Articles and Interviews
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Elaboration of the "Technical Prescriptions for the design and execution of accessible counters for public libraries", commissioned by the Department of Culture of the Generalitat de Catalunya. September 2024.
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Elaboration of the "Technical Prescriptions for buildings intended for libraries", commissioned by the Department of Culture of the Generalitat de Catalunya. December 2023.
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Article “Library architecture in heritage buildings and their urban location”, published in the book “Custodied Heritage. Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centers”, (ISBN 978-84-126653-1-4), published by the College of Architects of Catalonia. 2023.
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Co-editor of the article “Industrial Heritage and Public Library: a successful combination” published in the magazine EIX, edited by the National Museum of Science and Technology of Catalonia (MNACTEC). No. 13. 2022.
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Article “IFLA/Systematic Public Library of the Year Award 2021” published in the magazine "Bibliosfera", edited by the Diputació de Barcelona. Nº 154. December 2021.
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Editor of the "Accessibility guidelines for public libraries", edited by the Library Service of the Generalitat de Catalunya. 2021.
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Article “Using historic buildings to house new libraries: Prerequisites and conditions for successful revival”, published in teh book “New libraries in old buildings. Creative reuse” (ISBN 978-3-11-067951-9) edited by IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions). 2021.
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Article "Architecture and libraries: an exciting job", published in the magazine "Bibliosfera", edited by the Diputació de Barcelona. Nº 138. June 2020.
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Article "Trends and prospects in the construction of libraries", published in the book “Arquitectura y Ambientes de Bibliotecas” (ISBN 978-607-30-3046-5) edited by the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). 2020.
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Interview published on the web training portal of “Brainforma”. November 2019.
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Article "Lighting of library buildings", published in the Technical Portal on Library Buildings of the Library Services Management Office of the Diputació de Barcelona. August 2019.
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Interview at the XII Professional Conference of the Cervantes Institute Library Network 2019 (RBIC): "Libraries of the future: new spaces, new services, new actors". Madrid. Jul 4, 2019.
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Review "Adaptation of library buildings to increasingly disparate functions: and now, what will happen?".
Review of the book "From the symbolic temple to dematerialization: a journey through library architecture from the 20th to the 21st century"
(ISBN: 9781718079113). Author: Daniel Gil Solés. (1st edition: August 2018). June 2019.
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Article "Confluence of services in the new library facilities: the importance of the architectural response", published in the book" Weaving city. The Olot Public Library” (ISBN: 978-84-9880-748-6) published by the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Monographic collection of the TAP PTE-E, number 10. May 2019.
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Article "Public Library of the Year Award 2018", published in the Blog published by the Library Buildings and Equipment Section of the IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions). April 2019.
- Link to the URL of the article
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Article “Cooking and multiculturalism, Living Lab and Fab Lab as a result of collaborative strategies in the Municipal Library Network of the province of Barcelona”, published in the book “Library design for the 21st century. Collaborative strategies to ensure success ”(ISBN 978-3-11-061465-7) edited by IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions). 2018.
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Interview for the Video Blog INFOSFERAS. Mexico City (Mexico). May 4, 2018.
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Article “The transformation of library buildings”, published in the magazine “Patrimonio de Chile”. Nº 73. April 2018.
- Link to the URL of the publication (article on page 16)
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Article “What about Wiring? How to Avoid Making a Mess in Library Buildings”, Published in the blog edited by the Library Buildings and Equipment Section of the IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions). 2017.
- Link to the article in pdf in Spanish
- Link to the article in pdf in Catalan
- Link to the URL of the article
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Article on the Debate "The physical space in the public library", published in the book "VIII National Congress of Public Libraries - Physical and virtual space", published as a result of the VIII National Congress of Public Libraries, organized by the Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport. 2017.
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Article " Post-occupancy evaluation of ten public libraries in Barcelona Province", published in the book "Post-occupancy evaluation of library buildings" (ISBN 978-3-11-037521-3) edited by IFLA (International Federation Library Associations and Institutions). 2015.
- English
- Spanish
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Interview published in the magazine "Infobibliotecas", in an issue dedicated to Libraries and Architecture. Quarterly Publication Nº 12. April-June 2015.
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Editor of the book "New instruments for the evaluation of libraries: the international standard ISO", edited by AENOR (Spanish Association for Standardization and Certification). 2014.
Authors: Marta de la Mano González, Beatriz Albelda Esteban, Mar Pérez Morillo and Santi Romero Garuz.
Article by Santi Romero: "The library building as a container for library services: the ISO / TR 11219 Technical Report".
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Article "The Physical Space of the Library", published in the magazine "Newsletter 2014, No. 2", edited by the Library Buildings and Equipment Section"of IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions). 2014.
- English (pages: 5 to 14)
- Spanish
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Editor of the article "A new international framework for planning and construction: ISO Technical Report 11219: Qualitative conditions and basic statistics for library buildings - Space, function and design", published in the magazine "Newsletter 2013, No. 1 ”(pages 16 to 18), edited by the Library Buildings and Equipment Section of IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions). 2013.
- English (pages: 16 to 18)
- Spanish (pages: 16 to 18)
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Editor of the document “Questionnaire about Library Buildings (Characteristics – Operation – Evaluation)”, published by the Library Buildings and Equipment Section of the IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions). 2013.
- English
- Spanish
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Interview “Rethinking Library Spaces at the Information Age”, published in the magazine “ARGUS” and edited by the Québec Information Professionals Association (Canada). Volume 40, No. 2. Fall 2011.
- English
- Catalan
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Editor of the monograph "Architecture and libraries": publication number 54 of the ITEM Magazine (Journal of library science and documentation, edited by the Col·legi Oficial de Bibliotecaris-Documentalistes de Catalunya). January-July 2011.
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Preparation and drafting of 5 articles of the ISO / TR 11219 Technical Report “Qualitative conditions and basic statistics for library buildings (space, function and design)” of the ISO (International Organization for Standardization). 2008 - 2011
- Floor constuction and covering.
- Wiring.
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Article “Architecture and library: together from the beginning”, published in the journal “BiD; textos universitarios de biblioteconomía y documentación”, Nº 25. December 2010.
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Article "Featured Building - TEA Library - Tenerife (Spain)", published in the magazine "Newsletter 2010, No. 1", edited by the Library Buildings and Equipment Section of IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions) . 2010.
- English (pages: 2 to 7)
- Spanish (pages: 2 to 8)
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Editor of the document “Key Issues in Building Design”, published by the Library Buildings and Equipment Section of the IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions). 2009.
Authors: Anders C. Dahlgren, Olaf Eigenbrodt, Karen Latimer and Santi Romero. Article by Santi Romero: "Communication".
- English
- Spanish
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Article "Renovating historic and old buildings" published in the book "IFLA Library Building - Guidelines: Developments & Reflections" (ISBN 978-3-598-11768-8), edited by IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions). 2007.
- English
- Catalan
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Article “A library project from an architect’s point of view”, published in the book “IFLA Library Building - Guidelines: Developments & Reflections” (ISBN 978-3-598-11768-8), published by IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions). 2007.
- English
- Catalan
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Article “Jaime Fuster Public Library - Barcelona (Spain)”, published in the magazine “Newsletter 2006, No. 2”, edited by the Library Buildings and Equipment Section of the IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions). December 2006.
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Article “The library space as a meeting place”, published in the magazine “Educación y Biblioteca”. Nº 144. November-December 2004.
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Editor of the “Evaluation report of the Central Urban Library of Terrassa”, within the framework of the development of the European IANUS project. February 2002 - April 2003.
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Book " Library Architecture: Recommendations for a comprehensive research project", from the collection "Papers Sert", commissioned by the Col·legi d’Arquitectes de Catalunya.
- “Library Architecture: Recommendations for a comprehensive research project”. English edition – Legal Deposit B-32.093-2008. ISBN 978-84-96842-28-1. December 2008.
- Spanish edition - First Edition: Legal Deposit B-50.298-2001. ISBN 84-88258-73-9. November 2001 – Second Edition: Legal Deposit B- 10.660-2004. ISBN 84-96185-15-X. December 2003.
- Catalan edition - First Edition: Legal Diposit B-50.298-2001. ISBN 84-88258-72-0. December 2001 – Second Edition: Legal Deposit B- 26.981-2004. ISBN 84-96185-23-0. July 2004.
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Article on the "II Building Libraries Conference", held in October 2000 in Alcalá de Henares, published in the magazine "AB: Arquitectos de Barcelona." No. 76. December 2000.