| a | name and address | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Type of library | university [University Library] |
| 2 | Name of library / Name of mother institution | Zentral- und Hochschulbibliothek Luzern – Standort UNI/PHZ-Gebäude / Zentral- und Hochschulbibliothek Luzern |
| 3 | Address | Frohburgstrasse 3, CH-6002 Lucerne, Switzerland |
| 4 | Phone / Fax / Email | (P 041 228 77 57; F 041 228 77 67; info.upg@zhbluzern.ch) |
| 5 | Name of the director of the library | Ulrich Niederer |
| 6 | Contact person for enquiries | (Tobias Schelling) |
| b | population served | |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | Current readership, number of registered readers | 18 000 |
| 8 | Number of full time students | 3 300 |
| 9 | Number of part time students | 600 |
| 10 | Number of staff in institution | 900 |
| c | the old/original building(s) | |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | Total floor area | total 1 300 m², 4 sites |
| 12 | Number of reader seats | approx. 200 |
| 13 | Total capacity of shelving | 100 000 books (900 000 in a storage depot) |
| 14 | …in open access storage | 100 000 |
| 15 | …in closed access stacks | 900 000 (in a storage depot) |
| 16 | Number of library staff | 21 |
| 17 | Opening hours to the public | 57,5 – 66 hours per week at the different sites |
| a | architect(s) | |
|---|---|---|
| 18 | Firm | Enzmann + Fischer Architekten, Zurich, www.enzmannfischer.ch |
| 19 | Project Architect | Oliver Bachmann |
| 20 | Type of project |
| b | aims of the new building | |
|---|---|---|
| 21 | Short description of the main objectives and purposes of the project | Centralization of 4 small-scale libraries to one big university library. Aims: Integration of the different holdings to one stock. Various styles of reading areas; reader seats for every 6th student; more open stacks. extension of the opening hours with a 24/7-access for university members. |
| c | special features | |
|---|---|---|
| 22 | Site | In the city centre, close to the train and bus station, to the Kultur-und Kongresszentrum (architect Jean Nouvel) and to the Lake of Lucerne. The new, six-level building includes the whole University of Lucerne, parts of the college of education and the library. The library is situated on the first floor. |
| 23 | Architecture | Rectangular plan, 120 x 55m with three atriums and a glass-roofed main stairway. Remarkable facade (planned as precast concrete panels; carried out as a aluminium construction with synthetic materials). Low ceiling heights (due to the structure of the building). |
| 24 | Total gross floor area | 5 000 m² |
| divided into | ||
|---|---|---|
| 25 | Open access services | Open space library. Separated rooms: reading room for PhD-students; reading room; 3 group study rooms. |
| special rooms for (26-29) | ||
| 26 | Audiovisual | N/A |
| 27 | Computers | |
| 28 | Special collections | N/A |
| 29 | Seminar room(s) | Several in the building, but none in the library |
| special activities (30-32) | ||
| 30 | Exhibition space | N/A |
| 31 | Lecture hall | Several in the building, but none in the library |
| 32 | Public refreshments | Cafeteria and canteen at the ground floor (outside of the library) |
| 33 | Administration and staff areas | N/A |
| 34 | Closed access stacks | N/A |
| 35 | Circulations areas (corridors, stairs, lifts), toilets, technical rooms, etc. | Whole building with 5 staircases; library only accessible via the main staircase., 2 lifts. Toilets in the library. Technical rooms in the minor floors of the building. |
| 36 | Further information | 6 levels; library on the first floor; 2nd to 4th floor: offices and seminar rooms of the university; basement and ground floor: lecture rooms, cafeteria, canteen, post office, etc. |
| 37 | Number of reader seats (total) | 670 |
| divided into | ||
| 38 | Audiovisual | N/A |
| 39 | Computers | 18 |
| 40 | Seminar room(s) | 3 study rooms |
| 41 | Regular | Approx. 640 |
| b | total potential capacity of shelving | |
|---|---|---|
| 42 | Books and periodicals (total) | 300 000 volumes |
| including | ||
| 43 | Open access stacks | 300 000 volumes |
| 44 | Closed access stacks | 0 |
| 45 | Compact shelving | 0 |
| 46 | Audiovisual materials | 400 volumes |
| 47 | Other | 0 |
| 48 | Number of staff required to operate the new library | 23 |
| c | mechanical features | |
|---|---|---|
| 49 | Ventilation/Air Conditioning | Ventilation only - no air conditioning |
| 50 | Heating | Ventilation |
| 51 | Lighting | Ceiling lighting; some of the reader places with individual lighting |
| 52 | Acoustics | Reading areas with baffles. |
| 53 | Lifts, elevators, escalators | Situated on the first floor, the library is accessible via a stairway or a lift. |
| 54 | Book transportation system | N/A |
| 55 | Theft detection | RFID |
| 56 | Building management system | For the whole building operated by the facility management of the university. |
| 57 | Type of IT infrastructure | Multimedia 8, cat. 7; 1Gbit/s |
| 58 | Other |
| 59 | Planning, preliminary brief | 2004 - 2005 |
| 60 | Architectural competition | 2005 |
| 61 | Period of project | 2006 - 2007 |
| 62 | Opening of the construction work | Dec. 2007 |
| 63 | Conclusion of the construction | Dec. 2007 - June 2011 |
| 64 | Furnishing and moving the collections | July/August 2011 |
| 65 | Opening of the new building for public | 03/09/2011 |
| 66 | Site | 30 million EUR |
| 67 | Building | 64 million EUR (for the construction of the whole building: university and library; incl. fees) |
| 68 | Furniture and equipment | 6 million EUR (for the whole building) |
| 69 | Fees | see nr. 67 |
| 70 | Total | 100 million EUR (for the whole building) |
| 71 | Operating costs | |
| 72 | Funding (Type of commission and source of funding) |
| Schelling, Tobias: Hier ging einmal die Post ab…. : Die Zentral- und Hochschulbiblothek Luzern in einem nachgenutzten Industriegebäude. In: Hauke, Petra und Klaus-Ulrich Werner (Hrsg.): Secondhand – aber exzellent! : Bibliotheken bauen im Bestand. Bad Honnef: Bock + Herchen, 2011. S. 60-73. | ||