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Reimaging The Library Of The Future. From Social Condenser And Community Hub To Regenerative Design, Steffen Lehmann
Reimaging The Library Of The Future. From Social Condenser And Community Hub To Regenerative Design, Steffen Lehmann
Architecture Faculty Research
The primary objective of this article, an architectural forecasting opinion piece written by a design expert, is to investigate the various models of public library buildings and explore the continuous evolution of library design (presenting valuable information for anyone planning a library). The main question explored in this article is: What will be the design characteristics of the next-generation library? Methods used include precedent analysis, cases selected from an international list of 50 libraries built between 2010–2023 following a web search using the phrase “public library architecture” and analyzing these cases for repeated thematic similarities. Three similarities are identified.