ifla paris 2003 - library buildings section
TRANSCRIPT
THE PUBLIC LIBRARY IN HERITAGE BUILDINGS:
TYPES AND EXAMPLES
PARIS, JULY 2003
Library Service of the
Barcelona Provincial Council
• In the province of Barcelona, the public library service is a municipal
service
• The Library Service does not manage libraries • The Library Service gives suport to the local councils on the planning and creation of new libraries• The Library Service offers centralised services to the libraries and facilitates their networking (for example: the union catalogue management)• The Library Service offers library service in small towns (400-3.000 inhabitants), through 9 mobile libraries
Province of Barcelona• Population over 4.6 million
• 311 municipalities
• The Library Network:
164 libraries and 9 mobile libraries
Library facilities: services offered by the Library
Service
• Advice to local councils on planning and programming:•Library model
•Map of needs for the territory
•Standards of facilities and basic services
•Operational programme
• Monitoring of projects with the architects responsible• Monitoring of construction work• Supervision of the final facility• Subsequent assessment of how the facility works
Interventions by the Library Service on Heritage
Buildings
• Interventions on 101 buildings since 1993
• 34 of these were in heritage buildings (33%)
Diputació de Barcelona, Servei de Biblioteques La biblioteca pública a la província de Barcelona 1989-1999: deu anys construint biblioteques. BCN: La Diputació, 2003.
http://www.diba.es/biblioteques/treballenxarxa/quefem/xarxabiblioteques/cd-rom.asp
Industrial buildings
s
Singular buildings: hospital, convent
Houses and urban civil buildings
Masias
Library in heritage building
• The need for criteria for decision-
making regarding the location of a
library:–Library criteria
• Capacity for documents• Optimal management • ...
–Architectural criteria
• Historic value of the building
• Suitability of the type of building•...
Can Mariné, Horta, Barcelona
Analysis of the heritage building
• Meaning of the building for the place of which it forms part
•Value of the building as a determining factor in the growth and urban layout of the place (roads, streets, squares...)
•Architectural value of the constructional elements:
–Arches–Lintels–Balconies–Cornices– ...
Tecla Sala, L’Hospitalet de
Llobregat
Tecla Sala, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat
Intervention on a heritage building: recovery of
constructional elements
Recovery of constructional elements through the diagnosis and repair of pathologies:
• Structural reinforcement• Substitution of windows• Repair of drains• ...
Intervention on a heritage building: recovery of
its meaning and function for its surroundings
Urban regeneration: status as a landmark in the upgrading of the surroundings.
Recovery of the meaning of the building for the community, as a shared focal point.
Introduction of a new use, a new purpose
Joan Triadú, Vic
A new use for a building: why a library?
• Intense use, as in a library, gives a new impetus to urban
regeneration and the consolidation of the shape of the city.
• A place which is a focal point for the community, often on a very
good site, facilitates the library’s aspiration to be a facility that is
accessible and close at hand.
Joan Triadú, Vic
Joan Triadú, Vic
Joan Triadú, Vic
Intervention criteria
• New use as an intervention strategy: when a building is given a new use its life is extended and the investment is justified.
•Seek the least aggressive type of intervention possible
•Open interpretation of the evolution of the building: the building is the outcome of several periods of history, and the present is just another of these.
•The intervention should be reversible
Can Pedrals, Granollers
Can Pedrals, Granollers
Can Pedrals, Granollers
Can Pedrals, Granollers
Torras i Bages, Vilafranca del Penedès
Torras i Bages, Vilafranca del
Penedès
Torras i Bages, Vilafranca del Penedès
El Casino, Manresa
El Casino, Manresa
El Casino, Manresa
El Casino, Manresa
El Casino, Manresa
Roca Umbert, Granollers
Roca Umbert, Granollers
Roca Umbert, Granollers
Roca Umbert, Granollers
Vapor Badia, Sabadell
Vapor Badia, Sabadell
Vapor Badia, Sabadell
Vapor Badia, Sabadell
Vapor Badia, Sabadell
Vapor Badia, Sabadell
Can Fabra, Sant Andreu, Barcelona
Can Fabra, Sant Andreu, Barcelona
Can Fabra, Sant Andreu, Barcelona
Can Fabra, Sant Andreu,
Barcelona
Can Fabra, Sant Andreu, Barcelona
Can Fabra, Sant Andreu, Barcelona
Can Fabra, Sant Andreu, Barcelona
Can Fabra, Sant Andreu, Barcelona
Can Fabra, Sant Andreu, Barcelona
Can Fabra, Sant Andreu, Barcelona
Can Fabra, Sant Andreu, Barcelona
Advantatges and disadvantatges
Masias and urban civil buildings
ADVANTAGES
• Differentiation of areas
• Acoustic control
DISADVANTAGES
• Little flexibility
• Poor accessibility
• Difficult to manage
• Little visibility
• Poor illumination
Industrial Buildings
ADVANTAGES
• Flexibility• Accessibility• Ease of
management• Visibility• Illumination
DISADVANTAGES
• Lack of differentiation of the space
• High noise levels
• Difficulty in signage
Ignasi Bonet
Servei de Biblioteques
Diputació de Barcelona
www.diba.es/biblioteques