koseLIGHT

The energy crises that have begun to be experienced throughout the world and are expected to increase rapidly in the coming years, the rapid depletion of our non-renewable energy resources, and the very limited use of renewable energy resources have been research was started. Parallel to the regulations to meet some of the carbon neutral initiatives being implemented across Norway, a design that could help reduce the carbon footprint, built in green, utilizing renewable energy was envisioned. In this regard, detailed research on traffic, human density, urban morphology, surrounding structures, Norway and Norwegian culture, especially solar analysis, were conducted. The area where the land is scanned with effective sunlight throughout the year is determined as one of the most important elements of the design. It was decided that the design should include cozy spaces that can provide a comfortable environment, as the rate of library use decreases with the advancement of technology. In addition, during the research, the concept of 'Koselig' philosophy in Norwegian culture was encountered. Although this philosophy does not have an exact English word equivalent, it is defined as is a quality that can be attributed to moments, objects, situations and people that express feelings such as comfort, closeness, warmth, happiness, pleasure from togetherness. In order to reflect this philosophy, the idea of a design with spaces flowing into each other on an open-plan structure has been realized. In order for the design to be appropriate to its context, a design decision was reached that is suitable for the urban morphology and not disconnected from the city. It was decided to have pedestrian entrances from both sides of the land. It was decided to have one entrance from the busy street where the hospital building is located and two entrances from the green public space on the opposite side of this entrance. In order to include the sun in the design, transparent surfaces were used as much as possible, and the use of opaque materials was both limited and centralized so as not to affect the distribution of daylight coming into the building. Solar energy is actively used in the design. As a result of the research on, Adaptive Facades (N.Zoltan, S. Bratislav, B. Moritz, H. Joahnnes, L. Gearoid, W.Anja, S. Arno (2016), The Adaptive Solar Facade: From Concept to Prototypes, Southeast University.), it was decided to use a system similar to the model envisioned in the article. This system, which is connected to the existing facade structure, can be directed towards the movement of the sun just like a sunflower. In the system, which is connected to the facade with a steel frame, steel ropes are stretched to form an inner frame where the panels will be placed, and then mechanisms that will carry the panels to be installed in each of these inner frames and provide the movement of the panels are placed. Each panel has its own power battery behind it. The energy obtained during the day is stored here and transferred with the help of the frames. This dynamic facade has a system that stores the daylight received during the day and illuminates the facade at night according to the density of people in the library. Thus, this library building, which is located in a busy location, attracts the attention of  users both day and night and contains environments that can be studied in all seasons. Transparent solar cells, which were developed by Michigan State University in the past year, were chosen so that they would not block the light to be received indoors. In the light of the analysis of the area scanned by the Sun throughout the year before starting the design, it was decided to place the panels on the part of the facade located in this area. The design footprint is initially determined as 46m*12m to be shaped according to the interior requirements of the system. Panels are not installed on the facades that fall in the area not scanned by the sun throughout the year.  The panel design, which surrounds the building like a membrane, was made by leaving an equal distance from the glass frame that surrounds the space from the inside, leaving an equal distance in all directions where the panels can rotate freely. Then, in order to create semi-open spaces for the cafe yoga spaces on the ground floor, the panels were enlarged from the facade within these spaces. In addition, the panels in these sections is not used on the ground floor to emphasize the entrance spaces. By virtue of the double-walled design, cozy spaces were created between the walls. At different times of the day, the daylight coming into the panels and filtering into the interior with different intensities due to the different angles of rotation makes the workspaces inside more dynamic and attractive. The koselight concept, which combines the concept of koselig, a Scandinavian philosophy of life, with the concept of daylight, was designed to create a library that uses the sun effectively.