The aim of this study is to describe and analyse the creation and the design of a new public library. In order to concretize this, the study sets out from two examples, the public libraries in Simrishamn and Landskrona. The material used to attain the purpose of the study consists partly of interviews, partly of literature on the subject. To be able to put these two libraries in their historical context, the essay also provides a short overview of the development of public library buildings in Sweden during the 20th century. Another aspect that is discussed is the actual procedure of planning a public library from scratch. This aspect is also discussed in relation to the two libraries in question. The qualitative analysis was in turn based on some of the issues accounted for in the first part of the study: What are the reasons behind the creation of a new library building? What sort of conflicts can arise during the planning? What pros and cons can be found in using an existing building or designing a new one? Does the nature of the city have any impact on the design? Many differences where found when the two buildings where compared, but there where also a lot of similarities. Even though the procedure when creating the libraries where different, the main problems that surfaced where the same. / Uppsatsnivå: D

Churches have been a central meeting place during centuries. Today, many churches are unused due to economic issues and decreased amounts of members. This project examines how these valuable buildings can be used in different ways to create new and reprogrammed meeting places. Our investigation is based on three relevant examples in three different contexts: St Paulskyrkan in Stockholm - representing the urban context, Tegelhuset Bricks in Malmö - representing the suburb context and Östra Nöbbelövs kyrka in Simrishamn - representing the rural context. By representing these three examples, we want to highlight the variety of demands, challenges and opportunities of this heritage. / Kyrkor har varit en central mötesplats under århundraden. Idag står många kyrkor oanvända på grund av bristande ekonomi och ett minskat antal medlemmar. Projektet undersöker hur dessa värdefulla byggnader kan användas på olika sätt för att skapa nya och omprogrammerade mötesplatser. Vår undersökning bygger på tre relevanta exempel i tre olika kontexter: St Paulskyrkan i Stockholm - som representerar den urbana kontexten, Tegelhuset Bricks i Malmö - som representerar förortskontexten och Östra Nöbbelövs kyrka i Simrishamn - som representerar landsbygdskontexten. Genom denna jämförelse vill vi visa olika behov, utmaningar och möjligheter som detta kulturarv ställs inför.