Shelf-Life: Re-imagining the future of Carnegie Public Libraries
Lead Research Organisation:
CARDIFF UNIVERSITY
Department Name: Welsh School of Architecture (ARCHI)
Abstract
As happens, eventually, to the books on the shelves they contain, libraries that have not been subject to restoration inevitably have a limited 'shelf-life.' Complaints of cold, leaking, dark or mouldy spaces do not precipitate creative responses and replacement buildings are called for as people perceive themselves to have become victims of their environments. Arguably, the very act of provision of a service such as a library takes away responsibility and sets up an awkward form of ownership.
As the economic balance shifted from coal rich to carbon conscious in the twentieth century, light went from expensive to cheap and heat from cheap to expensive. This shift has precipitated the condemnation of many hundreds of public buildings which were engineered specifically to meet the lean targets of their day with bright single glazed rooflights to maximise daylight compensated by huge fossil fuel fired boilers. Very often the functioning aspects of decorative schemes, the way in which they covered structural joints or incorporated heating or ventilation equipment are deemed redundant because of ignorance of how these mechanisms were designed to work. Given that such features were standard elements of so many buildings, there is potential to make significant gains from identifying such patterns and enabling future projects to contribute to the enrichment of knowledge bases of building components.
Since the 1840s, specifications determined a sequence leading from Structure to Finishes. It is proposed that this archaic workflow may be used to advantage in augmenting the information relayed by surface scanning techniques. The increasingly mechanised era of building from 1880 onwards is however, significantly better documented in technical terms than previous periods through records of product literature, standardised procedures and material classifications. The practice of building specification that grew from a consolidation of professional expertise on similar lines in the UK and the US could provide the basis for increasingly accurate interpretation of surface measurements of buildings provided by 3D laser scan techniques. Technical indices, professional literature and Carnegie UK and US archives provide significant and rich resources which are unparalleled for other buildings in their breadth and scope and so offer a particular opportunity to develop these tools.
Shelf-Life asks if the uniquely controlled procurement of over 2600 public buildings across Britain and America around 100 years ago by the Carnegie Library Programme could benefit from some systematic thinking for their re-vitalisation at a time of crisis. Using and developing new techniques of Historic Building Information Modelling (HBIM), the proposal aims to develop a parametric library of building components for Carnegie Libraries of the UK. A digital resource of common elements would enable better-informed, more sensitive and economic proposals for the rehabilitation and re-use of these buildings and set an example for others.
HBIM is limited by the availability of adequate object libraries because historic buildings do not generally have standard construction methods or components and 3D scans, although geometrically accurate, can capture surface information only. 3D scans cannot determine the actual materials or structural elements of existing buildings that lie behind the surface. The number of Carnegie Libraries designed under a very controlled regime provides a unique resource. The deeper cataloguing of available information and technical guidance that is proposed here aims to make a step forward in enabling HBIM to facilitate informed conservation and design within these existing buildings.
Carnegie funding was critical to the public library movement in the UK and many of their features are common to other libraries of the time also. The research will focus upon British libraries but will make reference to the 2000+ US Carnegie libraries.
As the economic balance shifted from coal rich to carbon conscious in the twentieth century, light went from expensive to cheap and heat from cheap to expensive. This shift has precipitated the condemnation of many hundreds of public buildings which were engineered specifically to meet the lean targets of their day with bright single glazed rooflights to maximise daylight compensated by huge fossil fuel fired boilers. Very often the functioning aspects of decorative schemes, the way in which they covered structural joints or incorporated heating or ventilation equipment are deemed redundant because of ignorance of how these mechanisms were designed to work. Given that such features were standard elements of so many buildings, there is potential to make significant gains from identifying such patterns and enabling future projects to contribute to the enrichment of knowledge bases of building components.
Since the 1840s, specifications determined a sequence leading from Structure to Finishes. It is proposed that this archaic workflow may be used to advantage in augmenting the information relayed by surface scanning techniques. The increasingly mechanised era of building from 1880 onwards is however, significantly better documented in technical terms than previous periods through records of product literature, standardised procedures and material classifications. The practice of building specification that grew from a consolidation of professional expertise on similar lines in the UK and the US could provide the basis for increasingly accurate interpretation of surface measurements of buildings provided by 3D laser scan techniques. Technical indices, professional literature and Carnegie UK and US archives provide significant and rich resources which are unparalleled for other buildings in their breadth and scope and so offer a particular opportunity to develop these tools.
Shelf-Life asks if the uniquely controlled procurement of over 2600 public buildings across Britain and America around 100 years ago by the Carnegie Library Programme could benefit from some systematic thinking for their re-vitalisation at a time of crisis. Using and developing new techniques of Historic Building Information Modelling (HBIM), the proposal aims to develop a parametric library of building components for Carnegie Libraries of the UK. A digital resource of common elements would enable better-informed, more sensitive and economic proposals for the rehabilitation and re-use of these buildings and set an example for others.
HBIM is limited by the availability of adequate object libraries because historic buildings do not generally have standard construction methods or components and 3D scans, although geometrically accurate, can capture surface information only. 3D scans cannot determine the actual materials or structural elements of existing buildings that lie behind the surface. The number of Carnegie Libraries designed under a very controlled regime provides a unique resource. The deeper cataloguing of available information and technical guidance that is proposed here aims to make a step forward in enabling HBIM to facilitate informed conservation and design within these existing buildings.
Carnegie funding was critical to the public library movement in the UK and many of their features are common to other libraries of the time also. The research will focus upon British libraries but will make reference to the 2000+ US Carnegie libraries.
Planned Impact
Shelf-Life seeks to address a problem of redundancy that threatens to waste high quality public buildings that are a century old. In its broadest terms, the publication and dissemination of the Shelf-Life project will seek to promote reflective British and American understandings of the on-going use of public space which learn from comparisons of their experience of Carnegie Library Buildings.
The overall goal will be to initiate an economic and informed conservation model for public libraries on an unprecedented scale. By doing so it will demonstrate the potential to stimulate well-informed, sensitive, inventive and original approaches to the salvage, re-use and re-invigoration of shared inherited 'gifts'. The international aspect promotes dialogue amongst communities providing opportunities for reflection on wellbeing, education and public provision for future generations as well as informing technical and economic decisions.
In pragmatic terms it aims to challenge the state of the art, incorporating digital procurement methods that are commonly held at arm's length by conservationists. Should the development of digital Historic Building Information Modelling (HBIM) resources making use of the practices of standardisation employed in the Carnegie programme be successful, the work could provide a model for other building typologies. In the short term it would deliver an accessible resource as a means to reflect cultural interpretation within communities. The longer term aim being to deliver a detailed professional resource assisting statutory bodies and professionals alike.
This project aims to apply the potential efficiencies of HBIM to a more accurate calibration of a specific building type that was designed with standardisation as a key aim. The National Building Specification in the UK (NBS) in association with key CAD developers has already established workflows to incorporate contemporary products and to build shareable BIM libraries. The commercial incentive to do so is self-evident, to do it for traditional buildings requires deeper commitment. Here a significant step to demonstrate the viability of applying HBIM principles to a well-defined group of buildings will be set out with the potential to become an accessible part of those shared resources.
The contribution of increasingly usable scanning techniques whether by 3D laser scan or structure-from-motion methods is limited to providing data which records the surface finish and dimensional characteristics of a space or a building exterior. This is very useful for recording cultural heritage but has limited use for those engaged in considering repair or alteration strategies for existing buildings whereby it is essential to understand the construction methods, structural arrangements but also the ways in which the buildings where designed to perform in terms of ventilation, lighting and heating. The rich seam of data generated through the systematic design review of Carnegie Libraries held in Carnegie archives as well as detailed architectural review at the time offers a unique opportunity to significantly assist in the documentation, comprehension and conservation of these buildings which are almost universally at risk of abandonment or ill-informed adaptation.
Shelf-Life will operate and progress through collaboration and engagement with all stakeholders that are concerned with public libraries. Whilst it focuses on Carnegie Libraries for pragmatic reasons, it clearly offers the potential to establish dialogues with those concerned with other libraries and other types of related public buildings. This will be achieved through the presentation of outputs in technically and strategically high level fora internationally but also at a local level with consultant stakeholders and through web fora, contributing to the development of higher quality resources for people on the point of losing their libraries.
The overall goal will be to initiate an economic and informed conservation model for public libraries on an unprecedented scale. By doing so it will demonstrate the potential to stimulate well-informed, sensitive, inventive and original approaches to the salvage, re-use and re-invigoration of shared inherited 'gifts'. The international aspect promotes dialogue amongst communities providing opportunities for reflection on wellbeing, education and public provision for future generations as well as informing technical and economic decisions.
In pragmatic terms it aims to challenge the state of the art, incorporating digital procurement methods that are commonly held at arm's length by conservationists. Should the development of digital Historic Building Information Modelling (HBIM) resources making use of the practices of standardisation employed in the Carnegie programme be successful, the work could provide a model for other building typologies. In the short term it would deliver an accessible resource as a means to reflect cultural interpretation within communities. The longer term aim being to deliver a detailed professional resource assisting statutory bodies and professionals alike.
This project aims to apply the potential efficiencies of HBIM to a more accurate calibration of a specific building type that was designed with standardisation as a key aim. The National Building Specification in the UK (NBS) in association with key CAD developers has already established workflows to incorporate contemporary products and to build shareable BIM libraries. The commercial incentive to do so is self-evident, to do it for traditional buildings requires deeper commitment. Here a significant step to demonstrate the viability of applying HBIM principles to a well-defined group of buildings will be set out with the potential to become an accessible part of those shared resources.
The contribution of increasingly usable scanning techniques whether by 3D laser scan or structure-from-motion methods is limited to providing data which records the surface finish and dimensional characteristics of a space or a building exterior. This is very useful for recording cultural heritage but has limited use for those engaged in considering repair or alteration strategies for existing buildings whereby it is essential to understand the construction methods, structural arrangements but also the ways in which the buildings where designed to perform in terms of ventilation, lighting and heating. The rich seam of data generated through the systematic design review of Carnegie Libraries held in Carnegie archives as well as detailed architectural review at the time offers a unique opportunity to significantly assist in the documentation, comprehension and conservation of these buildings which are almost universally at risk of abandonment or ill-informed adaptation.
Shelf-Life will operate and progress through collaboration and engagement with all stakeholders that are concerned with public libraries. Whilst it focuses on Carnegie Libraries for pragmatic reasons, it clearly offers the potential to establish dialogues with those concerned with other libraries and other types of related public buildings. This will be achieved through the presentation of outputs in technically and strategically high level fora internationally but also at a local level with consultant stakeholders and through web fora, contributing to the development of higher quality resources for people on the point of losing their libraries.
Publications
Black A
(2020)
Revisiting the Carnegie Public Library built form: the design and early history of three Illinois Carnegie Library buildings
in Library & Information History
Black A
(2021)
The Design of the Carnegie Library in Danville, Illinois (1904): Rereading the Reputation of the Carnegie Library Built-Form in America
in Libraries: Culture, History, and Society
Murphy M
(2021)
SHAPE GRAMMAR LIBRARIES OF EUROPEAN CLASSICAL ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS FOR HISTORIC BIM
in The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
Pezzica C
(2019)
BETWEEN IMAGES AND BUILT FORM: AUTOMATING THE RECOGNITION OF STANDARDISED BUILDING COMPONENTS USING DEEP LEARNING
in ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
Prizeman O
(2020)
Carnegie Libraries of Britain: Assets or Liabilities? Managing Altering Agendas of Energy Efficiency for Early 20th Century Heritage
in Public Library Quarterly
Prizeman O
(2020)
Networking Historic Environmental Standards to Address Modern Challenges for Sustainable Conservation in HBIM
in Applied Sciences
Prizeman O
(2018)
How can century-old architectural hierarchies for the design of public libraries be re-interpreted and re-used?
in Journal of Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainable Development
Description | The survey of Carnegie Libraries has been completed enabling the quantification of multiple areas of data including library survival rates, building condition and regional variance in materials, scale and operational status for the first time. 424 building were photographed, 22 have been laser scanned. All references in the contemporary architectural press have been followed up. see http://hhttps://zenodo.org/record/3611513 The repeated incidences of standardised architectural features have been recorded and located on a GIS map using novel machine learning techniques. HBIM models of key features have been created. Modeling and measuring energy use here identify a reverse principle of normal assumptions of performance. The metered data reveals consistent thrift in management and durable economic operation learned over time. Identifying the use of local materials in these proto-modern early standardized buildings is a significant finding. Mapping the local and the global paradigm demonstrates some irony in that the specific was generic (American furniture fittings and library plans) and the generic was specific (the use of local stone). Whereas Hong (2015) noted that establishing benchmarks for the energy use of a typology is generally difficult, with the large quantity and limited era of building during which the Carnegie Library program was delivered in Britain, it is possible to make steps toward offering informed statements in principle since the buildings demonstrably deploy a range of standardized components and features. There is potential for these methods which have been based on historical research and computer vision tools, to be expanded to other sets of buildings or specific technological practices. The importance of considering ambitions for lowering carbon and energy is undeniable, however, reasoning through the imperatives of original design intentions is paramount to better decision-making. For these buildings, their potential social value, current heritage listing status and universal conditions of operating under tight financial constraints are also shared circumstances in addition to requirements to maintain accessibility and meet lower emissions targets. These mutual conditions can readily be assumed to have similar impacts on future attempts to reduce energy and carbon costs. Here, using a single but exemplary building as an archetype, key components and opportunities have been identified whilst common traits with respect to the use of materials are mapped to provide evidence in support of generalizing these findings with confidence. The findings suggest that a cautioned approach to decision-making should be adopted which seeks to make use of existing potentialities: Future research to develop generic ventilation and heat recovery strategies relating to existing equipment and built forms could be developed. To prioritize the replacement of fossil fuel sources of energy with low carbon or renewable alternatives as they become available. To consider the installation of additional insulated glazing over rooflights. and not to: drastically alter the daylighting design of these buildings or consider that they do not compare favorably with newer buildings in terms of energy performance. Where it is necessary to move the library service on, the findings demonstrate that future uses are most successful that are aligned to celebrate the particular environmental qualities of publicly accessible environmental conditions offered. Fundamentally, this paper calls for decision-makers not to discount the durable quality of materials and workmanship and the ongoing contribution to wellbeing of these civic buildings as a given. |
Exploitation Route | The provision of the first catalogue raisonne of Carnegie Library buildings in the UK has influenced reviews of l=historic library building designations in Scotland and England. The work has all been made accessible through the project website. This includes the HBIM models, a complete GIS map, a navigable gallery, the definition of typical features and navigable models of 22 archetypal buildings. In terms of energy use there is a Life Cycle Analysis model of a typical building and a Computational Fluid Dynamics model that illustrates how historic ventilation worked in an aim to prevent the spread of contagious disease. A significant paper published in Public Library Quarterly sets out the actual as opposed to the presumed energy performance of these buildings and makes the case for their future care as a sustainable option to the international library community. This work anticipates the potential to accelerate the assimilation of HBIM models by providing access to pooled resources and potentially enabling data exchange through the use of Digital Doubles. It also takes a step towards the more complex aim of creating life cycle analysis models as a means to facilitate credible assumptions to support design or conservation decisions that can be shared within a designated group. Indeed, the potential to determine and locate survival rates as such presents a significant opportunity to review the lifecycle of an entire philanthropic effort from many perspectives. Having established the scope of standardisation brought about by the collaboration between architects and librarians in the aim of delivering better library services, previous work has sought to identify the scope of reiteration within development of library architecture. Latterly, in this context, the use of matching techniques and the integration of workflows for scan to BIM for some features has been examined. Having now completed a comprehensive photographic survey of all remaining Carnegie Library buildings in Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the development of deep learning for automatic recognition of such features has also been explored. To this end, we are now able to determine the exact numbers and locations of buildings with these (and other) features in common. One potential for future work will be to expand the sample image dataset to incorporate many other buildings that we may be able to predict commonalities with, by year of building, region, typology, contractor or architect. Whilst accuracy is essential for detailed design decisions, "rules of thumb" or understandings in principle are necessary for strategic decision making. The formulation of critical approaches to refurbishment are under pressure to comply with forceful and often contradictory imperatives of energy use reduction, historic preservation and disabled access to public buildings. |
Sectors | Communities and Social Services/Policy Construction Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software) Leisure Activities including Sports Recreation and Tourism Culture Heritage Museums and Collections |
URL | https://carnegielibrariesofbritain.com/ |
Description | As worldwide there are over 2800 Carnegie library buildings together with significant numbers of other public buildings with shared features of the same era, it is anticipated that this as well as the identification of HBIM standards could be relevant to a broad audience. Nationally, the identification of potential networks with shared concerns has been highlighted through the research and directly paves the way for future knowledge sharing and best practice with multiple librarians already having made contact seeking such events to be hosted. These vary in scale from the largest Carnegie library in the UK (Edinburgh Central) to a Community group seeking to rehabilitate Levenshulme library and a London consultancy working with Blackburn Council seeking to prepare a comprehensive regeneration bid to the Town's Fund. John Fidler, former conservation director of English Heritage, Getty Scholar and Vice President of ICCROM now practicing in California made contact regarding framing the case to save the future of his hometown, Stockport library which is now threatened with closure at the launch of the website. My linked in post launching the site month ago has had 1441 views. The Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC), posted a blog page to announce the project findings and website's launch to UK Conservation professionals: https://newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk/?p=28780 The designations team of Historic Environment Scotland anticipated the launch of the website as a means to benchmark their listings of Library buildings and have extensively cited and engaged me and my photographs in their their designation guidance for Library buildings https://www.historicenvironment.scot/archives-and-research/publications/publication/?publicationId=c8c372ec-ed2e-46fe-adda-ada200b5b5dd. 2022 Historic Environment Scotland Peterhead library listed for first time https://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB52606 21/06/2022 The designations team of Historic England have also taken suggestions for urgent appraisal as well as requesting access to the complete dataset for their library listing review. 2023 Historic England Listing description for Tyldesley library amended with citation of project 28.12.23: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1485565?section=official-list-entry The launch of the website was also tweeted by the 20th Century Society and subsequently followed by an online public lecture: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/carnegie-libraries-in-wales-tickets-415416320397. Head of heritage NGO in Delhi, DRONAH, stated: "I am going to refer it in the Policy Imperatives for Niti Aayog as best practice example....as it's dealing with numbers and typologies of heritage in India such as 21000 post offices before independence. Will also check on the British period library buildings." The findings have been published in Public Library Quarterly and also the International Journal of Library and Information Studies, demonstrating that it is relevant to architects and librarians. I have been asked to give a talk at the Carnegie Library in Reims, France in March 2023 on the history of Carnegie Libraries. Our 2020 article on Three Illinois Carnegie Libraries was nominated for the American Library Association Library History Roundtable Donald Davis Award. Our abstract of ICOMOS 2020 (cancelled due to COVID) has been selected for publication. RA Camilla Pezzica has drafted a research proposal for a colleague using the same HBIM principles on a very different set of buildings and won funding AHRC for it. I was asked to let Crofton Park Library (being refurbished) feature our website. Reviews of the book include Abby Van Slyck: The Carnegie Libraries of Britain is a remarkable feat. Not only does it collect in one place a comprehensive illustrated catalogue of the all libraries and reading rooms built in the United Kingdom with the financial support of Andrew Carnegie, but it organizes that information in visually compelling ways in order to communicate the chronological and geographic distribution of these understudied buildings. In the process, it highlights the substantial role that Carnegie's philanthropic program played in shaping the public sphere in places large and small. Further, by identifying the palette of materials and building elements used to craft these sometimes simple and often dignified buildings, author Oriel Prizeman provides an important and useful tool for supporting the work of the many people committed to preserving these threatened community spaces. --Abigail A. Van Slyck Author of Free to All: Carnegie Libraries and American Culture, 1890-1920 Dayton Professor Emerita of Art History and Architectural Studies Connecticut College 270 Mohegan Avenue New London, CT 06320 and John Fidler: The civilizing, societal role of free public libraries cannot be under-estimated. Since Britain's Public Libraries Act of 1850, this enduring national institution has provided universal access to information and literature that continue to enrich our lives and preserve our records. But local delivery of these cultural facilities would not have been so widely distributed across the country, or so splendidly furnished, without the extraordinary philanthropy of Scottish-American industrialist Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919) whose grants provided more than the 437 surviving Carnegie libraries in 57 years between 1883 and 1940. This E-book's scholarly photographic chronicle is complemented by extensive notation and analysis that reveal the breadth and depth of one of the most far-sighted and impactful acts of international charity on these shores, culminating in widely varying architectural forms, from modest sheds to grand Neo-Classical designs. Professor Drs. Oriel Prizeman of the Welsh School of Architecture and her collaborators on this fascinating publication are to be congratulated for introducing readers to a less-studied building typology and its special patronage. The work is but one deliverable from the epic Arts and Humanities Research Council funded project, Shelf-Life: reimagining the future of Carnegie Public Libraries https://carnegielibrariesofbritain.com/ that I also commend to all those interested in the past and future of these temples of knowledge. John A. Fidler, RIBA-SCA, MRIAI-IRL, IHBC, Intl Assoc AIA, FRICS, FSA, FRSA, FIIC, FAPT., Former Conservation Director, English Heritage (Life Member, Stockport Heritage Trust campaigning to stop closure of Stockport's Carnegie Library) Following invited talk to Reims Carnegie Library 16.5.23: Blog says "Entrée dans la limite des places disponibles, conférence bilingue. Présentation d'une petite partie des 2200 Bibliothèques Carnegie réparties dans le monde entier. Un public nombreux, comblé par cette approche originale du patrimoine." http://sab-reims.blogspot.com Following Talk to C20 Wales group 23.2.23, Architect of Dolgellau Library 23.1.24 query re construction of library Following ICOMOS Abstract 2020: Architect Dolgellau Library 23.1.24 query re construction: contact from isiting fellow at the University of London - Royal Holloway and the former executive director of the American Library Association. I am currently in the UK (although based in London) researching the connection between Brexit and its impact on/connection to decreases in library funding/operations overall. I am specifically interested in your body of research on the management of library services and facilities such as Shelf Life: Re-imagining the Future of Carnegie Public Libraries a Conservation and Contestation; and Post-industrial people's palaces: Brexit Britain's shared library interiors. I would also like to hear any thoughts you may have on the welfare of libraries in Wales specifically. Meeting planned 27.3.24 |
First Year Of Impact | 2020 |
Sector | Communities and Social Services/Policy,Creative Economy,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Leisure Activities, including Sports, Recreation and Tourism,Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections |
Impact Types | Cultural Policy & public services |
Description | 2022 Historic Environment Scotland Listed for first time: Peterhead Library and Arbuthnot Museum including attached librarian's house, outbuilding to rear and associated gatepiers, St Peter Street, Peterhead LB52606 |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Citation in systematic reviews |
Impact | Library is now listed thanks to inclusion in systematic review |
URL | https://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB52606 |
Description | 2023 Historic England Listing description for Tyldesley library amended with citation of project 28.12.23: |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Citation in systematic reviews |
URL | https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1485565?section=official-list-entry |
Description | Influence on library report for Historic Environment Scotland Designations Team |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Citation in systematic reviews |
Impact | Provides illustrations and substance to support heritage values of Scotland's historic Public Library buildings |
URL | https://www.historicenvironment.scot/archives-and-research/publications/publication/?publicationId=c... |
Description | Meeting with Historic England Designations Team regarding Listing status of Carnegie Libraries in England |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
Impact | Debbie Mays Head of Listing Historic England 21.11.22: "The wonderful website you have created is a resource we will share (and will circulate in our coming Listing Update across HE) - an invaluable record of the Carnegie-link with where possible the building's date and architect: this is key information for any new cases coming in and for potential amendments to existing. It is not least a link to add to currently designated where we lack these things, immediately if we can find the resource to check and through the List enrichments, and kept to hand for potential amendments. I would hope that all the archetypes are on the NHLE, however, if the wonderful photographic and analytical links you offer here too can usefully be brought in." and 19.1.23 "We are bidding for someone to work through and enrich the list with as much material as possible and the two Sarah's are looking at what they may do with the 5 cases you particularly highlighted." |
Description | Erasmus + |
Amount | £1,200 (GBP) |
Organisation | Erasmus + |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2018 |
End | 01/2018 |
Description | Internship for Giovanni Bruschi, student from the Politecnico di Torino, Dipartimento di Architettura e Design |
Amount | € 0 (EUR) |
Organisation | Polytechnic University of Turin |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | Italy |
Start | 08/2018 |
End | 12/2018 |
Description | PhD studentship to Camilla Pezzica |
Amount | € 45,000 (EUR) |
Funding ID | GRADUATORIA DEI VINCITORI E DEGLI IDONEI CORSO DI DOTTORATO IN ENERGIA, DEI SISTEMI DEL TERRITORIO E DELLE COSTRUZIONI |
Organisation | University of Pisa |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | Italy |
Start | 08/2017 |
End | 11/2020 |
Title | 1) laser scanner survey, 2) external photogrammetry, 3) internal 360 images recording of 22 libraries |
Description | Complete 3d Laser scans of the public interiors and exteriors of: Burnley (England) Cathays (Wales) Darwen (England) Fratton (England) Gainsborough (England) Hamilton (Scotland) Hendon (Sunderland- England) Kayll road (Sunderland- England) Keighley (England) Kettering (England) Laughborough (England) Lister Steps (England) Middlesborough (England) Possilpark (Scotland) Radford Lenton (England) Rawtenstall (England) Rutherglen (Scotland) Toxteth (England) Treharris (Wales) Wallasey (England) West Calder (Scotland) Wolverhampton (England) |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2018 |
Provided To Others? | No |
Impact | These will feed into the website as means to create HBIM objects but also prototypical library models |
Title | 3D Pointcloud of Burnley Library |
Description | Pointclouds generated using Faro® Focus 3D X130 Laser scanner processed with FARO® SCENE 2019.1 with Structure-From-Motion photogrammetric pointclouds created using Leica® X1 24mm F2.8 lens (35mm full frame equivalent) 12.2Mp APS-C CMOS sensor in RAW processed using AgiSoft PhotoScan Professional (Version 1.4.5) (Software). (2018). Retrieved from http://www.agisoft.com/downloads/installer/ . Final outputs combined using CloudCompare (version 2.10) [GPL software]. (2019). Retrieved from "http://www.cloudcompare.org/http://www.cloudcompare.org and Autodesk® RecapTM Pro 2019. Surveyed as an archetypal building for the AHRC funded "Shelf-Life: Reimagining the Future of Carnegie Public Libraries" project 2017-21 [AH/P002587/1. |
Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Contributes to valorisation of Carnelgie Library Buildings and of Early Twentieth Century Heritage, facilitates HBIM |
URL | https://carnegielibrariesofbritain.com/archetypal-buildings/burnley-library/ |
Title | 3D Pointcloud of Cathays Library |
Description | Pointclouds generated using Faro® Focus 3D X130 Laser scanner processed with FARO® SCENE 2019.1 with Structure-From-Motion photogrammetric pointclouds created using Leica® X1 24mm F2.8 lens (35mm full frame equivalent) 12.2Mp APS-C CMOS sensor in RAW processed using AgiSoft PhotoScan Professional (Version 1.4.5) (Software). (2018). Retrieved from http://www.agisoft.com/downloads/installer/ . Final outputs combined using CloudCompare (version 2.10) [GPL software]. (2019). Retrieved from "http://www.cloudcompare.org/http://www.cloudcompare.org and Autodesk® RecapTM Pro 2019. Surveyed as an archetypal building for the AHRC funded "Shelf-Life: Reimagining the Future of Carnegie Public Libraries" project 2017-21 [AH/P002587/1. |
Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Contributes to valorisation of Carnelgie Library Buildings and of Early Twentieth Century Heritage, facilitates HBIM |
URL | https://carnegielibrariesofbritain.com/archetypal-buildings/cathays-library/ |
Title | 3D Pointcloud of Fratton Library |
Description | Pointclouds generated using Faro® Focus 3D X130 Laser scanner processed with FARO® SCENE 2019.1 with Structure-From-Motion photogrammetric pointclouds created using Leica® X1 24mm F2.8 lens (35mm full frame equivalent) 12.2Mp APS-C CMOS sensor in RAW processed using AgiSoft PhotoScan Professional (Version 1.4.5) (Software). (2018). Retrieved from http://www.agisoft.com/downloads/installer/ . Final outputs combined using CloudCompare (version 2.10) [GPL software]. (2019). Retrieved from "http://www.cloudcompare.org/http://www.cloudcompare.org and Autodesk® RecapTM Pro 2019. Surveyed as an archetypal building for the AHRC funded "Shelf-Life: Reimagining the Future of Carnegie Public Libraries" project 2017-21 [AH/P002587/1. |
Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Contributes to valorisation of Carnelgie Library Buildings and of Early Twentieth Century Heritage, facilitates HBIM |
URL | https://carnegielibrariesofbritain.com/archetypal-buildings/fratton-library/ |
Title | 3D Pointcloud of Gainsborough Library |
Description | Pointclouds generated using Faro® Focus 3D X130 Laser scanner processed with FARO® SCENE 2019.1 with Structure-From-Motion photogrammetric pointclouds created using Leica® X1 24mm F2.8 lens (35mm full frame equivalent) 12.2Mp APS-C CMOS sensor in RAW processed using AgiSoft PhotoScan Professional (Version 1.4.5) (Software). (2018). Retrieved from http://www.agisoft.com/downloads/installer/ . Final outputs combined using CloudCompare (version 2.10) [GPL software]. (2019). Retrieved from "http://www.cloudcompare.org/http://www.cloudcompare.org and Autodesk® RecapTM Pro 2019. Surveyed as an archetypal building for the AHRC funded "Shelf-Life: Reimagining the Future of Carnegie Public Libraries" project 2017-21 [AH/P002587/1. |
Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Contributes to valorisation of Carnelgie Library Buildings and of Early Twentieth Century Heritage, facilitates HBIM |
URL | https://carnegielibrariesofbritain.com/archetypal-buildings/gainsborough-library/ |
Title | 3d Pointcloud of Darwen Library |
Description | Pointclouds generated using Faro® Focus 3D X130 Laser scanner processed with FARO® SCENE 2019.1 with Structure-From-Motion photogrammetric pointclouds created using Leica® X1 24mm F2.8 lens (35mm full frame equivalent) 12.2Mp APS-C CMOS sensor in RAW processed using AgiSoft PhotoScan Professional (Version 1.4.5) (Software). (2018). Retrieved from http://www.agisoft.com/downloads/installer/ . Final outputs combined using CloudCompare (version 2.10) [GPL software]. (2019). Retrieved from "http://www.cloudcompare.org/http://www.cloudcompare.org and Autodesk® RecapTM Pro 2019. Surveyed as an archetypal building for the AHRC funded "Shelf-Life: Reimagining the Future of Carnegie Public Libraries" project 2017-21 [AH/P002587/1. |
Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Contributes to valorisation of Carnelgie Library Buildings and of Early Twentieth Century Heritage, facilitates HBIM |
URL | https://carnegielibrariesofbritain.com/archetypal-buildings/darwen-library/ |
Title | 3d Pointcloud of Hamilton Library |
Description | Pointclouds generated using Faro® Focus 3D X130 Laser scanner processed with FARO® SCENE 2019.1 with Structure-From-Motion photogrammetric pointclouds created using Leica® X1 24mm F2.8 lens (35mm full frame equivalent) 12.2Mp APS-C CMOS sensor in RAW processed using AgiSoft PhotoScan Professional (Version 1.4.5) (Software). (2018). Retrieved from http://www.agisoft.com/downloads/installer/ . Final outputs combined using CloudCompare (version 2.10) [GPL software]. (2019). Retrieved from "http://www.cloudcompare.org/http://www.cloudcompare.org and Autodesk® RecapTM Pro 2019. Surveyed as an archetypal building for the AHRC funded "Shelf-Life: Reimagining the Future of Carnegie Public Libraries" project 2017-21 [AH/P002587/1. |
Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Contributes to valorisation of Carnelgie Library Buildings and of Early Twentieth Century Heritage, facilitates HBIM |
URL | https://carnegielibrariesofbritain.com/archetypal-buildings/hamilton-library/ |
Title | 3d Pointcloud of Hendon Branch Library (Sunderland) |
Description | Pointclouds generated using Faro® Focus 3D X130 Laser scanner processed with FARO® SCENE 2019.1 with Structure-From-Motion photogrammetric pointclouds created using Leica® X1 24mm F2.8 lens (35mm full frame equivalent) 12.2Mp APS-C CMOS sensor in RAW processed using AgiSoft PhotoScan Professional (Version 1.4.5) (Software). (2018). Retrieved from http://www.agisoft.com/downloads/installer/ . Final outputs combined using CloudCompare (version 2.10) [GPL software]. (2019). Retrieved from "http://www.cloudcompare.org/http://www.cloudcompare.org and Autodesk® RecapTM Pro 2019. Surveyed as an archetypal building for the AHRC funded "Shelf-Life: Reimagining the Future of Carnegie Public Libraries" project 2017-21 [AH/P002587/1. |
Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Contributes to valorisation of Carnelgie Library Buildings and of Early Twentieth Century Heritage, facilitates HBIM |
URL | https://carnegielibrariesofbritain.com/archetypal-buildings/sunderland-hendon-branch-library/ |
Title | 3d Pointcloud of Kayll Road Library |
Description | Pointclouds generated using Faro® Focus 3D X130 Laser scanner processed with FARO® SCENE 2019.1 with Structure-From-Motion photogrammetric pointclouds created using Leica® X1 24mm F2.8 lens (35mm full frame equivalent) 12.2Mp APS-C CMOS sensor in RAW processed using AgiSoft PhotoScan Professional (Version 1.4.5) (Software). (2018). Retrieved from http://www.agisoft.com/downloads/installer/ . Final outputs combined using CloudCompare (version 2.10) [GPL software]. (2019). Retrieved from "http://www.cloudcompare.org/http://www.cloudcompare.org and Autodesk® RecapTM Pro 2019. Surveyed as an archetypal building for the AHRC funded "Shelf-Life: Reimagining the Future of Carnegie Public Libraries" project 2017-21 [AH/P002587/1. |
Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Contributes to valorisation of Carnelgie Library Buildings and of Early Twentieth Century Heritage, facilitates HBIM |
URL | https://carnegielibrariesofbritain.com/archetypal-buildings/sunderland-kayll-road-branch-library/ |
Title | 3d Pointcloud of Keighley Library |
Description | Pointclouds generated using Faro® Focus 3D X130 Laser scanner processed with FARO® SCENE 2019.1 with Structure-From-Motion photogrammetric pointclouds created using Leica® X1 24mm F2.8 lens (35mm full frame equivalent) 12.2Mp APS-C CMOS sensor in RAW processed using AgiSoft PhotoScan Professional (Version 1.4.5) (Software). (2018). Retrieved from http://www.agisoft.com/downloads/installer/ . Final outputs combined using CloudCompare (version 2.10) [GPL software]. (2019). Retrieved from "http://www.cloudcompare.org/http://www.cloudcompare.org and Autodesk® RecapTM Pro 2019. Surveyed as an archetypal building for the AHRC funded "Shelf-Life: Reimagining the Future of Carnegie Public Libraries" project 2017-21 [AH/P002587/1. |
Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Contributes to valorisation of Carnelgie Library Buildings and of Early Twentieth Century Heritage, facilitates HBIM |
URL | https://carnegielibrariesofbritain.com/archetypal-buildings/keighley-library/ |
Title | 3d Pointcloud of Kettering Library |
Description | Pointclouds generated using Faro® Focus 3D X130 Laser scanner processed with FARO® SCENE 2019.1 with Structure-From-Motion photogrammetric pointclouds created using Leica® X1 24mm F2.8 lens (35mm full frame equivalent) 12.2Mp APS-C CMOS sensor in RAW processed using AgiSoft PhotoScan Professional (Version 1.4.5) (Software). (2018). Retrieved from http://www.agisoft.com/downloads/installer/ . Final outputs combined using CloudCompare (version 2.10) [GPL software]. (2019). Retrieved from "http://www.cloudcompare.org/http://www.cloudcompare.org and Autodesk® RecapTM Pro 2019. Surveyed as an archetypal building for the AHRC funded "Shelf-Life: Reimagining the Future of Carnegie Public Libraries" project 2017-21 [AH/P002587/1. |
Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Contributes to valorisation of Carnelgie Library Buildings and of Early Twentieth Century Heritage, facilitates HBIM |
URL | https://carnegielibrariesofbritain.com/archetypal-buildings/kettering-library-2/ |
Title | 3d Pointcloud of Loughborough Library |
Description | Pointclouds generated using Faro® Focus 3D X130 Laser scanner processed with FARO® SCENE 2019.1 with Structure-From-Motion photogrammetric pointclouds created using Leica® X1 24mm F2.8 lens (35mm full frame equivalent) 12.2Mp APS-C CMOS sensor in RAW processed using AgiSoft PhotoScan Professional (Version 1.4.5) (Software). (2018). Retrieved from http://www.agisoft.com/downloads/installer/ . Final outputs combined using CloudCompare (version 2.10) [GPL software]. (2019). Retrieved from "http://www.cloudcompare.org/http://www.cloudcompare.org and Autodesk® RecapTM Pro 2019. Surveyed as an archetypal building for the AHRC funded "Shelf-Life: Reimagining the Future of Carnegie Public Libraries" project 2017-21 [AH/P002587/1. |
Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Contributes to valorisation of Carnelgie Library Buildings and of Early Twentieth Century Heritage, facilitates HBIM |
URL | https://carnegielibrariesofbritain.com/archetypal-buildings/loughborough-library-2/ |
Title | 3d Pointcloud of Middlesbrough Library |
Description | Pointclouds generated using Faro® Focus 3D X130 Laser scanner processed with FARO® SCENE 2019.1 with Structure-From-Motion photogrammetric pointclouds created using Leica® X1 24mm F2.8 lens (35mm full frame equivalent) 12.2Mp APS-C CMOS sensor in RAW processed using AgiSoft PhotoScan Professional (Version 1.4.5) (Software). (2018). Retrieved from http://www.agisoft.com/downloads/installer/ . Final outputs combined using CloudCompare (version 2.10) [GPL software]. (2019). Retrieved from "http://www.cloudcompare.org/http://www.cloudcompare.org and Autodesk® RecapTM Pro 2019. Surveyed as an archetypal building for the AHRC funded "Shelf-Life: Reimagining the Future of Carnegie Public Libraries" project 2017-21 [AH/P002587/1. |
Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Contributes to valorisation of Carnelgie Library Buildings and of Early Twentieth Century Heritage, facilitates HBIM |
URL | https://carnegielibrariesofbritain.com/archetypal-buildings/middlesbrough-central-library/ |
Title | 3d Pointcloud of Possilpark Library |
Description | Pointclouds generated using Faro® Focus 3D X130 Laser scanner processed with FARO® SCENE 2019.1 with Structure-From-Motion photogrammetric pointclouds created using Leica® X1 24mm F2.8 lens (35mm full frame equivalent) 12.2Mp APS-C CMOS sensor in RAW processed using AgiSoft PhotoScan Professional (Version 1.4.5) (Software). (2018). Retrieved from http://www.agisoft.com/downloads/installer/ . Final outputs combined using CloudCompare (version 2.10) [GPL software]. (2019). Retrieved from "http://www.cloudcompare.org/http://www.cloudcompare.org and Autodesk® RecapTM Pro 2019. Surveyed as an archetypal building for the AHRC funded "Shelf-Life: Reimagining the Future of Carnegie Public Libraries" project 2017-21 [AH/P002587/1. |
Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Contributes to valorisation of Carnelgie Library Buildings and of Early Twentieth Century Heritage, facilitates HBIM |
URL | https://carnegielibrariesofbritain.com/archetypal-buildings/possilpark-library/ |
Title | 3d Pointcloud of Radford Lenton Library |
Description | Pointclouds generated using Faro® Focus 3D X130 Laser scanner processed with FARO® SCENE 2019.1 with Structure-From-Motion photogrammetric pointclouds created using Leica® X1 24mm F2.8 lens (35mm full frame equivalent) 12.2Mp APS-C CMOS sensor in RAW processed using AgiSoft PhotoScan Professional (Version 1.4.5) (Software). (2018). Retrieved from http://www.agisoft.com/downloads/installer/ . Final outputs combined using CloudCompare (version 2.10) [GPL software]. (2019). Retrieved from "http://www.cloudcompare.org/http://www.cloudcompare.org and Autodesk® RecapTM Pro 2019. Surveyed as an archetypal building for the AHRC funded "Shelf-Life: Reimagining the Future of Carnegie Public Libraries" project 2017-21 [AH/P002587/1. |
Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Contributes to valorisation of Carnelgie Library Buildings and of Early Twentieth Century Heritage, facilitates HBIM |
URL | https://carnegielibrariesofbritain.com/archetypal-buildings/radford-lenton-library/ |
Title | 3d Pointcloud of Rawtenstall Library |
Description | Pointclouds generated using Faro® Focus 3D X130 Laser scanner processed with FARO® SCENE 2019.1 with Structure-From-Motion photogrammetric pointclouds created using Leica® X1 24mm F2.8 lens (35mm full frame equivalent) 12.2Mp APS-C CMOS sensor in RAW processed using AgiSoft PhotoScan Professional (Version 1.4.5) (Software). (2018). Retrieved from http://www.agisoft.com/downloads/installer/ . Final outputs combined using CloudCompare (version 2.10) [GPL software]. (2019). Retrieved from "http://www.cloudcompare.org/http://www.cloudcompare.org and Autodesk® RecapTM Pro 2019. Surveyed as an archetypal building for the AHRC funded "Shelf-Life: Reimagining the Future of Carnegie Public Libraries" project 2017-21 [AH/P002587/1. |
Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Contributes to valorisation of Carnelgie Library Buildings and of Early Twentieth Century Heritage, facilitates HBIM |
URL | https://carnegielibrariesofbritain.com/archetypal-buildings/rawtenstall-library/ |
Title | 3d Pointcloud of Rutherglen Library |
Description | Pointclouds generated using Faro® Focus 3D X130 Laser scanner processed with FARO® SCENE 2019.1 with Structure-From-Motion photogrammetric pointclouds created using Leica® X1 24mm F2.8 lens (35mm full frame equivalent) 12.2Mp APS-C CMOS sensor in RAW processed using AgiSoft PhotoScan Professional (Version 1.4.5) (Software). (2018). Retrieved from http://www.agisoft.com/downloads/installer/ . Final outputs combined using CloudCompare (version 2.10) [GPL software]. (2019). Retrieved from "http://www.cloudcompare.org/http://www.cloudcompare.org and Autodesk® RecapTM Pro 2019. Surveyed as an archetypal building for the AHRC funded "Shelf-Life: Reimagining the Future of Carnegie Public Libraries" project 2017-21 [AH/P002587/1. |
Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Contributes to valorisation of Carnelgie Library Buildings and of Early Twentieth Century Heritage, facilitates HBIM |
URL | https://carnegielibrariesofbritain.com/archetypal-buildings/rutherglen-library/ |
Title | 3d Pointcloud of Toxteth Library |
Description | Pointclouds generated using Faro® Focus 3D X130 Laser scanner processed with FARO® SCENE 2019.1 with Structure-From-Motion photogrammetric pointclouds created using Leica® X1 24mm F2.8 lens (35mm full frame equivalent) 12.2Mp APS-C CMOS sensor in RAW processed using AgiSoft PhotoScan Professional (Version 1.4.5) (Software). (2018). Retrieved from http://www.agisoft.com/downloads/installer/ . Final outputs combined using CloudCompare (version 2.10) [GPL software]. (2019). Retrieved from "http://www.cloudcompare.org/http://www.cloudcompare.org and Autodesk® RecapTM Pro 2019. Surveyed as an archetypal building for the AHRC funded "Shelf-Life: Reimagining the Future of Carnegie Public Libraries" project 2017-21 [AH/P002587/1. |
Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Contributes to valorisation of Carnelgie Library Buildings and of Early Twentieth Century Heritage, facilitates HBIM |
URL | https://carnegielibrariesofbritain.com/archetypal-buildings/toxteth-library/ |
Title | 3d Pointcloud of Treharris Librray |
Description | Pointclouds generated using Faro® Focus 3D X130 Laser scanner processed with FARO® SCENE 2019.1 with Structure-From-Motion photogrammetric pointclouds created using Leica® X1 24mm F2.8 lens (35mm full frame equivalent) 12.2Mp APS-C CMOS sensor in RAW processed using AgiSoft PhotoScan Professional (Version 1.4.5) (Software). (2018). Retrieved from http://www.agisoft.com/downloads/installer/ . Final outputs combined using CloudCompare (version 2.10) [GPL software]. (2019). Retrieved from "http://www.cloudcompare.org/http://www.cloudcompare.org and Autodesk® RecapTM Pro 2019. Surveyed as an archetypal building for the AHRC funded "Shelf-Life: Reimagining the Future of Carnegie Public Libraries" project 2017-21 [AH/P002587/1. |
Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Contributes to valorisation of Carnelgie Library Buildings and of Early Twentieth Century Heritage, facilitates HBIM |
URL | https://carnegielibrariesofbritain.com/archetypal-buildings/treharris-library/ |
Title | 3d Pointcloud of Wallasey Library |
Description | Pointclouds generated using Faro® Focus 3D X130 Laser scanner processed with FARO® SCENE 2019.1 with Structure-From-Motion photogrammetric pointclouds created using Leica® X1 24mm F2.8 lens (35mm full frame equivalent) 12.2Mp APS-C CMOS sensor in RAW processed using AgiSoft PhotoScan Professional (Version 1.4.5) (Software). (2018). Retrieved from http://www.agisoft.com/downloads/installer/ . Final outputs combined using CloudCompare (version 2.10) [GPL software]. (2019). Retrieved from "http://www.cloudcompare.org/http://www.cloudcompare.org and Autodesk® RecapTM Pro 2019. Surveyed as an archetypal building for the AHRC funded "Shelf-Life: Reimagining the Future of Carnegie Public Libraries" project 2017-21 [AH/P002587/1. |
Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Contributes to valorisation of Carnelgie Library Buildings and of Early Twentieth Century Heritage, facilitates HBIM |
URL | https://carnegielibrariesofbritain.com/archetypal-buildings/wallasey-library/ |
Title | 3d Pointcloud of West Calder Library |
Description | Pointclouds generated using Faro® Focus 3D X130 Laser scanner processed with FARO® SCENE 2019.1 with Structure-From-Motion photogrammetric pointclouds created using Leica® X1 24mm F2.8 lens (35mm full frame equivalent) 12.2Mp APS-C CMOS sensor in RAW processed using AgiSoft PhotoScan Professional (Version 1.4.5) (Software). (2018). Retrieved from http://www.agisoft.com/downloads/installer/ . Final outputs combined using CloudCompare (version 2.10) [GPL software]. (2019). Retrieved from "http://www.cloudcompare.org/http://www.cloudcompare.org and Autodesk® RecapTM Pro 2019. Surveyed as an archetypal building for the AHRC funded "Shelf-Life: Reimagining the Future of Carnegie Public Libraries" project 2017-21 [AH/P002587/1. |
Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Contributes to valorisation of Carnelgie Library Buildings and of Early Twentieth Century Heritage, facilitates HBIM |
URL | https://carnegielibrariesofbritain.com/archetypal-buildings/west-calder-library/ |
Title | 3d Pointcloud of West Derby Library |
Description | Pointclouds generated using Faro® Focus 3D X130 Laser scanner processed with FARO® SCENE 2019.1 with Structure-From-Motion photogrammetric pointclouds created using Leica® X1 24mm F2.8 lens (35mm full frame equivalent) 12.2Mp APS-C CMOS sensor in RAW processed using AgiSoft PhotoScan Professional (Version 1.4.5) (Software). (2018). Retrieved from http://www.agisoft.com/downloads/installer/ . Final outputs combined using CloudCompare (version 2.10) [GPL software]. (2019). Retrieved from "http://www.cloudcompare.org/http://www.cloudcompare.org and Autodesk® RecapTM Pro 2019. Surveyed as an archetypal building for the AHRC funded "Shelf-Life: Reimagining the Future of Carnegie Public Libraries" project 2017-21 [AH/P002587/1. |
Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Contributes to valorisation of Carnelgie Library Buildings and of Early Twentieth Century Heritage, facilitates HBIM |
URL | https://carnegielibrariesofbritain.com/archetypal-buildings/west-derby-tue-brook-library/ |
Title | 3d Pointcloud of Wolverhampton Library |
Description | Pointclouds generated using Faro® Focus 3D X130 Laser scanner processed with FARO® SCENE 2019.1 with Structure-From-Motion photogrammetric pointclouds created using Leica® X1 24mm F2.8 lens (35mm full frame equivalent) 12.2Mp APS-C CMOS sensor in RAW processed using AgiSoft PhotoScan Professional (Version 1.4.5) (Software). (2018). Retrieved from http://www.agisoft.com/downloads/installer/ . Final outputs combined using CloudCompare (version 2.10) [GPL software]. (2019). Retrieved from "http://www.cloudcompare.org/http://www.cloudcompare.org and Autodesk® RecapTM Pro 2019. Surveyed as an archetypal building for the AHRC funded "Shelf-Life: Reimagining the Future of Carnegie Public Libraries" project 2017-21 [AH/P002587/1. |
Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Contributes to valorisation of Carnelgie Library Buildings and of Early Twentieth Century Heritage, facilitates HBIM |
URL | https://carnegielibrariesofbritain.com/archetypal-buildings/wolverhampton-central-library/ |
Title | CFD models of Carnegie Libraries |
Description | Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) models by Ahmed Taher of typical Carnegie libraries to test and demonstrate original environmental performance. Case study has been published |
Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
Year Produced | 2020 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Demonstrates the means by which the ventilation system of a typical Carnegie Library building was originally designed to work. The model is based on Cradely Heath Library, which features a ventilating turret at the apex of its vaulted reading room ceiling to extract the "vitiated" air. At low level, positioned beneath each window and behind each radiator, a series of cast terracotta vents admit fresh air to the room. Aim to inform future designs for the modification of M+E schemes for Carnegie Libraries and other early twentieth century public buildings. |
URL | https://carnegielibrariesofbritain.com/architectural-resources/cfd-model/ |
Title | GIS map of UK Carnegie Libraries created |
Description | This is a GIS map with layers of information that will become part of the website |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2018 |
Provided To Others? | No |
Impact | The interactive map enables the location of every Carnegie UK grant application, building and former building it includes historic map images to locate buildings that no longer exist and external images of all that remain together with internal images of all those that remain in use. The dataset is particularly of use for valorisation purposes. |
URL | https://carnegielibrariesofbritain.com/explore-the-libraries/interactive-map/ |
Title | HBIM components for Carnegie Libraries of Britain |
Description | Series of standardised components modelled in 3d and prepared for sharing in National BIM Library together with historic technical information |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2019 |
Provided To Others? | No |
Impact | Complete HBIM model of Toxteth library together with HBIM assets for vaulted ceilings at Loughborough, Middlesbrough and Possilpark librariesand Glazed partitions at Kayll Road, Possilpark and West Calder libraries. These typical features can be used together with detailed historic specification information to support conservation, repair and maintenance of buildings of public buildings of the era. |
URL | https://carnegielibrariesofbritain.com/architectural-resources/hbim-components/ |
Title | Image dataset of architectural drawings from early 20th century journals and historic pictures (ongoing) |
Description | to use to disclose patterns in the libraries' underlying design principles. |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2019 |
Provided To Others? | No |
Impact | Here a range of the common elements that have been identified are illustrated using illustrations and advertisements from contemporary technical indexes and journals sourced from our collections. On each page there is a list of the libraries where we have identified these materials or items. The list is not comprehensive (for example the interiors of libraries that have been re-used were not photographed) but it aims to stimulate future dialogue between stakeholders who are responsible for maintaining and managing these assets into the future. |
URL | https://carnegielibrariesofbritain.com/typical-features-2/ |
Title | Image dataset of original architectural components from trade literature of the period (ongoing) |
Description | These will be used to for enriching HBIM families of objects. |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2019 |
Provided To Others? | No |
Impact | These will support the creation of HBIM objects as a prototype for conservation practice |
Title | Library data |
Description | Dataset of public library buildings in the UK funded by Andrew Carnegie |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2020 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | n/a |
Title | Life Cycle Analysis model of Typical Library Building |
Description | Complete parametric model of Toxteth library together with an example of a comparative LCA carbon efficiency assessment of possible future scenarios for Toxteth Library made with Carbon Designer tool (® One Click LCA) |
Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
Year Produced | 2020 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | The study determined that the embodied carbon and high quality of material finishes which are common with a significant number of Carnegie Library buildings contribute significantly to their durability and carbon cost in contrast to new build construction. |
URL | https://carnegielibrariesofbritain.com/architectural-resources/life-cycle-assessment-lca/ |
Title | Photographic record of all Carnegie Library Buildings in the UK |
Description | All 387 existing buildings have been photographed, the 217 of which are still operating as public libraries have also been photographed internally Following engagement with Historic Environment Scotland a further 37 buildings have been added |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2020 |
Provided To Others? | No |
Impact | The first complete survey of Carnegie Libraries in Britain. The photos are divided into 4 macro regions: East of England, East Midlands, West Midlands, Wales North East and North West England, Yorkshire and the Humber, Isle of Man and Northern Ireland Scotland South East and South West England, Greater London |
URL | https://carnegielibrariesofbritain.com/explore-the-libraries/photo-gallery/ |
Title | Visits by Alistair Black to 5 US Libraries |
Description | Visits in May 2018 to: Park Ridge (extant but now houses a beauty salon and an insurance broker) Evanston (demolished) Paxton (extant and still a library) Decatur (demolished) Danville (extant but now a military museum) |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2018 |
Provided To Others? | No |
Impact | This will contribute to journal publications and discussion relating to US libraries |
Description | Collaboration with the Specialisation School in Architectural and Landscape Heritage of Politecnico di Torino (Polytechnic University of Turin) |
Organisation | Polytechnic University of Turin |
Country | Italy |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Camilla Pezzica and Oriel Prizeman assisted in training and supervision of an internship funded by the Specialisation School in Architectural and Landscape Heritage of Politecnico di Torino (Polytechnic University of Turin) for training Giovanni Bruschi in 3d heritage data acquisition |
Collaborator Contribution | Giovanni Bruschi was funded by his university in 2018 and assisted with the production of the 3d Laser scans. He attended the CIPA conference where we presented a paper in Avila in August 2019. |
Impact | Giovanni's work has contributed to our published outputs to date as well as the forthcoming website: Prizeman, O.et al. 2020. Networking historic environmental standards to address modern challenges for sustainable conservation in HBIM. Applied Sciences 10(4), article number: 1283. (10.3390/app10041283) Pezzica, C.et al. 2019. Between images and built form: automating the recognition of standardised building components using deep learning. Presented at: 27th CIPA International Symposium "Documenting the past for a better future", Avila, Spain, 1-5 September 2019ISPRS Ann. Photogramm. Remote Sens, Vol. IV-2. Copernicus pp. 123-132., (10.5194/isprs-annals-IV-2-W6-123-2019) |
Start Year | 2018 |
Description | Consultation National Slate Museum |
Organisation | National Museum Wales |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | OP engaged by lead consultants (David Clarke Associates) as a Sustainable Building Conservation consultant for the National Slate Museum / Museum of the North project |
Collaborator Contribution | Financial contribution to Cardiff University |
Impact | Architecture, Environmental design, Cultural Heritage, Museums |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | Digital documentation Wales |
Organisation | Royal Commission on Ancient and Historic Monuments of Wales |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Our digital models of the Harbourview project and also the relevant ones from Shelf Life will be stored on the new Welsh digital records of heritage assets. We also anticipate a forming a long-term partnership for digital documentation and engagement |
Collaborator Contribution | They will provide access to the digital data and collaborate on future research and engagement activities |
Impact | Archaeology / Geomatics / History / Architecture / Building Conservation / Architectural History |
Start Year | 2022 |
Title | Classification workflow |
Description | A new method of image classification using a feature pyramid network has been developed. This will be published as open source code on our website but that is not yet ready. |
Type Of Technology | Software |
Year Produced | 2019 |
Impact | The proposed method not only potentially assists the path towards further advances in the field in time, but if suitably adapted, could also offer useful support for use in contemporary practice. Also, because of its emphasis on building components and the robust architecture of the classifier, the proposed method can accept, as input data, photos collected for photogrammetry, which typically capture buildings in fragments and thus may include incomplete representations of components. |
Description | Carnegie Libraries of Britain website |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Website launched 28.12.20 and notifications to all librarians of Carnegie libraries in the UK including Local Council managers as well as conservation forums, all UK heritage stakeholders (Cadw, Historic Environment Scotland, Historic England, academics and architects. Conservation colleague from NGO in Delhi remarked that she would "refer it in the Policy Imperatives for Niti Aayog as best practice example....as it's dealing with numbers and typologies of heritage in India such as 21000 post offices before independence. Will also check on the British period library buildings". Historic Environment Scotland Designations team again made contact. Instant response from an Association For Preservation Technology conservation professional in USA campaigning to save UK Carnegie Library Building, tweets from 20th Century Society, Merthyr Tydfil Library and a number of direct contacts from librarians interested in a maintenance forum. IHBC (Institute of Historic Building Conservation) blog page announced launch in their press release. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://carnegielibrariesofbritain.com/ |
Description | Carnegie UK Trust |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Supporters |
Results and Impact | Discussion with current Senior Policy and Development Officer of Carnegie UK Trust, Jenny Peachy - suggested contact with Julia Chandler who is recording the Carnegie Legacy in England |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Cathays Library Cardiff |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Dialogue with librarians at Cathays Library resulted in pledge to engage with the future of the project and offer of various archival material to assist in construction of the digital model. Promise to offer digital model to Library as a learning resource. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Consulted by Editor of the Association For Preservation Technology Bulletin about a Carnegie Library in New York state |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | I was asked to source original drawings for the Carnegie Library at Amsterdam, New York by Diana Waite, editor of the APT Bulletin on behalf of an architectural practice following a fire. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Dialogue with Historic Environment Scotland Designations team |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Skype call and email dialogue over potential participation in new push for library designations by Historic Environment Scotland. Exchanged lists of Carnegie Libraries in Scotland. Discussion with Dawn McDowell, Deputy Head of Designations; Rosanne Watts, Senior Designations Officer and Ranald MacInnes, Head of Place and Publishing. Reviewed potential for future collaboration on designations for Scotland. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Discussion with head of SAVE |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Meeting with Henrietta Billings, Chair of UK NGO, SAVE Britain's Heritage to explain the activity of the project. Discussed the potential for a Carnegie Library conservation roadshow. SAVE are a media facing heritage campaign group and could make a significant contribution to the future development of the research. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Discussion with manager of Braddock Carnegie Library, PA, USA |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Supporters |
Results and Impact | A Skype interview and discussion with Vicki Vargo, a project supporter and manager of the first Carnegie Library in the USA at Braddock. Braddock is a town which has struggled with significant post industrial decline and was also the site of the steel mill which made Carnegie's fortune. The library is a national landmark but struggles to raise funds for its maintenance and upkeep - by reviewing innovative practices in the UK where community asset transfer arrangements are becoming very common it was possible to exchange ideas on the subject and to anticipate future transatlantic discourse. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Hosting a stand at Lister Steps Community Business Open Day 18.5.19 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Hosted a stand at the Community Business Fair at Lister Steps, talking to members of the public, local media, local businesses, students, local councillors, third sector volunteers and community including former library caretakers |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://listersteps-theoldlibrary.weebly.com/events--activities/previous/2 |
Description | Lecture at the Carnegie Library of Reims, France |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Invited to talk on the Carnegie Library Programme at the Carnegie Library in Reims, 15.3.23 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | Meeting with HLF Community Engagement Manager at Lister Steps and community building recording workshop with the Archaeology team from the Museum of Liverpool. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Following a meeting at Lister Steps library in Liverpool between Oriel Prizeman and the HLF Community Engagement manager there, Research Assistant, Camilla Pezzica and project intern, Giovanni Bruschi from Politecnico di Torino, carried out a public demonstration of laser scanning at a community building recording event at the library's Heritage Open Day The event was a success and Lister Steps are keen to participate in future discussions and suggested demonstration workshops with other libraries. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://listersteps-theoldlibrary.weebly.com/events--activities/archives/08-2018 |
Description | Meeting with Historic England regarding drafting guidance for the conservation of Public Libraries in the UK |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Meeting with Susie Barson, Assessment Team Manager, Historic England 11th January 2019 at the RIBA, London. Discussed potential for writing a guidance note for Historic England on the conservation of public libraries in general. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Meeting with Historic Environment Scotland Designations Team, Edinburgh 4.6.19 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Meeting to discuss contribution to designations of Carnegie Library and Public Library buildings more broadly in Scotland |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Meeting with Julia Chandler Communications Lead, Libraries Taskforce DCMS |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Meeting to establish potential paths for communication and engagement of the project as it evolves. JC suggested providing a blog link for our project to the Libraries Taskforce Innovation Network (UK Government) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Meeting with NBS (National Building Specification) 14.2.20 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Meeting in Newcastle regarding proposed partnership for hosting our HBIM models in the National Building Information Model Library and potential to expand relevance to all UK public buildings of the period |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Meeting with former executive director of the American Library Association. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Meeting planned 27.3.24 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
Description | Public Lecture |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
Results and Impact | Online Lecture "Carnegie Libraries in Wales" to 20th Century Society Cymru 22.11.22 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/carnegie-libraries-in-wales-tickets-415416320397 |
Description | Seminar with Lister Steps HLF project leaders, Liverpool, UK and Braddock Library librarian, Pennsylvania, USA |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
Results and Impact | Skype meeting at Lister Steps between HLF project co-ordinator, Olivia Johnson, project lead Gaynor James and the librarian of Braddock Library, Pennsylvania, Vicki Vargo. Review of funding support systems, exchange of best practice and novel engagement activities. Commitment to maintain contact. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Talk at IHBC (Institute for Historic Building Conservation) AGM |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Talk to IHBC at AGM 3.5.23 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHFgOPdXE7w |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHFgOPdXE7w |
Description | Talk at Lambeth (Herne Hill) Carnegie Library on Sat 25th November 2023 at 2.30pm (Shelf Life AHRC Project) Carnegie Libraries: History and Ethos Tickets, Sat 25 Nov 2023 at 14:30 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Talk at Lambeth (Herne Hill) Carnegie Library on Sat 25th November 2023 at 2.30pm (Shelf Life AHRC Project) Carnegie Libraries: History and Ethos Tickets, Sat 25 Nov 2023 at 14:30 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
URL | https://brixtonblog.com/2023/11/public-policy-and-architecture-at-carnegie-library/ |
Description | Talk to "Happy Older People" community group about Lister Steps (Tuebrook) Library in Liverpool |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | 61 members of the local community paid to attend the talk: "Life & The Library in L13 - on Wednesday 16th October, Lister Steps are hosting a fascinating evening of local history talks all about The Old Library and life in L13 through the years. You'll hear from Dr Oriel Prizeman from Cardiff University who is running an international research project looking at how Carnegie libraries around the world are being re-purposed for modern use. We'll also be joined by Vanessa Oakden from the Museum of Liverpool who led an archaeological dig at The Old Library back in June. She'll be sharing some of the things we discovered and what we now know about how the area has changed over the last few centuries. Lister Steps' fabulous research volunteers will also be sharing what they've learnt over the last 12 months, looking at case studies of interesting people who've lived and worked in L13, as well as how children have enjoyed, as well as worked in, libraries across Liverpool in the past. The event kicks off at 6.30pm at St Cecilia's Club on Green Lane, L13 7DT. Tickets can be purchased in advance from Lister Steps (L13 7HH) for £2 or on the door for £3. For more information, contact Olivia on olivia.johnson@listersteps.co.uk or 07988 778372" |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://happyolderpeople.com/event/life-the-library-in-l13/ |
Description | Visits to every Carnegie Library in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Between March and October 2018, every one of the 387 existing Carnegie Libraries in the UK was photographed externally and an application was made to secure permission to photograph the interior of every one that was open and functioning as a public library (217). This work was carried out by the PI following the departure of one of the part time Research Assistants. In obtaining permission and also by meeting all the librarians face to face, considerable interest in the project has been built and it is hoped that these lines of communication shall remain open as the key outputs are delivered from the project. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |