2. Knud Schulz
• Manager of the Main Library in Aarhus
• Daily work focus – transforming the Main Library to
“Urban Mediaspace” – Dokk1
• Librarian and Master of Public Management
• Mentor/Sponsor INELI (International Network of Emerging Library
Innovators) Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
• Member of the client group Urban MediaSpace Aarhus
• Global Innovation Model – Faster to Change.
Chicago/Aarhus/IDEO/Gates
• ksc@aarhus.dk
• www.slideshare.net
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apx. 28.000 m2
incl. 18.000 m2
library space
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4. From
information that can be found
anywhere
To
What can only be
experienced at the library
Space for media Space as a media
On-line On site
Information Meaning
Facts Credibility
Meeting information Meeting people
Knowing Experimenting
Visitors Resource person
Neutrality Sensing
Seriousness Sense of humour
Arranged events Things that happen
Ivar Moltke, Create
The Change
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5. The Knowledge Society
• From
– libraries for books/medias
– industial society
• to
– libraries for man/human
– networked/knowledge society
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6. What is a library?
• All humans need to innovate themselves and be
inspired by meeting knowledge, information og
experience
• The libraries are the places where the citizen’s will
meet inspiration, experience and ideas. Either
alone in a shared public space or by meeting other
people.
• The libraries supports every single citizens
possibillity to create change in there own lives
through inspiration, social encounter and
communities and with an eventuality to contribute
to social reform.
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8. The Public Library of the Knowledge Society
D.Skot-Hansen
C.H. Rasmussen
H. Jochumsen
Innovation
Reckognition/Experience
Empowerment
Involvement/Engagement
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10. Six LabsTechLab
Having a maker in residence is powerfull!
Cryptoparty, soldering, brush-bots…
Valdemar’s hovercraft:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVi2J_9XZeA&feature=youtu.be
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12. People’s Lab
DIY = Do it yourself
DIT = Do it
together
If it is broken –
fix it!
If it is not
broken –
improve it!
SHARE
knowledge,
premises, tools!
CREATE
together!
Be curious!
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13. Reflections
You can work with makerculture without having a makerspace!
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14. Making in Libraries
• Contributes to activities that provide public
value by stimulating the development of
network, skills and innovation
• Contributes to the libraries' relationship with its
local community
• Increases the social value of libraries, as public
spaces that bridge between different
communities and knowledge domains
• Challenges libraries strategic and managerial
capacity for innovation
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People’s Lab
17. Adaptive and innovative supporting
spaces
• libraries are changing from storing
books to supporting citizens’ needs
• innovation spaces for local
communities
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18. Libraries and urban development
Model of the public library in urban
development
Casper Hvenegaard
Henrik Jochumsen
Dorte Skot-Hansen
IVA – Royal School of Library
and Information Science
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19. New Libraries
• Libraries are signs or symbols on
development and innovation in the society
• Drivers in city development
• Add new stories about the towns
• Arguments for large city engagements
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20. Oslo
• Opera, new Munch museum and the Library
creates a new waterfront and brings a new
identity to the city
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21. Helsinki
• The traffic and cultural life in midtown are
reborn by creating a new art museum,
concert hall and the new library
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22. Birmingham
• The library is located on
the main street where
millions of people are
passing every year
• The library is a symbol
of the new identity of an
old industrial and
innovative city (the
steam engine)
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24. Mediaspace:
• Main Library and Citizens’ Services:
18.000 m2/190.000 ft2
• Partners and network: 10.000 m2
/100.000 ft2
Automatic parking space: 1000 cars
Two new urban harbour squares: 94.000
m2 /1.120.000 ft2
Arrival centre for light rail
Uncovering of the river and secure the
inner city against flood
Traffic regulation
App.: 390 mill US Dollars
Project elements
– Urban Mediaspace
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2016
2015
Client: City of Aarhus
Partner: Realdania, Realdania Byg
Client Advisor: Rambøll DK
Architects: schmidt hammer lassen architects
Co-advisers: Arkitekt Kristine Jensens
27. Libraries and urban development
Model of the public library in urban
development
Casper Hvenegaard
Henrik Jochumsen
Dorte Skot-Hansen
IVA – Royal School of Library
and Information Science
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35. 6. New ways of defining the
functionality
• Flexibility is the functionality
• Maximize unprogrammed space
• Leave the media and mediaformats as the
focus point in organizing the space
• Focus the human needs og sociality – use
the 4 space model
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36. Interior plan finished 4
months before opening
Scriptorium Project labs
Transformation Lab
Study cells
Gaming
Urban Offices
Living Room
The Corner
CafeMeeting rooms
Pop-upsCitizen’s Services
Children’s theatre
Multi purpose
Media RampStories
Non-fiction
Music
The Square
Playground
Democracity
Reception
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37. Dokk1 -
Level 2
The stageLearning
tweens
Tweens lab
Children’s Lab
The Play Library
Dress-up
The ”rest”-room
0-3 years
4-8 years
Gamer street
eatingX2
vintage
FAMILIES
The Aarhus Room
makerspace
ITLab
Cultural City 2017
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FictionLAB
NewsLAB
MusicLAB
ExhibitionLAB
DemocracyLAB
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41. Knud Schulz LSN March 2015
The library as a space
– in the future?
• The building supports the needs
of the users
• The building interacts with the
surroundings and environment
• The building acts adaptively
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42. The Vision
• Space for co-operation
• Place for dialogue,
knowledge, ideas and
inspiration
• Open informal learning
space
• A unique place for
children and families
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43. Libraries and urban development
Model of the public library in urban
development
Casper Hvenegaard
Henrik Jochumsen
Dorte Skot-Hansen
IVA – Royal School of Library
and Information Science
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46. Stageing Dokk1 –
mental construction
• Create an illusion of the building under construction
• Walk in the 3D model
• Setting the stage for tests, user operated services,
innovations, new designs, incl. elements to be used in
the new building
• Involve the users in the work
• Prepare the citizens
• Prepare the staff
• Brand the new library
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49. Partnership
• A strategi for constant change
• Renewing the user engagement and
ownership
• In-flow of competencies to the library
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52. Proces of Interruptions
- Internal discussion
- Selection of people and groups – who
don’t we normally talk to?
- Eight group sessions - Tell us about
YOUR world
- Analyses of findings
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53. Foundation of partnership
strategy
- A partnership strategy that allows us to be
pro-active
- Reasons to say no
- Branding
- Clearer communication with potential
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- Focused partnership work inside
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54. Corner stones of partnerships in
Dokk1
- Learning
- Stories
- Democracity
- Community space
- The Aarhus Cohorte
- Families and Children
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55. Benefit
- Citizens – more programmes and services,
quality, diversity, target oriented
- Partners – communication, accessibility,
numbers, outreach
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58. Adaptive and innovative supporting
spaces
• libraries are changing from storing
books to supporting citizens’ needs
• innovation spaces for local
communities
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60. Stageing Dokk1 –
mental construction
• Create an illusion of the building under construction
• Walk in the 3D model
• Setting the stage for tests, user operated services,
innovations, new designs, incl. elements to be used in
the new building
• Involve the users in the work
• Prepare the citizens
• Prepare the staff
• Brand the new library
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Mental construction
• From tradition to transcendence – the
users and staff deconstruct ”old
knowledge” to create new sense
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66. Global innovation model –
faster to change
• Partnership between
– Global Libraries/Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation
– Chicago Public Libraries
– IDEO
– Aarhus Public Libraries
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67. Design Thinking is a mindset, and an
intentional process around delivering
solutions that create positive impact!
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74. DESIGN THINKING
Design thinking is about accelerating
innovation to create better solutions to the
challenges we meet!
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