What is involved in the modernization of public libraries? Some of you may have noticed that public libraries have been changing their aesthetics and functionality over the years. New furnishings have emerged in the market, technology has become increasingly more…
Public Libraries: The Popular Place to Hang Out and Work If you haven’t been to a public library in a while, you could be forgiven for picturing it as a quiet place with not much more than a whole lot…
A library is unlike any other commercial space. Consider the wide variety of users, and the wide variety of tasks they’ll do in its spaces, and effective planning seems like a big task indeed. The term ‘right-sizing’ needs to apply…
One of the many concerns over the effects of the pandemic on learning over these past two years has been the loss of opportunities for students to collaborate in person, important for both learning and the development of social skills.…
If there’s one overall trend in education over the past decade, it’s the blurring of the lines that used to define a learning space. As noted here previously, the traditional desks-facing-front classroom has given way to flexible spaces that better…
One of the great challenges in modern learning space design is accommodating the shifts in technology that have come to the classroom. The pace of change is so rapid that we really have to plan for the unknown. Perhaps the…