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General Information

a name and address
1 Type of library regional [Regional AND public]
2 Name of library / Name of mother institution František Bartoš Regional Library in Zlín / Zlín Region
3 Address Vavrečkova 7040, 76001 Zlín
4 Phone / Fax / Email +420 573 032 500
info@kfbz.cz
5 Name of the director of the library Zdeňka Friedlová
6 Contact person for enquiries Jan Kaňka
kanka@kfbz.cz
+420 573 032 502
b population served
7 Current readership, number of registered readers 13923
8 Number of full time students
9 Number of part time students
10 Number of staff in institution 63
c the old/original building(s)
11 Total floor area 2185 sq. metres
12 Number of reader seats 78
13 Total capacity of shelving 295200 volumes
14 …in open access storage 152950 volumes
15 …in closed access stacks 142250 volumes
16 Number of library staff 46
17 Opening hours to the public 43 hours / week, ca 300 days / year

The New Building

a architect(s)
18 Firm A.D.N.S. PRODUCTION s.r.o. / City Work s.r.o.
19 Project Architect Juraj Sonlajtner, Jakub Obůrka (conversion); Jiří Voženílek (original project, 1947)
20 Type of project (conversion of old industrial building - former factory; space for closed stacks - new part of building)
b aims of the new building
21 Short description of the main objectives and purposes of the project more space; more holdings in open stacks; more readers´ places including group study, individual study rooms and places with computers; extension of the opening hours to the public; self-service possibility; concentration of the whole library stock under one roof – no detached stores; better facilities for public (library café, sanitary facilities atc.)
c special features
22 Site The building is part of the former Bata shoe company factory premises whose eastern part becomes a new vivid urban area (bus and railway station, main post office etc.).
23 Architecture The building was built in 1947 as one of the two twin buildings. Both “twins” are fully renovated and converted, in the first of them (building no. 14) resides museum (Museum of Southeastern Moravia in Zlin) and gallery (Regional Gallery of Fine Arts in Zlin), in the second (building no. 15) resides library. Buildings are linked together by a newly built one-floor height walkable space called platform which houses library closed stacks. Building has a rectangular platform, reinforced concrete skeleton, facade - a concrete frame plastered with roughcast with red brick lining and subtle steel windows. Size of the basic construction module of the skeleton is 6.15 × 6.15 m (20 × 20 ft) and platform of the building is formed to a modular grid (3 × 15 basic modules). Building is fully accessible for disabled.

Technical Information

24 Total gross floor area 15202 sq. metres [library building]
divided into
25 Open access services 3163 sq. metres
special rooms for (26-29)
26 Audiovisual
27 Computers
28 Special collections
29 Seminar room(s) 116 sq. metres
special activities (30-32)
30 Exhibition space
31 Lecture hall 338 sq. metres
32 Public refreshments 240 sq. metres
33 Administration and staff areas 867 sq. metres
34 Closed access stacks 2261 sq. metres
35 Circulations areas (corridors, stairs, lifts), toilets, technical rooms, etc. 8217 sq. metres
36 Further information 5 floors + 1 underground parking lot
37 Number of reader seats (total) 230
divided into
38 Audiovisual 10
39 Computers 67
40 Seminar room(s) 50
41 Regular 133
b total potential capacity of shelving
42 Books and periodicals (total) 20113 linear metres
including
43 Open access stacks 5682 linear metres
44 Closed access stacks 14431 linear metres
45 Compact shelving 12366 linear metres [included in 44]
46 Audiovisual materials 99 linear metres
47 Other 166 linear metres
48 Number of staff required to operate the new library 58
c mechanical features
49 Ventilation/Air Conditioning combination of air conditioning and ventilation (opening of windows stops the air conditioning)
50 Heating forced hot air
51 Lighting fluorescent tubes; open access stacks, readers places, offices – 500 lux
52 Acoustics acoustic boards in lecture halls and café
53 Lifts, elevators, escalators 2 passenger elevators – public, 1 passenger/freight elevator – staff only, 2 book elevators – staff only
54 Book transportation system 2 book elevators + book trolleys
55 Theft detection RFID (borrowable books); RFID + EM (in-house used books and periodicals)
56 Building management system yes
57 Type of IT infrastructure LAN CAT6, 1GBps
58 Other

Schedule Of The Building Process

59 Planning, preliminary brief 2004–2008
60 Architectural competition 2009
61 Period of project 2009-2011
62 Opening of the construction work 2011
63 Conclusion of the construction 2013
64 Furnishing and moving the collections 04-09/2013
65 Opening of the new building for public 27.9.2013

Costs (Including Taxes)

66 Site 3100000 euro [both buildings]
67 Building 29500000 euro [both buildings]
68 Furniture and equipment 3400000 euro [both buildings]
69 Fees
70 Total 36000000 euro [both buildings]
71 Operating costs
72 Funding (Type of commission and source of funding) public commission; Zlín Region: 47%, Regional Operational Programme of the Central Moravia Cohesion Region: 53%

Publications & Awards

Jiří Voženílek: Building nos. 14 and 15 in Zlín - a heritage of the industrial era
VŠETEČKA, Petr, ed. Jiří Voženílek: Budovy č. 14 a 15 ve Zlíně - dědictví industriální éry = Jiří Voženílek: Building nos. 14 and 15 in Zlín - a heritage of the industrial era. Zlín: Zlínský kraj, 2013. 127 s. ISBN 978-80-87833-03-2.

Book about the buildings, original project, it's architect Jiří Voženílek and conversion of the buildings for museum, gallery of fine arts and library.

Plans & Photos

doctype: plan PDF document
caption: First Floor Plan
copyright owner: City Work s.r.o.
comment: Library closed access stacks are situated between the buildings.
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caption: Second Floor Plan
copyright owner: City Work s.r.o.
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caption: Third Floor Plan
copyright owner: City Work s.r.o.
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caption: Fourth Floor Plan
copyright owner: City Work s.r.o.
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caption: Cross-section of the buildings
copyright owner: City Work s.r.o.
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doctype: exterior
caption: Perspective view of both buildings and the walkable platform that connects them (looking west)
copyright owner: City Work s.r.o.
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caption: Perspective view of the library building looking north
copyright owner: City Work s.r.o.
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doctype: interior
caption: Non-fiction section on the fourth floor
copyright owner: City Work s.r.o.
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caption: Children section on the third floor
copyright owner: City Work s.r.o.