PROJECT
DETAILS
Included
in our City of Alameda
accessibility survey of fifty city-owned properties was this 3,900 s.f., concrete
WPA library. Built in 1935, the West End Library is on the City of Alameda
Historical Register and is eligible for the California State Historical Register.
The City retained us to provide design, construction documents, and hazardous
materials abatement coordination to bring this library up to current code.
A major
issue presented by the accessibility requirements was the design of a new
ramp entrance without subverting the buildingís historic integrity.
By using an adjacent unused driveway, we designed a ramp and provided a new
building entrance while the remaining area of the driveway was designed to
be a landscaped reading park.
Accessibility
requirements will effect the layout of the reading room. This accessibility
remodel also included demolition and redesign of three existing toilet rooms
to comply with current disabled accessibility requirements.
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