PUBLIC LIBRARY CASE STUDY

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1. CASE STUDY OF PUBLIC LIBRARY.
SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY.
DEPARTMENTOFARCHITECTURE.
STUDENT NAME:MDARAFATHOSSAIN
STUDENT ID : 2019000600012
BATCH :26
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2. LIBRARY ERGONOMICS STUDY

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10. Introduction
Library:isacollectionofsources,resources,andservices,andthe structure in which it is housed; it is organized for
services ,for use and maintained by a public body, an institution, or a private individual. In the more traditional sense, a
library is a collection of books.Itcanmeanthecollection,thebuildingorroomthathouses such a collection , or both.
The term library has itself acquired a secondary meaning : a collection of useful material for common use. This sense is
used in fields such as computer science , mathematics,statistics,electronicsandbiology.
1.Academic libraries : These libraries are located are located on the campuses of colleges and universities and serve primarily the
students and facultyofthatandotheracademicinstitutions.
2.Publiclibraries:theselibrariesprovideservicetothegeneralpublicand
makeatleastsomeoftheirbooksavailableforborrowings,sothatreaders may use them at home over a period of days or weeks.
Typically, libraries issuelibrarycardstocommunitymemberswishing.
3.Adigitallibrary(smartlibrary):isalibraryinwhichcollectionsare
storedindigitalformats(asopposedtoprint,microform,orothermedia)and accessible bycomputers.
4.Researchlibraries:theselibrariesareintendedforsupportingscholarly
research,andthereforemaintainpermanentcollectionsandattemptto provide access to allnecessary.
5.Schoollibraries:mostpublicandprivateprimaryandsecondaryschools havelibrariesdesigned tosupporttheschool's
curriculum.
6.Special libraries : all other libraries fall into this category. Many private businessesandpublicorganizations,includinghospitals,
museums,research
laboratories,lawfirms,andmanygovernmentdepartmentsandagencies,
maintaintheirownlibrariesfortheuseoftheiremployeesindoing specializedwithoneormoreacademic departments.
Types oflibraries:

11. Public library: have no scientific collection duty or archive function ,but are
lending libraries,whichnormallyhavesmallstores or none atall.
Users for publiclibrary:
•Children
•Youngpeople
•Adults
Publiclibraryaimtheirrangeofstockandservicesatmeetingtheneedsofthe
users.
Thepubliclibraryiscommunicationforthepopulation,theyoffer,inadditiontothe
traditionallendingofbooks,browsingzones,citizensadvice,information,cafeteria,
listeningtomusic,areasforsittingandevents,artlending.
Structure the areas into those for adults, children and young people with activity-orientedmovementrooms,not
separatedbutinzoneswithflowing transition.

12. NAME OF LIBRARY: SURRY HILLS LIBRARY AND COMMUNITY CENTRE.
Architects : Francis-Jones MorehenThorp
Landscape architects :Matthew Todd, Mark Brandon
•YEAR:2009

13. LOCATION : SYDNEY,AUSTRALIA
AREA: 2497m²

14. N
SITE ANALYSIS

15. 1
2
3
4
5
66
9
7
8
10
LOWER GROUND FLOOR PLAN
LEGEND:
1.LIBRARY COLLECTION
2.LOCAL HISTORY STUDY ROOMS
3.IT AND INTERNET ACCESS
PUBLIC COMPUTER LAB.
4.LIBRARY ADMINISTRATION
5.MEETING ROOMS
6.MAGAZINE AND NEWSPAPER
READING
7.WATER RECYCLING PLANT
8.GEOTHERMAL BORE PLANT
9.THERMAL LABYRINTH
10.LIFT
N

16. LIFT
LIBRARY
COLLECTION
IT AND
INTERNET
ACCESS PUBLIC
COMPUTER
LAB.
LOCAL HISTORY
STUDY ROOMS
MAGAZINE
AND
NEWSPAPER
READING
LIBRARY
ADMINISTRATION
MEETING
ROOMS
GEOTHERMAL
BORE PLANT
THERMAL
LABYRINTH
WATER
RECYCLING
PLANT
LOWER GROUND FLOOR BUBBLE DIAGRAM

17. GROUND FLOOR PLAN
LEGEND:
1.SHARED ENTRY LOBBY
2.LIBRARY COLLECTION
3.LOAN DESK
4.CATALOGUE COUNTER
5.LIBRARY ADMINISTRATION
6.LIBRARY READING ROOM
AND CAFÉ
7.CHILDREN SPACE
8.VOID
9.ENVIRONMENTAL ATRIUM
10.WATER STORAGE TANK
11.COLLINS STREET RESERVE
12.LIFT
13.STAIR
1
2
3
4
5
6
9
7
8
10
9
8
11
12
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18. GROUND FLOOR BUBBLE DIAGRAM
CATALOGUE
COUNTER
LIBRARY
COLLECTION
LIFT
VOID
LOAN DESK
CHILDREN
SPACE
ENVIRONMENTAL
ATRIUM
LIBRARY
READING
ROOM
LIBRARY
ADMINISTRATION
SHARED
ENTRY
LOBBY
WATER
STORAGE
TANK
COLLINS
STREET
RESERVE
STAIR

19. LEVEL ONE FLOOR PLAN
N
LEGEND:
1.LOBBY
2.TEACHING KITCHEN
3.FUNCTION ROOM
4.STORE ROOM
5.BALCONY
6.SURRY HILLS
NEIGHBOURHOOD CENTRE
7.MEETING ROOM
8.LANGUAGE LABORATORY
9.VOID
10.ENVIRONMENTAL ATRIUM
11.ADMINISTRATION
12.TOILET
13.STAIR
14.LIFT
1
2
3
4
5
67
10
9
8
11
10
12
13
14

20. LEVEL ONE BUBBLE DIAGRAM
TEACHING
KITCHEN
FUNCTION
ROOM
STORE
ROOM
ADMINISTRATION
MEETING
ROOM
ENVIRONMENTAL
ATRIUM
LANGUAGE
LABORATORY
SURRY HILLS
NEIGHBOURHOOD
CENTRE
TIOLET
BALCONY
VOID
STAIR
LOBBY
LIFT

21. LEGEND:
1.SECURE LOBBY
2.U2 CHILDREN PLAY SPACE
3.U2 COT ROOM
4.U2 OUTDOOR PLAY SPACE
5.2-5 PLAY SPACE
6.2-5 OUTDOOR PLAY SPACE
7.NAPPY CHANGE ROOM
8.COMMUNAL CHILDREN
BATHROOM
9.HEAT AND SERVE KITCHEN
10.CHILDCARE ADMINISTRATION
11.STAFF ROOM
12.LIFT
13.ENVIRONMENTAL ATRIUM
14.STORE ROOM
15.STAIR
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2
3
4
5
6
7
10
9 8
11
12
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14
15
LEVEL TWO FLOOR PLAN

22. LEVEL TWO BUBBLE DIAGRAM
U2
CHILDREN
PLAY SPACE
U2 OUTDOOR
PLAY SPACE
STORE
ROOM
CHILDCARE
ADMINISTRATION
COMMUNAL
CHILDREN
BATHROOM
ENVIRONMENTAL
ATRIUM
NAPPY
CHANGE
ROOM
2-5 OUTDOOR
PLAY SPACE
2-5 PLAY
SPACE
VOID
STAIR
SECURE
LOBBY
U2 COT
ROOM
LIFT
HEAT AND
SERVE
KITCHEN

24. LIGHT
LIGHT

29. FACADE ASSEMBLY

30. Main Entry
Admin
area
Event area
Issue desk
Display
Browsing
Children
Adults
Staff room
Reading\workstation

31. DEMAND ON THE LENDING COUNTER/ISSUE DESK
COUNTER
MONITORING ENTRY & EXIT
PERMANENT WORK PLACE OF
STAFF
INFORMING THE USERS
EXPLANATION OF IT CATALOGUE
NEAR THE ADMINISTRATION
ISSUE /RETURN OF MEDIA BOOK
TRANSPORT AUTOMATIC AND
HIDDEN IT POSSIBLE
NEAR THE COMPUTER TERMINALS
FOR CATALOGUE RESEARCH

34. EXTERIOR VIEW

35. INTERIOR VIEW

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