21st century spaces in 20th century buildings
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21st Century Spaces in 20th
Century Buildings
IFLA Satellite Meeting
Rome, Italy
21 August 2019
Philadelphia, PA
• 1.58 million residents
• 6th largest US city
– (by population)
• It’s an old city
• It’s a politically interesting city
• It’s a city of promise
• It’s a city of entrepreneurs
• It’s a city of many neighborhoods and churches
• It’s a civically engaged city
• It’s a poor city– 25% poverty rate
– 50% low literate adults
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A bit about the Free Library of Philadelphia
• Nearly 1600 full and part-time employees plus 2, 000 volunteers
• 60 locations
• Organized into geographic clusters
• Over 25,000 programs annually
• the benefit of a Foundation
• aligned forces with the Rosenbach Museum and Library
• an organization that invites risk and innovation… but are sometimes afraid of our own success
Parkway Central Library
Parkway Central Library
Issues we are trying to solve
• Inadequate Children’s Room
• Inadequate space for Teens
• Inadequate Auditorium
• Inadequate space for staff
• A space for small businesses and entrepreneurs to start, grow or enhance their businesses
• A space for people to be civically engaged
Children’s Room
Montgomery Auditorium
Subject Departments
Proposed Addition #1$240 Million +
Current Proposed Addition$100 Million
Scope of Stacks Project
Pepper Hall Level 2
Mezz Level - Staff +
Common Level 1Connection to main lobby
Business, ResearchAnd Innovation CenterGround Level
Elevators toPepper Hall
Teen SpaceGround LevelWith separateEntrance/exitto 20th street
Compact ShelvingBasement Level
ScopeCURRENT
BOOKSTACKSTRUCTURE
PROPOSED
FIRST FLOOR
GROUND FLOOR
BASEMENT
STACKLEVEL 1
7’2” H
COMPACT SHELVING(UP TO 47% OFEXISTING CAPACITY)
STAFF SPACE +
COMMON
BUSINESS, RESEARCH& INNOVATION
CENTERSTACKLEVEL 2
7’2” H
STACKLEVEL 3
7’2” H
STACKLEVEL 4
7’2” H
STACKLEVEL 5
7’2” H
STACKLEVEL 6
6’8” H
MEZZANINE
4’6” “CRAWL SPACE”WITH DUCT FROM AHU1NEEDS ABATEMENT
2,166 bookcases (6 shelf); 12,996 shelves (25 volumes per shelf); 324,900 volumesestimated capacity (approx 41% of the capacity of 6 older stack levels; 7 shelve 47%)
MEZZANINE
FIRST FLOOR
NEW PUBLIC
RESTROOMS
ENTRANCE FROM LOBBY
NEW PUBLIC
RESTROOMS
NEW WINDOWS (9)
COMMON
GROUND LEVEL
NEW PUBLICRESTROOMS
Light well tofirst floor
COMMERCE
TEEN
Stacks pre-1927 before Completion
Central Library Lobby
Staff Mezz
Common
BRIC
DIGITAL LAB & STACKS
MAIN LOBBY
MONTGOMERY AUDITORIUM
PEPPER HALL
SKYLINE ROOM
Re-Use of the Stack System
Staff Level
Common
BRIC
Compact Shelving
MainLobby
Pepper Hall
Modification of the Grand Stairs
Architect’s Rendering
Actual Result
Business Resource and Innovation Center
Field Teen Center
Issues We Solved
• Inadequate Children’s Room
• Inadequate space for Teens √
• Inadequate Auditorium
• Inadequate space for staff √
• A space for small businesses and entrepreneurs to start, grow or enhance their businesses √
• A space for people to be civically engaged √
….and Finally
Many Thanks
Siobhan A. Reardon President and Director
Free Library of Philadelphia www.freelibrary.org
[email protected]: @flpdirector
andJames E. Pecora
Vice President for Property ManagementFree Library of Philadelphia
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