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‘ARCHITECT RICHARD Hulbert will give a talk entitled The Aosponsibilty of Architecture at the West
_Vancouver Memorial Library on Tuesday, Nov. 30, at 7 p.m.

AS‘THE battle over + practical esthetics and personal tastes”
ntinues to rage, the West. Vancouver Memorial Library

has ‘scheduled a lecture and discussion by architect Richard - ;

“Hulbert; to ‘confront the: issue of the facility's recent exten-

“Understandably, people resist
change,’! ‘says’ Hulbert,:who be at

he liorary. Tuesday,’ Nov. 30, at 7.

p.m;: fora talk: entitled, The Re-
sponsibility of Architecture.-

“In‘the-end, everybody. got
7 pretty much. ‘what they wanted,
*but-not “everybody. got everything
hey wanted.”

* The brouhaha began when work
on: the: library. indeed,
“Canada’s « Most Used Library,”

according to its newsletter — was.
completed. in. September, expan-’

‘ding its’ area’ from 2,250: sq. m
(25,000 -: sq. ft.): to. 4,500 sq.m
50,000 sq.. ft.)

Complaints soon followed, most
‘of-them aimed -at the structure's
‘concrete exterior: and © limited
wheelchair accessibility. -

-“Concrete.‘was the . affordable -

hoice,’’. says Hulbert, who notes
that- the, library’s design panel had
riginally considered stucco.

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“But we all agreed that we.
didn’t want sidewalk concrete, so

we weni through extensive testing
to find the right color and used a
special sealer so that when it rains,

you don’t see the usual dark
Streaking.”

ia addition, vines were planted
on the roof which will eventually
cover the concrete and allow. the
building to age gracefully. ‘But

that can't happen instantly,’ he
"says.

Concerns over wheelchair ac-
cess, says Hulbert, were raised
during construction of the exten-
sion when particular access ways
were blocked.

“Now the entire building is
barrier-free,” he says. ‘‘The
original building wasn't because it

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had steps. These days it’s very
much an accessible building.”
Hulbert’s company, The Hulbert

_Group, was approached with the

project. in 1990, at which point a
series of meetings was held with
the library staff. and the design
board, in addition. to West, Van-
couver District Council; to ‘come
up with ideal design criteria.
“We had specific objectives,”’
says Hulbert, whose —interna-
tionally recognized and award.
winning firm has been. based i

- West Van for 19 years.

“One was to restore the origi-
nal library facade that had chang-

_ ed over time. The library was built.
in 1950 and, though it.was a very
good building, it was very much a’

'50s building. .We-:had to make it
applicable to the ‘90s."'

Another concern was en-.

vironmental responsibility.
“The original library had lots of
windows ‘that faced north — that
may have been appropriate at the
time when Marine Drive was
quieter and energy conservation
wasn’t that big of a concern, but
things have changed.”

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