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Had a break in the vacation and spent the last two days making the floor shine. Note to self: When you continue to work in a building after the hardwood floors have been laid, cover them.

A small knife, a wash rag, and 22 hours is what you need to remove traces of six months of building. Paint, glue, concrete, dust and chocolate were the main ingredients. At least   the difference was severe!

 

Vacation

We almost made it! The library team will take a three week vacation, starting up again in the end of july. We only have some minor tasks remaining, but hopefully we`ll finish after a few days work.

All the books have been moved, the carpet has arrived(only needs some small adjustments), we casted the north side and hardmounted the bikeracks, and did alot of small tasks that had to be done (Including washing off six months of dust from the windows).

When we come back we will clad the exterior columns, adjust and refine the ceiling lamps, do a final clean and wash, and start the next task, reconstructing the old library to offices!

 

Have a great summer!

Wednesday

-Moved some books, almost finished now

-Prepared and moved concrete furnitures

-Sanded the desks

-Plated the three holes in the walls over the electricity system(the bridges)

-Casted a small ramp

-Finished removing and plating one of the walls in the copyroom

-Started preparing the old library for reconstruction starting in August

 

Almost empty! 

Tuesday

Pics or it didn`t happen

Today: Casted parts of the entrance. Replaced some bad plywood plates. Replaced all the metallic dots from the chairs with plastic ones. Last layer of varnish on desks and shelves.

Moving

The books are coming!

Last friday

Bench and storage in the copyroom completed.

Sanded and painted all movable furnitures.

Major clean up, preparing for moving the books on tuesday.

Added a new magazine shelf with envelope/reading table on top.

  

More photos!

 

The ruler of the room

The librarians workspace is taking shape. There is now a desk by the window with a lower part for book returns or book stacks. One mobile unit expanding the lower working area and one taller mobile unit for working standing. Both mobile units have display stands in front for magazines or books.

Concrete table

The concrete table was finished today! We made the legs from plywood yesterday and welded a frame and placed the concrete slab on it today. It went smoother and faster than we expected!

Moving the 450kg concrete slab around was a tricky task and a custom jig was created.

Steel frame mounted to wooden legs

Try it out!

The work has resumed

We`re back on track and have already casted the floor of the entrance and mounted the first desk. The work will last until 8th of july, and hopefully everything is in tip-top shape for the diploma party in august!

Update: Easter

The lamps have been adjusted, and now we`re only waiting for the electrician to finish the last parts of his work.

The table is a temporary installation for a meeting held last week.

There is a bit of work remaining, but we`ll hopefully finish in a couple of weeks after we (Bjånes course) return from Germany.

HAPPY EASTER TO EVERYONE!

The lamps have arrived!

 

The work is going a bit slowly these days, as our new course has intensified a bit. Also some of us are at home puking our guts out.

The desks arrived a couple of days ago, and will hopefully be mounted next week.

Mounting of the lamps is already started, but I hope to finish it in the weekend.

There is alot of small tasks that needs to be done, which are not really that visible for others to see, so we`re using quite big amounts of time fixing details.

I think we will push the final deadline for the project, and hope that during April we will bang the last nail.

book lamp

Competition

The roof is finished

The door is in!

120Hours Exhibition

Just finished rigging the 120Hours exhibition. It`s the first happening in the nearly finished library!

The exhibition opens Monday 25.02-Friday 29.02 from 08.30-16.00

Take the time to read through the suggestions, there is a lot of beautiful work put in to this by students from all over the world!

Read more about the competition here:

http://www.120hours.no

All the shelves are up!

The shelves are finished for this time, and we will discuss further options when all the old librarymembers of 4th year are back together in april.
The roof in the entrance is insulated and we`ve had a big cleanup in the hall!(much needed)

Update

So now the library course is officially over.

The progress will be a little slower as we`re only 2-4 people left, and all attending a new mastercourse.

I will try to keep the blog updated.

Tomorrow we hope to finish the shelves,(will post a picture on thursday in daylight), and hopefully the ceiling in the entrance.

There is going to be held an exhibition for the 120HOURS competition from next tuesday, so we`re speeding things up to have a good space for people to visit, allthough the library will be far from finished.

You can check out info about the exhibition here:

http://www.facebook.com/events/419171448171757/

The first shelf is halfways up!

Remember ?

Even if the Library at BAS isn’t a 100% finished yet, it’s nice to look back on how the situation was before. One of my teachers in Belgium used to tell me that if the context works better after the architectural intervention, then it’s a success. Is it ?

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Sunday

The oiling of the floor took surprisingly much time(as everything else), but now it’s finished!

Today

Finished insulating, finished flooring the benches, floor thoroughly cleaned and ready for oil in the morning. Tinman(blikkenslager)(don`t know the proper english word), more or less finished.

Tomorrow: Oil, prepare moldings, cleaning

Last official day of building

The floor is finished!

We will oil it and prepare the moldings during the weekend.

The lamps for the entrance has also arrived. The main lighting for the library will unfortunately not arrive before mid march.

YES !

A huge step forward is happening now in the BAS’ Library : the walls have been insulated ! Cheers ! Now it is really a whole new world in the school : warm, cosy, a new smell of wood and a quiet room awaits you.

The Inner Walls will soon be done (cleaning + put back the cladding + mount the last windows) and the Outer ones as well. In parallel the last layer of the floor is being glued. So much progress.

ENJOY !

Pictures from today

Outer facade more or less finished, waiting for the last window fittings which will be mounted tomorrow

The bamboo floor is on its way too!

Timelapse

 

 

So, this is the final time-lapse. Unfortunately it stops when we start the more interesting last part of the building period. The last pictures are from when we installed the waterbound heating. After this the camera broke, and has been to service ever since.

Pillows for the benches

Today we ordered the pillows for the benches/sofas. We`ve discussed different solutions for several days, but decided today that the offer we got from saddler to sew all the pillows was an better alternative than us stapling it all to plates.

They are in production now and arriving next week, it`s going to be perfect!

Schematic drawings of the pillows.

Colours:

The textile has a Martindale value of 106000, which mean that it should last for years. Recommended value for public buildings is around 50.000.

The quality of the foam for the matresses is dividied like this:

Seat: 35 kg/m2

Back: 25 kg/m2

Update

The west facade is soon finished!

The first three rows of floor was added today to make a steady foundation for the rest when we start tomorrow! The whole floor will be glued down to the concrete, so it`s a new experience for everyone.

We`re pouring glue for three rows in a time as there is only a really short timespan on 20 minutes before it hardens.

People who follow our post!

looks like thebaslibrary.wordpress.com is the second most viewed page after facebook.com! cheers for that =)

floor wall connection

Update: Last week of work on site

-We are finishing painting the inner walls tomorrow morning.
-The fittings for the windows have been sanded and ready for the last varnish.
-On wednesday we will start assembling the bamboo floor.

Six students have gotten permission to work one more week, and then the course is officially over.
We have a lot to do…
This is the list over things thats left, and probably there is alot more we couldn`t remember.

General
Major clean up, all tools and materials in the hall has to be placed somewhere
Make documentation for the school for maintenance:
How is the floor to be treated?
What type of paint and varnish have we used?
How can you remove windows for cleaning?
List of suppliers and details for technical solutions

Interior
Mount shelves
Drill 80 holes for reenforcement steel for the shelves
Mount lights for the desks
Mount desks
Mount all lighting in the roof
Make mattress for the benches
Make legs/frame for the concrete table
Weld the last latter for the shelves
Make a closing system for the shelves
Make shelves and drawers for the librarian

Inside
Finish painting inside walls
Plate the last three holes around the temporary door
Silicone around intersection with beams and plywood
Insulate /celluose
Exchange broken window?
Mount exterior windows towards the hall
Mount last four windows in the big window
Assemble floor(from wednesday)
Make moldings for the floor(plywood 0,12×10?)
Mount moldings for the windows
Make sure we have what we need of materials for mounting the door in mid of February
Plates on the lower part of the big window
Oil floor Woca

Outside
Finish cladding north side
Finish cladding three small walls westside
Finish bench
Silicone on all vertical gaps between windows
Exchange all screws on outside windows, silicone the holes
Remove concrete slab on north side outside bench.
Make formwork and cast new foundations outside both interior benches
Order and mount water pipes on north side to avoid water running in to foundations
Cast the edge on the north side with concrete

Entrance
Finish plating wooden walls+insulation
Finish plastic walls on the inside, +over the sliding door
Finish plating roof in the cold zone
Insulate and plate roof in copy room
Make outside door
Buy a small broomingedge for the sliding door for the copy room
Plate roof between beam and library
Fix the bridge
Epoxy coating floor
Make furniture for keeping paper and ink
Screw windowframes to the ground
Paint copy room because of different colors in the plates?

Externals/professionals
Metal around windows
Finish underfloor heating
Wire all electricity+phone
Add security system for entering the library
Build a terrace outside the door to the sea

Inner Walls – Recap

After many weeks, many layers, many fights but mostly joys, the inner walls are done !

To sum up a little, the idea behind this wall separating a noisy place from a quiet one was to make it double. So in the 25 cm thickness there are two walls that don’t touch each other to make it soundproof, i.e. the sound is stopped before being transmitted through. Also, as you can see, the windows are shifted. As a result, you can have light and more privacy at the same time. Then you understand the idea of gradation, from the big see-through to the right, where the reading and working spaces are. There will also be glass on the shifted windows on the hall side, but we’re waiting to insulate the wall and place them afterwards in case of any leak.

So, until the insulation comes, we’re working on different other things such as the outside walls and the entrance. You can come in, it’s already warm in there. Have a look and give us your opinion, it’s important for us. Things can still be commented and improved.

There’s also a nice welding work on the big windows. Our great helpers have made it elegant and simple. Have a look at the pictures and share your thoughts.

It’s not even your birthday

Surpriiise : the inner walls are being finalized ! Ok, not right now, but very soon. Have a look on the inside : the result is an elegant and massively fragile wall. On the outside we started the cladding, to understand the mounting of it and start tomorrow as efficiently as we can.

Also, thanks to all of our fantastic helpers as well as those who often work some extra-hours.

Light plan