In general, public library, which is built to meet the administrative demand or to be a strategy of regional activation, is a public beneficially characterized information-infra facility.
Modern concept of public library has been expending its functio...
In general, public library, which is built to meet the administrative demand or to be a strategy of regional activation, is a public beneficially characterized information-infra facility.
Modern concept of public library has been expending its function because of the demands of the times and communities. Thereby a requirement of building space, which is constructed by a public library facility that is physical element, is also getting complicated. This implies that a simple design(plan) approach that has been used so far can not accept all the subject matters that public library construction needs to solve to meet the demands of the times and communities. Therefore, a process of collecting various information related to public library construction and then classifying and analyzing those information efficiently in accordance with its purpose, this is known as Architectural Programming process, is a necessary condition and a homework that has to be solved in order to succeed the public library project for those who are involved in the construction, such as an organization, a drafter, and so on.
However the contents of public library planning conditions in this country are drawn up consulting a general construction plan or design specifications, which other local autonomous entities already conducted, rather than they contain information obtained from systematic programming. The main reasons for this problem would be, first, the matter of policy attaching weights to quantity based public library development, and most likely, the fact that Architectural Programming system of public library is not currently established. Detailed given conditions and problems of public library in this country, which are acquired from public library related statistical data, general construction plan reports, and surveys and interviews with construction managers, are as follows:
(1) As a result of considering a statistical analysis of public library and a governmental construction policy of public library, a local autonomous entity would be the central operation body of a new construction of a public library. Especially in 6 years, it is considered that the number is going to rapidly grow. Therefore, the establishment of public library Architectural Programming system is very urgent assignment.
(2) In domestic public library construction plan, it contains all the elements of Architectural Programming such as function, space, expense, and schedule; but it is more concentrated on site, scale, schedule, and budget. This is to secure a budget rather than to obtain building information. Hence, condition of architecture planning is more like understanding its function than its concrete design information.
(3) From the result of surveys and interviews with public library related people about understanding of Architectural Programming and work condition, there is not a clear understanding of what Architectural Programming's definition and its roles are. Also, it is found that the most problem in processing the operation is lack of systematic information about a sort, collection and analyzation of information which is necessary for public library Architectural Programming.
Thereafter this study provides the basic information about establishing Architectural Programming system that can effectively confront with public library construction that high technology is required to deal with needs of time and society about a public library in modern society.
Also in order to improve the problems of domestic public library Architectural Programming, the following conclusions are drawn by studying examples of public library construction projects currently being practiced in other countries.
First, The process of Architectural Programming of public library is divided into Basic conception phase, the level where analyzing necessity of construction, and investigating its role, Pre-design phase, establishing concepts that are necessary for solution of physical space conditions, where establishing a standard for evaluating an alternative proposals based on an established condition of architecture planning, as in [fig. 5-1].
Second, Public library Architectural Programming consist of 4 program such as, Goal creation program, Service program, function program and Facility program. Each program processed in consecutive order, and previously processed program's analyzed information and decisions are used as base information for next stage.
Third, A decision making structure of public library Architectural Programming suggested in [fig. 5-2] is a systematic model as a process that can supplement domestic public library construction plan to a construction plan condition as a decision process. The characteristic of it is that the whole process of Architectural Programming is partitioned into a line-structured system based on a composition system proposed by theorist, the components can be changed or added as the need arises enabling feedback from the obtained results.
The public library Architectural Programming does not need to follow a certain formation. However, in order to make a database using the results so that it can be applied in the future, it is considered to be more effective following a conventional model.
Fourth, Space program suggested in chapter 5-3 is concentrated upon a setting functions and a scale of public library that are considered to be suitable to 1 library to 60,000 people system of which domestic library related policy is setting a goal.
This study suggests a public library that has a size of about 3,850㎡ and 3 floors. However, limited space program is not targeting a specific place but targeting a virtual public library and so that it is advised to apply selectively according to social properties of real public library.
In conclusion, a library is a measurement of its nation's cultural level and quality of life. This is a basic study for a public library Architectural Programming system establishment, which is one of the homework to be solved in order to accomplish a library increase accompanying with quality based development, and to cope with changes of time and social environment around rapidly developing public library and an increase of public demand.
This research is focused on a problem of Architectural Programming process; and each program analysis is limited to understanding its required information. Therefore, in future, more studies on analyzation methods of each elements and analyzation methods of the results in a whole process, and methods of applying those detailed programming results to design process, will need to be conducted. The currently used public library must be evaluated especially when success or failure of the Architectural Programming is determined with evaluation of use of completed facilities; and the process of the results being applied to a new public library Architectural Programming as an important information is essential.