TOWARDS A FUNCTIONAL ARCHITECTURE: EXAMINATION OF THE INTERIOR SPACES OF QUEBEC UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES

This article compares six Quebec university libraries built between 1893 and 2019 to identify changes in the characteristics of their architectural spaces. An analysis grid of the characteristics of the spaces has emerged inductively from the characteristics identified from the close examination of architectural plans and photographs, as well as from in situ visits. The examination of the corpus reveals that the evolution of the space of Quebec's university buildings reflects not only a movement towards functional architecture, but also towards multi-purpose architecture.