Technical Information

a floor area (24-35)

24 Total gross floor area
9 265 m²
divided into
25 Open access services
4 000 m²
special rooms for (26-29)
26 Audiovisual
120 m²
27 Computers
200 m²
28 Special collections
400 m² (historian Durica collection)
29 Seminar room(s)
300 m²
special activities (30-32)
30 Exhibition space
320 m²
31 Lecture hall
200 m²
32 Public refreshments
240 m²
33 Administration and staff areas
1 130 m²
34 Closed access stacks
110 m²
35 Circulations areas (corridors, stairs, lifts), toilets, technical rooms, etc.
1 800 m²
36 Further information
7 administration levels, 4 public levels, 1 basement (archives, technical rooms)
37 Number of reader seats (total)
570
divided into
38 Audiovisual
30
39 Computers
140
40 Seminar room(s)
150
41 Regular
250

b total potential capacity of shelving

42 Books and periodicals (total)
22 540 linear metres (790 000 volumes)
including
43 Open access stacks
5 400 linear metres (190 000 volumes)
44 Closed access stacks
17 140 linear metres (600 000 volumes)
45 Compact shelving
0
46 Audiovisual materials
0
47 Other
0
48 Number of staff required to operate the new library
21

c mechanical features

49 Ventilation/Air Conditioning
air conditioning with automatic control and regulation
50 Heating
underfloor heating combined with air conditioning, heat pump source and gas heating
51 Lighting
main lighting - fluorescent tubes, additional lighting – downlights over the study places
52 Acoustics
we expect low levels of noise in open study places; closed and group study rooms are designed for quiet study
53 Lifts, elevators, escalators
3 lifts for 10 people, 1 glazed panoramic lift in entrance place, 2 utility lifts
54 Book transportation system
lift + manual hand truck
55 Theft detection
magnetic chip in the book + detection gates
56 Building management system
automatic control and energy management building, electronic fire alarm, automatic fire-fighting equipment in special archives, etc.
57 Type of IT infrastructure
structured data cabling, about 900 possible connections (including about 400 in study places) + wi-fi
58 Other