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2. Collaborative Design: A Persona Exercise Approach

  • Elif Tinaztepe and Marie Østergård
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Library Design for the 21st Century
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Abstract

Collaboration, in its broadest sense, is an exchange. Good listening skills, an open mind and the ability to get comfortable with uncomfortable situations lie at the core of good collaboration. Elif Tinaztepe (Associate Partner, Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects) and Marie Ostergard (Library Director, Aarhus Public Libraries) were invited to discuss their approach to collaborative design at the IFLA Library Buildings and Equipment Satellite Conference in Chicago in August 2016, one year after the launch of the award winning Dokk1 Library in Aarhus, Denmark (Figure 2.1). Both were intensely involved in the collaborative design process between the library, architects, users and a wide range of stakeholders over the previous 10 years (Figure 2.2). Their engaging and fruitful workshop was designed to help the seminar participants gain insight into one of the collaboration tools successfully employed by Tinaztepe and Ostergard to understand users’ needs and assess the likelihood of success for a potential built space. Their approach is detailed in this chapter.

Abstract

Collaboration, in its broadest sense, is an exchange. Good listening skills, an open mind and the ability to get comfortable with uncomfortable situations lie at the core of good collaboration. Elif Tinaztepe (Associate Partner, Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects) and Marie Ostergard (Library Director, Aarhus Public Libraries) were invited to discuss their approach to collaborative design at the IFLA Library Buildings and Equipment Satellite Conference in Chicago in August 2016, one year after the launch of the award winning Dokk1 Library in Aarhus, Denmark (Figure 2.1). Both were intensely involved in the collaborative design process between the library, architects, users and a wide range of stakeholders over the previous 10 years (Figure 2.2). Their engaging and fruitful workshop was designed to help the seminar participants gain insight into one of the collaboration tools successfully employed by Tinaztepe and Ostergard to understand users’ needs and assess the likelihood of success for a potential built space. Their approach is detailed in this chapter.

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Contents V
  3. About IFLA IX
  4. Introduction 1
  5. Part 1: Collaborating with Stakeholders
  6. 1. Collaborating for a Successful Master Plan – Art or Science? 7
  7. 2. Collaborative Design: A Persona Exercise Approach 25
  8. 3. Student Engagement and Collaboration: Creative Evidence-Based Approaches 35
  9. 4. Collaborating for Success: People, Places, Form and Function 48
  10. Part 2: Collaborating for Cultural Change
  11. 5. Madison Central Library: The Art-Infused Library 79
  12. 6. Dokk1 – Re-inventing Space Praxis: a Mash-up Library, a Democratic Space, a City Lounge or a Space for Diversity? 91
  13. 7. Building Tomorrow’s Library Today: How the Six Spheres Vision Kept us on Track 104
  14. 8. Cooking and Multiculturalism, Living Lab and Fab Lab: Collaborative Strategies in the Province of Barcelona Municipal Library Network 117
  15. Part 3: Cooperative Collections
  16. 9. The Library Service Centre: A Collaborative Partnership for Legacy Collections and Programme Innovation 133
  17. 10. The Cooperative Storage Library Switzerland: A Successful Multi-Cantonal Cooperation 143
  18. 11. Garching – the Bavarian Storage Library: Past, Present and Future Developments 155
  19. Part 4: Crafting the Project Story
  20. 12. Communities Craft Future Library Stories 173
  21. 13. Stakeholder Engagement Processes and Strategies 187
  22. 14. A Dream Come True of Citizens – the New Helsinki Central Library 203
  23. 15. New Models for Library Advancement 214
  24. 16. Re-imagining the University Library – a Transformative Opportunity 221
  25. Contributors 231
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110617535-003

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Contents V
  3. About IFLA IX
  4. Introduction 1
  5. Part 1: Collaborating with Stakeholders
  6. 1. Collaborating for a Successful Master Plan – Art or Science? 7
  7. 2. Collaborative Design: A Persona Exercise Approach 25
  8. 3. Student Engagement and Collaboration: Creative Evidence-Based Approaches 35
  9. 4. Collaborating for Success: People, Places, Form and Function 48
  10. Part 2: Collaborating for Cultural Change
  11. 5. Madison Central Library: The Art-Infused Library 79
  12. 6. Dokk1 – Re-inventing Space Praxis: a Mash-up Library, a Democratic Space, a City Lounge or a Space for Diversity? 91
  13. 7. Building Tomorrow’s Library Today: How the Six Spheres Vision Kept us on Track 104
  14. 8. Cooking and Multiculturalism, Living Lab and Fab Lab: Collaborative Strategies in the Province of Barcelona Municipal Library Network 117
  15. Part 3: Cooperative Collections
  16. 9. The Library Service Centre: A Collaborative Partnership for Legacy Collections and Programme Innovation 133
  17. 10. The Cooperative Storage Library Switzerland: A Successful Multi-Cantonal Cooperation 143
  18. 11. Garching – the Bavarian Storage Library: Past, Present and Future Developments 155
  19. Part 4: Crafting the Project Story
  20. 12. Communities Craft Future Library Stories 173
  21. 13. Stakeholder Engagement Processes and Strategies 187
  22. 14. A Dream Come True of Citizens – the New Helsinki Central Library 203
  23. 15. New Models for Library Advancement 214
  24. 16. Re-imagining the University Library – a Transformative Opportunity 221
  25. Contributors 231
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