{"title":"15 A Cattle Market Becomes a University Library in Germany","authors":"Katharina Regulski","doi":"10.18452/23411","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18452/23411","url":null,"abstract":": The Hochschule Düsseldorf/University of Applied Sciences Düsseldorf (HSD) moved to a completely new campus in Düsseldorf Derendorf in 2016. The site had been formerly used as a municipal slaughterhouse. The library is in a heritage listed building, an old cattle market hall. This chapter describes the history of the buildings including their original use as municipal slaughterhouse and cattle market hall and their abuse during the Nazi regime in the 1940s as a gathering place for people being deported. The historic context demanded sensitive reuse and provided the impetus to establish a memorial within the building that has now become the Hochschulbibliothek/University Library. The planning process for the reuse of the building is outlined from the viewpoint of the library, and the technical infrastructure, architecture and interior design are described. The historical preservation of the building, the history of the building itself and the requirements regarding the new use influenced the design decisions and provided special challenges to all groups involved in the planning process.","PeriodicalId":198292,"journal":{"name":"New Libraries in Old Buildings","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123338445","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"3 The Reuse of Buildings: Libraries Behaving Sustainably","authors":"Karen Latimer","doi":"10.18452/23423","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18452/23423","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":198292,"journal":{"name":"New Libraries in Old Buildings","volume":"165 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114386874","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"11 Repurposing a Grocery Store for the Joutsa Public Library in Finland","authors":"Nina Kuikka","doi":"10.18452/23415","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18452/23415","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":198292,"journal":{"name":"New Libraries in Old Buildings","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134070128","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"22 Transforming a Match Factory into the American Philatelic Research Library in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania","authors":"Taran Grove","doi":"10.1515/9783110679663-023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110679663-023","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":198292,"journal":{"name":"New Libraries in Old Buildings","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116980724","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"2 Using Historic Buildings to House New Libraries: Prerequisites and Conditions for Successful Revival","authors":"Santi Romero","doi":"10.1515/9783110679663-003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110679663-003","url":null,"abstract":": This chapter discusses the advantages and disadvantages of the rehabilitation of historic buildings for library use. The architectural characteristics of different types of historic buildings are examined to ascertain which are the most suitable for new use as a library. A work methodology is also proposed to help assess the suitability of housing new libraries in historic buildings, diagnosing the conservation status and precisely determining the actions to be followed. Finally, the factors that should come together before accepting the proposal to create a library in a historic building are listed. Examples provided are taken from projects in Spain.","PeriodicalId":198292,"journal":{"name":"New Libraries in Old Buildings","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126524255","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"1 Exceptional Libraries and Distinctive Architecture: Celebrating Reuse","authors":"Robert J. Niess","doi":"10.18452/23426","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18452/23426","url":null,"abstract":"This chapter traces some of the origins, developments and newer tendencies in reuse architecture from the perspective of the architect. Furthermore, it examines possible sustainability issues and qualities, beyond the obvious recycling aspect, inherently rooted in the practice of reuse architecture. The chapter also provides insight into some of the practical aspects of conversion and adaptive reuse from the planning stage at the drawing board to the reality of the building site, while maintaining a theoretical underpinning of this praxis, which the author considers to be a genre of its own. Accompanying the theoretical and practical overview, the chapter casts a critical eye over the relationship of formalised historic preservation methods and traditions in relation to the growth and popularity of reuse architecture and questions its future trajectory.","PeriodicalId":198292,"journal":{"name":"New Libraries in Old Buildings","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129839093","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"6 Cultural Reconstruction of a Traditional Chinese Courtyard House into the Suochengli Neighbourhood Library","authors":"Yang Li","doi":"10.18452/23420","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18452/23420","url":null,"abstract":"Suochengli Neighbourhood Library is located in a traditional Chinese siheyuan/courtyard house in the back garden of the historic Zhang Ancestral Hall in the port of Yantai in the Shandong Province of China. Over the years, owners and occupiers of the courtyard added new buildings and, although the original complex had been compromised, the additional structures were all precious evidence of the development of the complex over time. The relationship between the old and the new became the focus of a renovation project to bring the courtyard back into use suitable for a modern lifestyle while respecting its heritage. The site comprises three bungalows and a cloister which reframed the courtyard into several smaller connected sections. The various structures had the capacity to accommodate all the functions required of a modern library, including an inviting entrance, reading area, café, gallery and toilet. The library reading room and courtyard are connected by a sliding door which increases the flexibility of the main floor space and enables a range of activities to take place.","PeriodicalId":198292,"journal":{"name":"New Libraries in Old Buildings","volume":"300 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129094581","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"7 Converting and Extending a Historic Fire Station into a Library in Berlin, Germany","authors":"Robert J. Niess, Jürgen Radzkowski","doi":"10.18452/23419","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18452/23419","url":null,"abstract":"The new central library in Treptow, Berlin, Germany is located in a listed, early 20th century fire station which had been in a state of neglect for many years. The building is in a historic area and is surrounded by other important listed buildings including a waterworks building and a school. The renovation and extension of the building provided the district with an exciting and well-located new library and restored a landmark building to its former glory. The project was challenging in many ways not least because of the importance of maintaining the integrity of the original building, which has several constituent parts, while ensuring that it worked with the new extension to form a cohesive new complex which functioned well as a library. Materials for the extension were selected with care to complement the old, particularly in addressing the new roofscape as a whole. The crux of the project was to retain a building which is a symbol of the past, but which also creates a new contemporary library. The library is on three levels and the new extension connects to the historic building on the ground and first floors. The library is welcoming with a spacious entrance and a central information and service counter with a good overview of the whole space. In addition, the library is barrier-free, flooded with natural light and able to be used for events outside normal opening hours. The competition brief included specific requirements from the library staff which have been successfully met in the final design despite all the challenges posed.","PeriodicalId":198292,"journal":{"name":"New Libraries in Old Buildings","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133478571","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"5 A Fire Hall Reused for Windsor Public Library’s John Muir Branch in Ontario, Canada","authors":"Rebekah Mayer","doi":"10.18452/23421","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18452/23421","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":198292,"journal":{"name":"New Libraries in Old Buildings","volume":"55 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114583320","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"14 The Conversion of a Science Institute to a Faculty Library in Ghent, Belgium","authors":"P. Buschmann, A. V. D. Meulen, Raf Van Den Berghe","doi":"10.18452/23412","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18452/23412","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":198292,"journal":{"name":"New Libraries in Old Buildings","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123810658","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}