공공도서관 분관 복합화에 의한 유형 및 공간구성 분석에 관한 연구

Abstract

(Background and Purpose) According to the Library Act, branches of public libraries are constructed and promoted in compliance with local characteristics. These branches have excellent accessibility, as they are community-oriented libraries, and they provide information to residents of diverse classes, focusing on book lending function. For the revitalized use of these branches, the tendency is to ensure the functions of the library and its compositeness with the cultural facilities. It is expected that the public library branch will be developed into a central space for local communities if it is combined with cultural and public facilities that satisfy local characteristics. This study intends to analyze the type and spatial structure of the library branch through a theoretical review of the role and function of the branch to combine effectively the library branch based on the characteristics of the community. (Method) Public library branches with a service radius of less than 1 km within the community were selected; for combined public library branches, we selected areas in Japan and Europe where the system of public library branches is revitalized. Using them as cases, the study proposed a reasonable spatial composition system by analyzing their program and spatial composition based on the complex type of the public library branch that combines similar facilities. (Results) For the composite type, obtained through case analysis of the composite library branch, the vertical combination was mainly composed. As for the spatial composition ratio, the data service sector was 28%, cultural education sector was 4%, business management sector was 10%, and public part was 7%. As for the ratio of combination with a complex facility, the library part was analyzed as 46% of the facility and the complex facility as 54%. The data service sector, which is responsible for promoting reading and lending, consisted of the highest percentage of area occupied, whereas the cultural education and work management space was relatively low because it was combined with a complex facility. (Conclusions) This study analyzed the program and spatial composition based on the complex type of combined library branches. The results showed that the library and complex facility have to be combined in the same size when the public library branch is a combined type. This tendency is because it would become the subsidiary room of a library, as the main facility, and it is difficult to ensure the space composition with the appropriate function if the ratio of the complex facilities is low. Thus, it is possible to compose an effective space when planning a combined community-oriented library branch.