De Liber Architecture Group houdt om het jaar een conferentie over nieuwbouw en herinrichtingen van (wetenschappelijke) bibliotheken. Het volgende seminar vindt plaats van 17-21 april in Praag. In de mooie kleurenbibliotheek, zoals sommigen hem noemen. Het (voorlopige) programma ziet er als volgt uit:
Reshape, refurbish, reorganise: designing the sustainable library
17 april: pre-seminar visits (Liberec, Hradec Králové)
Meeting 9:00 a.m. – return to Prague at 7:30 a.m.
18 april: pre-seminar visits (Prague)
Five libraries to visit in Prague on Wednesday 18 April in the morning (choose 1 of 5):
A. Faculty of Arts Library, Charles University
B. National Archives
C. Strahov Monastic Library
D. Smichov Municipal Library
E. Academy of Sciences Library
seminar programme
12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. / Registration; Buffet lunch available
1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Official opening of the Seminar / Chair: Martin Svoboda, National Technical Library, Prague
Ivan Wilhelm (Deputy Minister, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport)
Ulrich Niederer (Chairman, LIBER Architecture Group)
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Keynote speaker
Chair: Martin Svoboda, National Technical Library, Prague
Helle Juul (Juul and Frost, Architects, Copenhagen)
3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Coffee break
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Session 1: Setting the scene
Chair: Liesbeth Mantel, Delft University of Technology
Higher education and libraries in the Czech Republic / (Speaker from the Conference of Rectors or Higher Education Council)
Putting students first: Learning and libraries / Graham Bulpitt, Kingston University London
Research: Overview / (Hans Geleijnse, Library Strategy Consultant / Past President of LIBER)
19 april
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Session 2: Sustainability
Chair: Karen Latimer, Queens University, Belfast
The role of the building envelope in the sustainable architectural conception: building envelope design, energy efficiency and renewable energy
Anna Wagner, architect
Czech project to refurbish theatre
10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Coffee break
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Session 3: Refurbishment of buildings
Chair: Philippe Marcerou, Sorbonne, Paris
Modena project / Alessandro Bertoni, Università Ca’ Foscari, Venice
Ghent project / David van Severen, University of Ghent
Refurbishment of the National University Library, Strasbourg / Christophe Didier
12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Lunch and poster session
2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Session 4: Re-organising and re-purposing space
Chair: Inken Feldsien-Sudhaus, Technical University, Hamburg-Harburg
Freiburg University Library / Dr Antje Kellersohn, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg
Royal Library, Copenhagen /Steen Bille Larson (Deputy Director General)
Introduction to visit to National Technical Library / Architect /Designer
3:30 p.m.
Visit to National Technical Library
Evening
Conference dinner
20 april
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Session 5: Technical aspects of buildings
Chair: Márta Virágos, University of Debrecen, Hungary
A crash course into acoustics / Jan David Hanrath, hanratharchitect BV/ H2 interactive BV
The O.A.S.E. – an example of modern, well-designed learning spaces / Ulrike Brunenberg-Piel, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf
10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Coffee break
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Session 6: Preservation
Chair: Sylvia Van Peteghem, Ghent University, Belgium
Hilversum audio-visual repository / Strategies at the Bodleian for storing special collections: the Book Storage Facility and the Weston Library
Richard Ovenden, Bodleian Libraries, Oxford
12:30 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Conclusion / Ulrich Niederer (Chairman, LIBER Architecture Group)
20-22 april: post-seminar trip
Inschrijven kan hier. Kosten voor het seminar zijn 250 euro voor Liber-leden. De bibliotheekbezoeken op 17/18 april kosten 50 euro (inclusief lunch) en het bezoek aan zuid-Bohemen ongeveer 150 euro.
Meer informatie vind je op de website van NTK in Praag.