Facts about the Clarkston Library (JCLRC)

• Year of Construction: 1993



• Depth of Excavation: 12 feet.



• Total Space: 107,000 square feet.



• Construction Costs: Approxiatmately $77 per square foot.



• Exterior Materials: brick, precast, green tinted glass, and aluminum panels.



• Interior Statistics: More than 10 miles of data cable, at least 57 miles of wiring, over 3,000 light fixtures.



• Number of Floors: Four plus a "fifth floor" mechanical penthouse, which resembles a giant book lying on its side.



• Parallelogram footprint in a different axis with the campus as chosen to emphasize he importance of the Learning Resources Center, and to permit saving a maximum number of grand oak trees.



• Portholes on the ground floor acknowledge intrinsic ship-like form. The railings around the second and third floor terraces and the roll of the grade enhance the effect.



• Four-story rotunda, constructed with 10,276 glass blocks, centered over existing walkway accentuates the fact that the building was designed to be the "living room of the campus.



• Eighty-five foot tilted column resembles a "giant pencil" appearing to rest against the side of a opening in the roof, but the pencil both supports and is supported by the roof.



• Interior wood sunscreens placed on the south elevation for energy conservation add visual interest and variation to the façade. From outside the screens give the appearance of stacked books.