BIBLIOTHÈQUE SAINTE-BARBE A PLACE FULL OF HISTORY
FOUNDED IN THE XV th CENTURY Sainte-Barbe was a medieval college originally built in 1460 on Sainte-Genevieve mountain in the heart of Paris, along with many other colleges at the time.
THE LAY OUT IN THE XVII th AND XVIII th CENTURIES
REVIVAL AFTER THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
1830
RECONSTRUCTION BY THE LABROUSTE BROTHERS (1840-1853)
LHEUREUX S BUILDINGS (1881)
XX th CENTURY Starting in the 1940s, the Sainte-Barbe College buildings were demolished except Lheureux s buildings. On the vacated grounds were built the new Cujas Law Library (1958), «the small» extension of Sainte-Genevieve Library (1954), followed by «the large» one for stacks (1961).
PLAN OF THE PRESENT SITE
THE PRESENT BUILDINGS The Lheureux s building, on Valette street, with the main entrance
This is the second part of the Lheureux s buildings, on the other side of the schoolyard.
On the north side, a construction built by Daniel Lionel and Raoul Brandon, in 1936, links the two Lheureux s buildings.
On the south side : - a building for the staff s room -a gym - a building for class rooms (1967, architect : R. Lebret).
THE PRESENT VIEW FROM THE SCHOOLYARD
THE SAINTE-GENEVIEVE LIBRARY : THE READING ROOM, THE NORDIC LIBRARY, THE STACKS
VIEW OF CHARTIERE STREET The Cujas Library at the back, Louis-le- Grand high school on the right and secondary entrances of Sainte- Barbe on the left.
On the north side, a wall closes the site, at the back of Ecosse street. Above the wall, a window of the 3rd floor of the 1930s building.
BIBLIOTHÈQUE SAINTE-BARBE NEW FONCTIONS IN A HISTORIC SETTING
U3M PROJECT The rehabilitation of the Sainte-Barbe college is at the heart of U3M project for university libraries. Three aims : Multidisciplinary library for undergraduate students Extra-stacks for Sainte-Genevieve and Cujas libraries Documentation centers for legal research
PLANNING OF SURFACES Refurbishment of existing buildings Library : 9 240 m² Research : 2 000 m² Common spaces (technical or security) : 1 429 m² Creation of new surfaces under the yard Cujas stacks : 726 m² Sainte-Geneviève stacks : 726 m²
CHOOSING AN ARCHITECT : THE COMPETITIVE PROCEDURE The programmation was ready at the end of 2001 and the architecture competition was then launched. Four architects out of 113 were first selected by a jury. They then had to present their project.
FOUR TEAMS OF ARCHITECTS : FOUR VERY DIFFERENT PROJECTS Agence Stinco Agence Lipsky-Rollet
Agence Desmoulin Agence Buffi
The winner was Antoine Stinco Perspective of 1930s building and yard
The biggest problem was how to keep the historical elements as close to their original state as possible while making the building functional. Exemple : the canteen with specific furniture which must be re-used
There is the architect s proposal to re-use the marble tables by placing two together in order to widen them.
The author of these mosaicsisfacchina, decorator of the Opera Garnier
This is the amphitheatre used in the old days for physics and chemistry classes. The very narrow tiers will be widened, but the furniture will have to be reused.
The drawing room shows the remains of beautiful metallic architecture
Charles Gauthier bas reliefs : art of drawing accross the ages
Other parts of the buildings to be preserved : roofs, façades, the stairs at the back of Lheureux s buildings, and the stairs of the covered playground. This last obligation has an important impact on the project because it prevents the architect from putting the three buildings at the same level at the ground floor level.
This proposal of transformation the 1930s building had to be given up.
BIBLIOTHÈQUE SAINTE-BARBE THE PROJECT
DISTRIBUTION OF STUDENTS OF UNIVERSITIES PARIS I, II, III, IV Law and Political Sciences 26% Economics and management 13% Human and social sciences 19% Literature and languages, Arts 42%
LIBRARY S FIGURES 1 200 seats Organisation of the reading rooms according to 5 themes Open access : 160 000 books and 450 periodicals Staff offices (60 persons)
LIBRARY S RESSOURCES Information desk in the entrance hall Loan desk Information desk in each reading room Photocopiers at each level Cafeteria for students
300 COMPUTERS 60 standing terminals 50 computers in a specific area 190 computers distributed in the reading-rooms 18 printers
DISTRIBUTION OF SPACES Lower ground floor Upper ground floor 1st floor 2nd floor 3rd floor 4th floor Library, reading rooms Offices Research areas Technical areas Yard Stacks
THEMATIC DISTRIBUTION OF COLLECTIONS Economics and management 16% Arts and Reference Books 13% Literature and languages 25% Law and political sciences 21% Human and social sciences 25%
3rd floor Bât.1936 Literature and languages 3 rd floor Chartière 2 nd floor Bât. 1936 Human and social sciences Literature and languages 2e étage Chartière 2nd floor Chartière Human Droit and social sciences 1st floor Chartière Law and political sciences Upper Ground Floor Chartière Arts Lower Ground Floor Chartière 1st floor Bât. 1936 Law and political sciences Upper Ground Floor Bât. 1936 Loan Periodicals Upper Ground Floor Valette ACCUEIL Entrance Hall Cafeteria Reference Books Economics and Management Entrance LIBRARY S PUBLIC AREA
UPPER GROUND FLOOR : ENTRANCE HALL, PERIODICALS, LOAN, ARTS, REFERENCE BOOKS
LOWER GROUND FLOOR : ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT, COMPUTERS AREA
FIRST FLOOR : LAW AND POLITICAL SCIENCES
SECOND FLOOR : HUMAN AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
THIRD FLOOR : LITERATURE AND LANGUAGES
FOURTH FLOOR : OFFICES
SECTION
LIBRARY SERVICES Open access collections Electronic ressources Loan Broad opening hours
Thanks to Stéphane Kayanakis and Antoine Stinco for their documents François Michaud and Anne-Marie Chaintreau for their pictures Mireille Chauveinc for her help with english