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Library and cultural center
Case
study
DR.Ayman Khalil
Done by:
Shahad Yousef almukhiniah
Maryam Khalfan al-Shabaab
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Contents
INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 8
LIBRARY MEANS.................................................................................................................................................................................................... 8
TYPES OF LIBRARIES ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 9
ACADEMIC LIBRARY ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 9
SCHOOL LIBRARY .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 9
COLLEGE LIBRARY.................................................................................................................................................................................................. 9
INTERNATIONAL CASE STUDY ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 11
CASE STUDY 1 .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 12
SURRY HILLS LIBRARY AND COMMUNITY CENTRE ............................................................................................................................................................... 12
BUILDING ANALYSIS .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 12
INFORMATION: ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 12
SITE ANALYSIS ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 13
STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS: .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 14
SPACE AND PROGRAMING:...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 16
SITE PLAN & LAYOUT SPACES: .................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 17
LEVEL ONE PLAN SPACES: ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 20
LEVEL TWO PLAN SPACES: ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 22
LOWER GROUND FLOOR PLAN SPACES:....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 24
CIRCULATION AND SERVICE:..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 26
NATURAL LIGHT: FIGURE 45: LOWER GROUND FLOOR SURRY HILLS LIBRARY AND COMMUNITFIGURE46 :GROUND FLOOR SURRY HILLS LIBRARY AND COMMUNITY CENTRE ...................... 32
SECTION ANALYSIS: ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 33
CASE STUDY 2 .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 34
SEATTLE LIBRARY ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 34
BUILDING ANALYSIS .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 34
INFORMATION: ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 34
SITE ANALYSIS: ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 35
CONCEPT FUNCTION: ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 35
SPACE AND PROGRAMING:...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 37
SECTION PLAN: ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 42
VIEWS: ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 42
SEATTLE PROGRAM DIAGRAM .................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 43
SEATTLE PROGRAM ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 44
CIRCULATION: ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 44
CASE STUDY 3 .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 45
PECKHAM LIBRARY ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 45
BUILDING ANALYSIS .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 45
INFORMATION: ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 45
SITE ANALYSIS: ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 45
SITE ANALYSIS: ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 46
LIGHT ANALYSIS: ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 47
SPACE AND PROGRAMING:...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 48
SPACE AND PROGRAMING AND STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS: ................................................................................................................................................................................ 50
CIRCULATION AND SPATIAL LAYOUT: ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 51
SECTION: ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 53
MAIN COMPONENT OF THE LIBRARY ACCORDING TO INTERNATIONAL LIBRARIES: ............................................................................................................................................... 54
DETERMINING THE BUILDING'S ATTRIBUTES: ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 54
REGIONAL CASE STUDY ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 55
CASE STUDY 1 .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 56
KING FAHAD NATIONAL LIBRARY ................................................................................................................................................................................ 56
ABSTRACT ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 56
GENERAL INFORMATION......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 56
ARCHITECTURAL CONCEPT ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 56
SITE PLAN ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 57
PLAN ANALYSIS ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 58
CASE STUDY 2 .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 61
HOUSE OF WISDOM LIBRARY AND CULTURAL CENTER ......................................................................................................................................................... 61
ABSTRACT ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 61
SPACES ANALYSIS ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 64
CASE STUDY 3 .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 65
QATAR NATIONAL LIBRARY ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 65
ABSTRACT ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 65
GENERAL INFORMATION ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 66
PLAN ANALYSIS ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 66
SPACES ANALYSIS ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 68
AREAS ............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 69
LOCAL STUDY ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 70
CASE STUDY 1 .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 71
SUR COLLEGE UNIVERSITY ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 71
BUILDING ANALYSIS .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 71
INFORMATION: ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 71
SITE ANALYSIS: ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 71
SPACES & CIRCULATION:........................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 72
BUBBLE DIAGRAM: ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 72
ELEVATION AND SECTION ANALYSIS:.......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 74
CASE STUDY 2 .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 75
OMAN CULTURAL CENTER ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 75
ABSTRACT ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 75
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TABLE1 : SPACES SIZE OF SURRY HILLS LIBRARY AND COMMUNITY CENTRE ................................................................................................................................... 18
TABLE2 : SPACES SIZE OF SURRY HILLS LIBRARY AND COMMUNITY CENTRE ................................................................................................................................... 20
TABLE3 : SPACES SIZE OF SURRY HILLS LIBRARY AND COMMUNITY CENTRE ................................................................................................................................... 22
TABLE4 :SPACES SIZE OF SURRY HILLS LIBRARY AND COMMUNITY CENTRE ................................................................................................................................... 24
TABLE5 : SPACES OF SEATTLE LIBRARY` .......................................................................................................................................................................... 39
TABLE6 : SPACE OF PECKHAM LIBRARY .......................................................................................................................................................................... 49
TABLE7 : SPECIAL USE AREA ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 54
TABLE8 : SPACES OF AREA ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 69
TABLE9 : SUR COLLEGE UNIVERSTY LIBRARY SPACES ............................................................................................................................................................ 72
TABLE10 : KEY DISCRIBTION ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 73
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Introduction
A cultural center, also known as a center for culture or a center for the
arts, is a company, structure, or group of buildings that supports the
arts and culture and plans a variety of events in its premises and It may
also have a library. The main objective of a cultural center is to educate
the local population about a culture through workshops, events, and
festivals. It benefits the entire community. These facilities offer
wonderful opportunities to learn about people in your neighborhood.
Library means
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01
International case
study
and library
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Case study 1
Surry Hills Library and This project is in the heart
Community Centre of Surry Hills, an inner-city
suburb of Sydney whose community
Building Analysis is distinguished by a diversity
of ages, incomes, and cultural
Information:
backgrounds. The site is very
restricted, measuring 25m by 28m
and limited by three edges by
roads: Crown Street, the main
street of Surry Hills, to the east
and two residential streets to
the south and west. The project
brief was developed in close
consultation with the very active
local community. The main
approach that emerged from these
discussions was that the
Figure 8:Surry Hills Library and Community Centre
community wanted a facility that
everyone could share. Rather than
Architects: FJMT: Francis-Jones just a library, community center
Morehen Thorp, Matthew Todd, Mark or childcare center, it became
Brandon clear that it was important to
Project manager: Atus page have all these facilities
Kirkland together in one building in one
place. In this way, the building
Landscape: Mathew Todd, Mark
became a truly common place where
Bradon
the whole community could come
Client: city of Sydney together and be used in different
Structural & façade engineering: ways. It is also important that
Taylor Thomson whitting the building represents and
reflects the values of the
Construction administration: community.
Altus page Kirkland
2497m^2 Building
AV: noisebox entertainment
systems
Access consultant: accessibility
solutions
Acoustic consultant: acoustic
studio
BCA consultant: Davis Langdon
Area: 2497 m²
Year: 2009
Builder: probuild
ESD and mechanical engineer :
Steesen varming
Figure 9: location plan of Surry Hills Library and Community Centre
Fire engineering: Arup Sydney
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• Site analysis
The strongest wind
Sun path
Noise
Noise
• Structural analysis:
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Loads
Flat slab
Panels
Roof
Thickened portions around the
columns increase the shear
strength of critical section
around the columns
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Figure21 : digital model of surrey hills library and community Centre
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Level Two
Level one
Ground floor
Lower ground
floor
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Figure22 : program of Surry Hills Library and Community Centre
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Figure23 : site plan spaces of Surry Hills Library and Community Centre
Figure24 :east elevation of Surry Hills Library and Community Figure27 : east elevation of Surry Hills Library and
Centre (viwe) Community Centre
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Figure28 :Spatial layout plan spaces of Surry Hills Library and Community Centre
7 children space 20.60 Figure 30: basic form of Surry Hills Library and
community Centre
8 Void -
12 Lift 5.90
14 Stairs 14.75
Figure31 :Surry Hills Library and Community Centre
reading room
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Entry
Up
Stairs
Catalogue
counter Library collection
Library
administration
Void
Down
Loan desk
Environmental
atrium
Library reading
room
Key
Way of stairs
Strong relationship
Medium relationship
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Function room
Environmental Atrium
Surry Hills
neighborhood Centre
Meeting room
Language laboratory
Toilet
Figure32 : leve one floor plan of Surry Hills Library and community Centre
1 Lobby 28.62
3 Function room 79.70 Figure33 :Surry Hills Library and Community Centre
Function roomSurry Hills Library and Community
4 Storeroom 17.45 Centre Function room
5 Balcony 31.85
9 VOID 12.15
10 Toilet 20.5
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entry
Library
collection Storeroo
Toilet Administration
m
Teaching kitchen
Surry Hills
neighborhood
Centre
Lift
Function room
Stairs
Balcony
VOID
Environmental
Language Meeting Atrium
laboratory room
Key
Way of stairs
Strong relationship
Medium relationship
Lowe relationship
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1 Secure lobby
2 U2 children plan space 31.75
12 Lift 5.90 Figure :36 Surry Hills Library and Community Centre
Childcare Administration
13 Environmental Atrium
14 Storeroom 11.90
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Lift Children
Entry
administration
Heat serve
kitchen
2-5 play
Bathroom disability space
people U2 outdoor play
space Communal
Stairs children
bathroom
VOID
Environmental
Nappy change Atrium
U2 cot room
room
Service
Key
Service side
Way of stairs
Strong relationship
Medium relationship
Lowe relationship
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Figure37 :lower ground plan of Surry Hills Library and community Centre
10 Lift 5.90
Stairs
Bathroo
Bathroo
m
ؤررm
Secure lobby Lift IT internet
access public
computer lab
Local history
study room Library
administratio
n
Library collection
Thermal
labyrinth
Meeting
rooms
Magazine and
newspaper reading Water
Geothermal
recycling
bore plant
plant
Key
Service side
Way of stairs
Strong relationship
Medium relationship
Lowe relationship
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• circulation and
service:
• plan circulation
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Figure :40 circulation of lower ground floor Surry Hills Library and Community Centre
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Figure41 : circulation of ground floor Surry Hills Library and Community Centre
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Figure42 : circulation of level one floor Surry Hills Library and Community Centre
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Figure43 : circulation of level two floor Surry Hills Library and Community Centre
Public circulation
Stuff circulation
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Figure44 :Figure 39: circulation of Surry Hills Library and Community Centre
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• Natural light:
Figure 48:level two floor Surry Hills Library and Community Centre
Figure 45: lower ground floor Surry Hills Library and Communit
1. Maximum natural
light is taken in by
constructing the
glass-steel facades
2. Automatic large
timber louvres moves
and tracks the sun
controlling the glare
and internal heat
level
3. Movement
controlled artificial
Figure46 :ground floor Surry Hills Library and Community lighting is provided
Centre
in public and
workspaces
4. Air is drawn in
form the top of the
atrium which gets
filtered and temp
Figure 47:level one floor Surry Hills Library and Community Centre
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• Section analysis:
3m
Kids area
3m
Function room
Stairs
3.5m
Library
collection
Library
collection 3m
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Noise
Noise
Sun
path
Figure55 : 4 main program of scattle library
Noise
• Structural analysis:
• Concept Function:
The library program is
considered as innovative in
respect to the issues of
technology and publicity
creating zones with similar Figure 57: structure analysis of scattle library
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Concrete
wall
Columns
verticals
Esquinas
Steel bar
nurseries
Steel bar
Columns
Sloped columns
True vertical columns
Trusses
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Staff only
Reading room
c
Book spiral
Book spiral
Book spiral
Book spiral
Mixing
chamber
Meeting
Living room
Staff only
Hold and
service
Parking
Staff only
Staff only Meeting
Reading
Book spiral
Parking Mixing
underground chamber
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Atrium
headquarters
Reading room
zanine Collections
Book storage
zanine
Mezzanine
Computer lab Meeting
stuff zanine
Teen area
zanine
Computer lab Entrance level
Stuff level
zanine Stuff level
Entrance 2 Stuff area
zanine zanine
Study room
Children area
zanine
zanine
Administration
zanine
Parking
zanine
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• Section plan:
56.9 m
• Views:
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Seattle program
circulation:
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Peckham library
Building Analysis
• Information:
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• Site analysis:
• Social context
Peckham has traditionally
suffered from high levels of
unemployment and crime rates
gang violence is common here
therefore the front façade is
covered by pre-patina copper
plates to rampart against
violence and degradation coming
Figure 81:London, United Kingdom sun path
from the district
Physical context
The street outside is quite busy
filled with shoppers and open
market surrounding the area
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• Light analysis:
Figure 86:open market Peckham library Figure 89: level 4 plan Peckham library
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Children's room
African Caribbean literature
Meeting place
Toilet
Media Centre
Reading area and stacks
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4 Information Equipment
Figure95 : reading area of Peckam
5 Social media point
6 Media Centre
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Toilet
Reading area
Key
Service side
Way of stairs
Strong relationship
Medium relationship
Lowe relationship
Service
Stuff circulation
Public circulation
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• Section:
3.0 6.50
3.0
16.00 3.0
3.0
3.0
3.0
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02
Regional case study
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• General information
Name: King Fahad National Library
Location: Riyadh, Kingdom of
Saudi Arabia
Client: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Architect: Gerber Architected
Main contractor: Saudi Bin Laden
Group
Competition: 1999 – 2002 Figure104 : Stages of construction of the new building
dimensional, tensile-stressed
steel cable framework holds them
aloft. This blending of the old
and the new gives the
architecture a dignified,
uniform, and overall aspect with
distinctive styling. The
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Plan Analysis
Ground floor
Component & circulation
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First floor
Second floor
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Spaces analysis
and concealment.
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Section
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House of Wisdom Library and
Figure114 : natural lighting from skylight
Cultural Center
A brand-new roof covers Abstract
everything, accented by
skylights that evenly The House of Wisdom (Bayt Al-
disperse light throughout the Hikmah), which arose during the
interior using white
membranes. Islamic Golden Age, was regarded
as one of the greatest libraries
From the reading area, bridges
connect to the open-access in Islamic history. The Abbasid
areas on the third level of dynasty was the one who started
the new structure.
it. The study examines the
historical contributions of Bayt
It now offers a reading
Al-Hikmah to civilisation, which
environment that is flooded with
has impressively adapted its
light and creates a unique
intellectual diversity to benefit
ambiance that will stimulate the
scholars, scientists, and global
interchange of information in
thinkers. The research draws
this way. The whole former roof
attention to the changes that the
of the current structure, which
house of wisdom underwent during
comprises a sizable area, now
the Abbasid era. The primary goal
serves as this.
of this essay is to examine how
the House of Wisdom affected
Islamic libraries. It also
examines the organizational
structure of Bayt al-Hikmah,
including its several library
divisions and the services it
offered to academics and users.
Funding sources will also be
included in the article.
According to the research, the
House of Wisdom had a very well-
organized management system,
particularly in terms of book
collection and cataloguing. The
library also showed a strong
interest in scholarly circles and
debates on a variety of issues.
Additionally, the structure of
Figure 115: reading area the houses of knowledge in Egypt
and Andalusia has had an impact
on several contemporary rival
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Ground floor
Component & circulation
Mezzanine floor
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Section
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General information
Location: Doha, Qatar
Client: Qatar foundation
Year: 2017
Area: 42000 m2
Status : completed
Program: library
Partners : Rem koolhaas,
ellev van loon, Iyad Alsaka
Plan Analysis
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Ground floor
Component & circulation
First floor
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Spaces analysis
To make terraces for the
books and to allow access
in the middle of the room,
we took a plate and folded
its corners up. Literally
every book is there when
you first enter the room—
they are all there, clearly Figure130 : use white marble for floor
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Areas
reception 20-50 20
Café 20-60 40
administration 5-30 30
toilet 5-20 12
storytelling 20-30 9
store 5-15 20
service 15-30 15
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03
Local study
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Sur college university
Building Analysis
• Information:
• Views:
• Site analysis:
Noise
Sun
path
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230 150
Reading hall area Dissection room
sqm sqm
130
Book selection 140 sqm Meeting room
sqm
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Bubble diagram:
c Function C Function
office Entrance
Store Strong
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5.00
0.60
Dome
Front view
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establishments, a cinema,
a Literary Society, an Arts
Green Area
Club, and a Children's
Library, was billed as the Water element
service zone
Client: Ministry of Main entrance
Heritage and Culture VIP entrance
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Ground floor
Component & circulation
Gallery Multipurpose
room
Museum Conference
centre
Cafeteria
Snack bar
Library
Theatre
m
Amphitheatre
Staff
office
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Diminutions and
diagrams
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• Bathrooms:
1. Disable and normal
people:
Figure 150:bathroom dimintions side view disable Figure 153: bathroom dimintions disable hand shift
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Computer user
Book storage:
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Tables:
Stairs:
Office:
Training room:
Figure169 : office
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Computer room:
Bubble diagram:
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Matrix:
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Needed space in
library according to
function user:
1. Service Population:
The town has a projected
population of 120,000. The
total circulation transactions
were 75,000 (7,500 were
nonresident transactions and
67,500 were resident
3. Public Electronic
transactions.)
Workstation Space and
7,500 nonresident Information on
transactions ÷ 75,000 Automation Needs
resident and nonresident 1. Public Access
transactions........................... Computer (PAC)
...... .10 2. Primary service 2. Electronic
population.......... 120,000 workstations
Nonresident population 3. Microfilm or
120,000x.10).......................... Microfiche
....... TOTAL SERVICE Reader/Printer
POPULATION 12000 Workstation
2. Collection Space: 4. User Seating Space
1. Collection
2. Periodicals
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Book
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