S p a c e d o u t in the Digital Age Cecilia Kugler CK Design International (CKDI) The future of...

S p a c e d o u t in the Digital Age

Cecilia Kugler CK Design International (CKDI)

The future of Library Interiors

Cecilia Kugler - Feb 2002 CK Design International www.ckdesign.com.au

Overview Opportunities, Importance of Good Interior Design

& some measures of efficiency Present Influences and directions Lessons from the Past Design Qualities Libraries of the future Lasting Principles A Dream of the future


Opportunities

Restructuring / Process re-engineering Changes in technology Building maintenance Minor Works (new carpet, furniture upgrade, etc)

Major Works (relocation, new building or Extensions)


To review

Functional requirements Space – quantity, quality, distribution Operation - services, workflow Collection - flow, growth, storage

and Introduce New services and/ or processes New technologies New public image / profile Modify client usage


Importance of Good Interior Design

Success or failure still cost money Good for Business / Raises Profile, aids Marketing Space is the Machine – So get a space mechanic Meets aesthetic, efficiency, comfort and safety Creative solutions, new products /material Enhances way finding and self sufficiency Helps rationalizes visual information and variety of

services / spaces Maximise resources, money, staff, materials, time, etc


More IT = less Space Spaced Out

Cyber Space – Byte size Digital information takes less room initially New services and jobs associated with IT More space for infrastructure ( access points, staff areas, network &

digitizing rooms)

Shelf Space – Book size More publishing At reduced rates Collections continue to grow

People Space – Largest Size – Needs the Void Multidimensional – Variety of services and activities Personal Group & Community Space Life long learning - increase demand for learning spaces


Current situation - General

Parallels and Differences Both Public & Academic Libraries although at reduced

rates, still juggling increases in hard copy and growth in IT

Academic - responding to new services and new methods of teaching an learning

Public – increase in IT to provide a wider client group

Areas combined with mixed business/ services


Current Influences “entertainment to spiritual”

Changes in Technology

Changing Business Models and Marketing Raised consumer expectations Quality retail and hospitality interiors Need for social interaction & re-awakening

of community spirit


Commercial influences

Ciccone’s Piazza Combined Convenience store and Coffee Shop CK Design Int’. (CKDI)

Bar at Tullamarine Airport -VIC

Waiting Area at Tullamarine Airport -VIC


Lessons from the past

Previous Practice Reactive, segmented , exclusive of staff & user participation Too much emphasis on Quantity rather than Quality

New Process Holistic – Visionary and strategic view to staged

implementation Inclusive & communicative (staff and users) Qualify and quantify need

Baillieu Library University of Melbourne

Melbourne, Victoria

Front Entrance


Baillieu Library – Master Plan ‘94

Developed in ’94 - fully documented and costed Minimum upgrade $9 million to be implemented over 7 Stages

Emphasis - Maximum Capacity

Proposed Layout – 6 levels 20 yr expansion for all collection & better flow Increased Student study areas Layout Easy to navigate, large, open & light Very efficient & user friendly


Level 2 – furniture layout (CKDI)

Functional Cross section


Good strategy Extensive consultation in developing brief and encouraging

ownership Master-plan documented, staged & costed to facilitate funding Stages 1 to 5 completed – same changes to implementation plan Still to be implemented – Stages 6 & 7 Re-used all exiting furniture – No budget for new

Efficiency & Flexibility Efficient & flexible Layout – Maximum capacity Original building very flexible although not on wired grid

Baillieu Library Positive Outcomes


Baillieu Library Lessons

Underestimated impact of IT and new services Requiring modifications to Master plan

Overlooked need for variety & identity Sense of Personal & Group spaces Seating for various study behaviors Loss of domestic scale - Too repetitious

State Library of QueenslandReference Library - Levels 2 & 3

South Bank, Brisbane

Aerial view over South Bank from CBD – Courtesy State Library of Queensland


SLQ exterior

Corner Stanley and Peel Streets - Main public Approach- Car park entrance to the right


State Library of Queensland

Existing L2

View of Reading room – Dec 1999

L2- Main entry level – view of Lift Lobby


State Library of Queensland

‘anti-institution’ strategy

Aim to create easy navigation, welcoming, comfortable and

warm environments Sympathetic design to existing architecture defined family of spaces within the whole

Improve operations and service delivery


Existing foyer

ProposedFoyer

L2 – Main entry Foyer from Atrium- Dec 1999

CKDI


Proposed-L2


State Library of Queensland Outcomes

Layout Maximised views to river Sympathetic to building design style, just

warmer Improved traffic and collection flow Area & function definition – Sense of place Greater Variety of area types, seating and

colours


State Library of Queensland - Lessons

Poor allocation of funds - on hold for 1 yr awaiting approval

No master-plan for the whole building (Awaiting redevelopment project)

Unknown impact of new development

Matheson AnnexeSir Louis Matheson Library

Monash University, Victoria


Matheson Annexe Brief

Aim to provide Extended opening hours offering: Secure Library Study Facilities Group discussion facilities Access to computers & networked databases Photocopy services & access to open reserve

collection New Break-out areas New disable-toilet


Matheson Annexe Concept

Open, welcoming & lively (blending with existing Interior )

Form & Colour aid navigation and punctuate spaces Liven up spaces with almost no natural light.

Maximimum use of resources – capacity, staff, traffic areas, existing building features

Improve workflows Flexible environment – minimum use of fixtures, Use

modular furniture


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Combined IT and Study area CKDI


Old Reserve Desk

New Reserve Desk

CKDI


Matheson AnnexeOld Copier Area

New Copier Area & Break-out space to the left

CKDI


Break Out Area

Combined Copier & Study area CKDI


Lower Ground

Lower Ground - Before

Lower Ground - AfterCKDI


Matheson Annexe Outcomes

Positive Well defined functions & flowing layout Softness – Layout / shapes / tactile Variety of spaces and resources Very popular with students

Negative Problem with food carried to other areas


Characteristics of Traditional libraries

Rigid – Interaction minimized Inflexible infrastructure Crowded, maze like, intimidating

Intellectual, quiet Browse, study, research, quiet

Upgrade every 20 to 3 years

N0otes from Aaron Cohen Associates workshop brochures


Characteristics of Future –Innovative libraries

A place of change – Interactive and dynamic Excitable and adaptive Light, spacious – easy patron flow Educational, entertaining, busy Multi-sensory – Look, touch, listen, read, talk

Upgrade often

Notes from Aaron Cohen Associates workshop brochures


Essential Design Qualities

Simplicity, clarity & definition Variety & Comfort with Flexibility & Identity Hierarchy & Domestic scale

Most Complex Design Issues to resolve Flexibility vs. Space definition / Identity Sense of personal vs. group space Character vs. Dating Styles Competing resources & needs – user/collections,

staff, $$$


Identity & Sense of place

Shanghai Library – Rare Books Reading Room (China)

Maleny Library – (QLD, Australia) Boston Public Library – Bates Hall - USA


Integrated approach – eg. Signage

L2-Children’s Area - Marine Parade Library -Singapore Library@orchard - Singapore


Flexibility vs. Space definition

Children’s Area –Toa Payoh Community Library – Singapore (‘99) Baillieu Library – layout ’94 (VIC)


Variety & Flexibility

Massachusetts Instituteof Technology (USA) –

Group learning space


Variety & Comfort

The Tisch Library – Tufts University (USA) Kingscliff Library – NSW

Break Out AreaMatheson Annexe (Library) - Monash University (VIC)

CKDI

CKDI


Variety & Food

Marine Parade Community Library - Singapore

Library@orchard-Singapore


Sense of personal vs. group space

The Tisch Library – Tufts University (USA)

Bukit Panjang Community Library-Singapore

Teen Central – Courtesy of Phoenix Public Library, William P. Bruder and Bill Timmerman


Character vs. Dating Styles (`Monash University – Caulfield Campus (VIC)Maleny Library – (QLD, Australia)

Fairfield Library– Darebin City Council (VIC)


Lasting Principles

Process Holistic, Inclusive & Communicative

Design FLEXIBLE - Simple / Clear definition Innovative and changing, with character Human scale and territory definition paramount

Technology – Integrated sympathetically in a way that will not destroy the core concept of a human

centered environment.


A dream of the Future

Imagine a future Library………Think Startrek Plasma walls and Virtual Browsing find it Voice / touch activated retrieval and delivery Get it Your choice of medium and place – Hard Copy or digital

Use It Wireless equipment … where you like Moving walls, Instant rooms, Cone of silence if needed….. 3D Holograms at your table to use with Study group

with whom you like Eat where you like… (robots clean up)


A dream of the Future

Technological possibilities are Endless

Technology is only a part of the experience

The human and social dimensions of libraries will always remain paramount in importance.


“The future Library does not have a specific style, but it has a

quality, Richness”


Teen Central – Courtesy of Phoenix Public Library, William P. Bruder and Bill Timmerman

S p a c e d o u t in the Digital Age

Cecilia Kugler CK Design International (CKDI)

The future of Library Interiors

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