New Library Buildings in Europe

a	name and address
1	Type of library	university
2	Name of library / Name of mother institution	Universitätsbibliothek Freiburg / Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
3	Address	Platz der Universität 2, D-79098 Freiburg
4	Phone / Fax / Email	+761 203 3900 +49 761 203 3987 direktion@ub.uni-freiburg.de
5	Name of the director of the library	Dr. Antje Kellersohn
6	Contact person for enquiries	Dr. Sabine Gehrlein sabine.gehrlein@ub.uni-freiburg.de +49 761 203 3906

b	population served
7	Current readership, number of registered readers	25000
8	Number of full time students	25000
9	Number of part time students
10	Number of staff in institution	6760

c	the old/original building(s)
11	Total floor area	20811 sq. metres [main usable area, old building of 1978]
12	Number of reader seats	1020
13	Total capacity of shelving	3410000 volumes
14	…in open access storage	410000 volumes
15	…in closed access stacks	3000000 volumes
16	Number of library staff	150
17	Opening hours to the public	75 hours per week, 301 days per year

a	architect(s)
18	Firm	Degelo Architekten, Itten + Brechbühl, Basel, www.degelo.net
19	Project Architect	Herr Heinrich Degelo
20	Type of project	(Renovation and new building rolled into one!)

b	aims of the new building
21	Short description of the main objectives and purposes of the project	The number of study spaces available was to be vastly increased, and a much more diversified and differentiated study and research environment planned. Quiet study spaces in the reading rooms and the access to the open stacks on the one hand were to be kept strictly separate from the necessarily louder and livelier group work areas and learning lounges (called "Parlatorium”) on the other. The new building was also required to be capable of operating 24/7 and to provide an RFID-driven self-service infrastructure backed by a corresponding media transport system. At the same time, the area for the open stacks was to be increased by the conversion of the erstwhile underground car park. Last but not least, the building had to provide enough capacity to absorb one of the larger faculty libraries.

c	special features
22	Site	The university library is located at the very heart of the city, in immediate proximity to the university's humanities buildings.
23	Architecture	The building’s key characteristic is its permeability between the – for the most part – freely accessible open-stacks and the non-circulating collection on the floors above. These also offer more than 1,700 study spaces for the patrons: from traditional quiet areas to modern learning lounges. From the outset, the design aimed at allowing the library to offer 24/7 service and to provide an RFID-driven self-service infrastructure, backed by a corresponding media transport system.

	divided into
24	Total gross floor area	30600 sq. metres
25	Open access services	12700 sq. metres [open access services: all areas, except for closed stacks and the library administration area]
	special rooms for (26-29)
26	Audiovisual	777 sq. metres [Media center with work-places for using, creating and editing media, audio and video studios and a cross media editorial team]
27	Computers	512 sq. metres
28	Special collections	255 sq. metres [Special reading room for historical collections and other collections worthy of protection]
29	Seminar room(s)	272 sq. metres [2 seminar rooms, 2 seminar rooms in Media Center]
	special activities (30-32)
30	Exhibition space	exhibition spaces in parlatory
31	Lecture hall	277 sq. metres [multi-purpose hall for exhibitions and events, 200 seats]
32	Public refreshments	503 sq. metres [The cafeteria in the foyer is part of the library’s using concept („learning lounge“), in summer time additional outdoor service]
33	Administration and staff areas	4050 sq. metres [instead of individual offices predominantly open space office environments]
34	Closed access stacks	11580 sq. metres [2 closed access stacks (basement floors 2 and 3)]
35	Circulations areas (corridors, stairs, lifts), toilets, technical rooms, etc.	9930 sq. metres
36	Further information	9 floors (3 basement floors, 7 public floors)
37	Number of reader seats (total)	1700
	divided into
38	Audiovisual	30
39	Computers	46
40	Seminar room(s)	4
41	Regular	1700

b	total potential capacity of shelving
42	Books and periodicals (total)	4430000 volumes
	including
43	Open access stacks	230000 volumes
44	Closed access stacks	3500000 volumes
45	Compact shelving	not yet identified, partially included in 44, additional compaction is planned
46	Audiovisual materials
47	Other
48	Number of staff required to operate the new library	163

c	mechanical features
49	Ventilation/Air Conditioning	mechanical aeration with pre-tempering of the air flow by using spring water and steam. Air supply: cavity floor, ventilation flaps
50	Heating	connection to a central steam line
51	Lighting	reading areas: energysaving LED system with automatic off-switch
52	Acoustics	sound-absorbing system in reading areas and open space offices: specific materials and hole panels at ceilings and walls
53	Lifts, elevators, escalators	6 passenger elevators and 1 extra-large service elevator
54	Book transportation system	2 straight-line elevators (Gilgen), serving all floors
55	Theft detection	based on RFID
56	Building management system	central building control system
57	Type of IT infrastructure	Cat-7
58	Other

59	Planning, preliminary brief	2003
60	Architectural competition	2006
61	Period of project	2006-2008
62	Opening of the construction work	10/2008
63	Conclusion of the construction	2008-2015
64	Furnishing and moving the collections	2015
65	Opening of the new building for public	21st of July 2015

66	Site
67	Building	52000000 euro
68	Furniture and equipment	not yet determined
69	Fees
70	Total	52000000 euro
71	Operating costs
72	Funding (Type of commission and source of funding)

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	copyright owner:	Sebastian Bender, Universitätsbibliothek Freiburg

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	caption:	stairway reading rooms
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	caption:	parlatory
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	caption:	floor 2
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