beliefs of his time, and envisioned that there was a whole different world in the palm of our hard, literally.

As you exit the Humanity Room, you'll notice a bright, attention capturing yellow, triangular door that leads to the Creativity Room:

Creative Room:

The first thing you notice when you enter the creativity room is a large brown box in the middle of the room. In the middle. Around this box we have placed all the the objects that have been caused solely by human creativity and originality. This placement represents ideas that are outside the box. The walls of the creativity room are currently colored bright blue, and bright multicolored lights hang from the ceiling, giving the room a fun, exciting feel.

Objects

Video Camera:

In 1951, the first video camera was invented by Charles Ginsburg. The video camera was a great step for human imagination, because it allowed people to keep visual memories of important events. It also allowed middle class people to experience the beauty of the world, without having to travel, and it has become one of the main sources of entertainment.

The video camera deserves to be in our library for many, many reasons. It has allowed humans all over the world to keep sentimental moments with them throughout their life and it has allowed students to learn about the world visually. By using the TV, news broadcasters can use video camera to spread information from all over the world. Overall, we think the video camera has been one of the most beneficial inventions.