As we said previously in the design brief, we want to turn the library into a useful space for everyone in school. We came across with different appealing ideas, such as bigger windows for more natural light, increasing the space by adding the seminar to the library, create two different ambiences, reform the worn down material or improving the soundproof of the room.
All of this ideas, will help us to reach our main objective, which is to create a place where students could actually relax, study, spend time or even develop a taste for literature. This last idea lead us to other objective, to have a great variety of books of different genders and for various ages, that students could borrow. We still have to think how will work the procedure of the library or who will be in charge of it, but we will see in the future.
Another thing we will have to take in count of is the remodeling of the library. As we said before we want to put bigger windows and increase the space, we will have to take measures and make an approximate budget to see if this ideas are viables.
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Design Team
- Irene Gutiérrez in charge of the organization
- Américo Bueno in charge of the facilities
- Paula Villena in charge of the distribution
- Javier Martínez Falero in charge of the furniture
Organization: books, schedules, employees involved... Try to set opening and closing times, make a schedule with the teacher, the course and the subject taught on each day of the week, another schedule to make it possible to have a teacher at recess each day to pick up a book, use the computer or study
Facilities: boards, plugs, speakers, heating and air conditioning, computers, books... Indicate the material that needs to be renovated or replaced and if necessary add new things to improve the library technology
Distribution: position of the furniture in the library, take measures of the dimensions of the library, create a design that reflects our vision of the new library to improve the distribution of the furniture and take advantage of the free space
Furniture: measure the furniture and indicate if it should be renovated, extended or if there is a need to include less or more shelves, tables, chairs, windows...
Friday, December 28, 2012
Viability, mesurements and pictures
Viability:
We believe that our reform of the library is quite viable since we have realized that there is no need to enlarge it and with some renovations of the furniture and a good organization would be sufficient. We have raised potential problems when it comes to carry out some renovations but actually there are very few: the possibility that the windows and shelves could not be larger are some of these potential problems
Mesurements:
Pictures:
We believe that our reform of the library is quite viable since we have realized that there is no need to enlarge it and with some renovations of the furniture and a good organization would be sufficient. We have raised potential problems when it comes to carry out some renovations but actually there are very few: the possibility that the windows and shelves could not be larger are some of these potential problems
Mesurements:
- Library size: 7.28 meters wide and 9.36 meters long (12.5 meters long if we take into consideration the length of the library and the seminar)
- 6 Rectangular tables : 0.80 meters wide and 1.30 meters long each
- 3 round tables
- 16 shelves: 0.90 meters wide and 1.80 meters high each
Pictures:
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| round tables should be exchanged for rectangular ones |
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| enlarge all windows for natural light |
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| take advantage of the digital board and replace traditional blackboard by the whiteboard |
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| space provided for the teacher |
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| need to classify the books |
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| need to reorganize the space |
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| rehabilitate some material |
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| create an easy access to the shelves |
Design brief 1
Description: Our idea is to modify our school library, we will be redesigning some aspects that we think would be a good idea to improve. The basic improvement is to increase the use of the library which we think is almost useless.
Context: We want to reorganize the space and renovate the worn down material:enable plugs for using the laptop, as well as some computers, replace the old blackboard We would also like to improve the unsoundness of the room, as is next to the playground were sport’s lessons are imparted and don’t allow to either read or study. Set opening and closing hours taking into account the possibility that it could be open all day, with a teacher in charge of it always
Future users: We want the library to be a useful place divided into two zones, an area where people of all ages can take refuge from the cold and rain and another area of study, use of laptops in addition to place where we can have group work
Objectives: For us a new library means a use of space that is not being taken advantage of, with the new reorganization we intend to engage both teachers and students to see the library as a place where they can stay in recess to work or study using books from the shelves or laptops, teachers will be caregivers and will have space and quiet to work. It also can work as a meeting room or as a room dedicated to students researches involving projects and extra credit projects.
Challenges: If we use the seminar that is next to the library we could create a larger space divided into different zones. Chairs need to be changed due to the uncomfortability they generate, as larger windows for natural light.
Context: We want to reorganize the space and renovate the worn down material:enable plugs for using the laptop, as well as some computers, replace the old blackboard We would also like to improve the unsoundness of the room, as is next to the playground were sport’s lessons are imparted and don’t allow to either read or study. Set opening and closing hours taking into account the possibility that it could be open all day, with a teacher in charge of it always
Future users: We want the library to be a useful place divided into two zones, an area where people of all ages can take refuge from the cold and rain and another area of study, use of laptops in addition to place where we can have group work
Objectives: For us a new library means a use of space that is not being taken advantage of, with the new reorganization we intend to engage both teachers and students to see the library as a place where they can stay in recess to work or study using books from the shelves or laptops, teachers will be caregivers and will have space and quiet to work. It also can work as a meeting room or as a room dedicated to students researches involving projects and extra credit projects.
Challenges: If we use the seminar that is next to the library we could create a larger space divided into different zones. Chairs need to be changed due to the uncomfortability they generate, as larger windows for natural light.
Design brief 2
New challenges: we have reached the decision that it is a fairly large space, there is no need to extend it but there are some columns that can not be tear down therefore the space between tables is needed so people can access the shelves without problem we’ll like to change the roundtables for rectangular tables that do not occupy much space and allow group work.
The redistribution of the shelves would leave space for more tables. This redistribution would mean increasing their height and again, taking advantage of the space that is not occupied by the windows that, as stated in the last Design Brief 1 will be all of the same height and also organize books by age, theme ...
The redistribution of the shelves would leave space for more tables. This redistribution would mean increasing their height and again, taking advantage of the space that is not occupied by the windows that, as stated in the last Design Brief 1 will be all of the same height and also organize books by age, theme ...
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