Sunday, January 27, 2013

Reflection 3

The principal challenge that we faced was the lack of space because the library is next to the playground and next to another seminar, so we couldn't expand it in the way we wanted.
Another problem was the person that is going to be in charge of the library, because we dindn´t wanted to hire a librarian, we wanted to convince the teachers to stay there vigilating, but that is really hard to achieve because the teachers don´t wan´t to spend their free time "working" at the library.

Reflection 2


What we plan to do is to to change the electric installation using new sockets, because the students, that are going to work here are going to need to plug their computers also all chairs and tables must be changed because many of them are broken or uncomfortable and this will affect the students negatively.
Also a new AC system is needed to keep the library warm on winter and cool on summer. windows need to be changed because cool seeps through them, the last thing that we want to do is to create an internet database with the titles of all the books so students can find them easily.

Saturday, January 26, 2013

Design results 3


In the Participatory Design Workshop we presented  to other people our design brief an the prototype design.
We received interesting proposals such as: placing a suggestion box, lock the shelves ...(this proposals and more on our Design Brief 4)
And a new innovation that would be most beneficial would be to create a virtual library (described on our Design Brief 3)





Design results 2

With these pictures we want to show the idea we have of the new library for the moment. After our first prototype we reached the conclusion that we would like the library to be a place with natural light and large windows, where projects can be made but also a pace to study, to query things on the internet or just develop a taste for reading






Sunday, January 20, 2013

Introduction


With this project, we wanted to achieve a more useful library for the "Colegio Base".
We realized it was not necessary to expand the space or build a new library, but we chose this place because we thought that the current library was quite forgotten by both teachers and students.
The main objective of the project, therefore, is to create a library attractive to children and develop a taste for reading which lacks this school.
To achieve our goal we have set several changes that are explained throughout the project,some of them: replace books through donations and a suggestion box, put higher shelves and higher windows, dark curtains to use our digital board, more tables and more chairs, computers ...
We also created our prototype design with planner5D which is shown in the Design ResultsAs a result of this project, even if it does not come true, we have the satisfaction of having developed mentally a viable ideal library for our school.


Design Brief 3

All other ideas of reorganization improved the utility of the library, but what really makes a difference would be creating a digital platform with the data of all students to know who has taken each book, and if we number all the shelves and books people would find it easier to look for the book they want in the digital platform.
We have also thought that the head teacher could have his office in the library and this way control the students entering and leaving.

Friday, January 18, 2013

Design Brief 4

After describing our project, the reforms and changes that would be carried out and the final design, we received a variety of interesting ideas apart of the improvements that we wanted to include.
  • A section of the library could be aimed particularly to donate reading books from previous years to use them year after year and make a better use. The problem arises whith the need to decide who would receive the books, but as we are about the same number of students each year the problem is not too serious
  • A good idea would be to have a suggestion box in reception, this way and child fond of reading might suggest the kind of books that he would like to have access to in the new library
  • We also considered the need to lock the shelves so when a book has already been picked that will be noted on the digital platform and thus we will improve the organization of the new library
  • Buy a virtual encicopedia and install it on computers to make room on the shelves for other books and make the search for definitions, terms .. etc easier 
  • If we want to use the digital board we will need to put blind curtains in the new windows