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Dokk1 – a place for people

– rethinking the library in a new urban context

Marie Oestergaard/Dokk1

Denmark:5.5 mill inhabitants43,000 km2450 fixed library service points

Aarhus:300.000 people in Aarhus19 libraries in Aarhus- vibrant, young, CulturalCapital 2017, start-ups, closely connected

Denmark – Aarhus

2017

2015

Client: City of AarhusArchitects: schmidt hammer lassen architectsLandscape Architects: Arkitekt Kristine Jensens Tegnestue

Marie Ostergard/Dokk1/Aarhus/ Denmark

”The library as a hinge”

Dokk1 Context

Dokk1:• Main Library• Citizens’ Services• Partners and network

(130 mill $)

Automatic parking space - 1000 cars

Two new urban harbour squares

Arrival centre for light rail

Uncovering of the river

Traffic regulation

Climate security

App.: 305 million $

Project elements

Facts Dokk1Project from 2005-201530.000 m2 (library 18.000 m2 ) / 323.000 sqft (194.000 Sqft)Opening June 2015 – 18.000 people first weekendOpening hours• Mon-Fri: 8-22. Unstaffed btw 19-22• Sat-Sun: 10-16App. 4000 visitors a dayApp. 1.400.000 visitors so farApp. 8-15 group tours per weekApp. 50 fte library staff – including admin and comm.1150 seats300.000 media

DOKK1 - the Vision• Space for co-operation

• Place for dialogue, knowledge, ideas and inspiration

• Open informal learning space

• A unique place for children and families


From information that can be found anywhere

To What can only be experienced at the library

Space for media Space as a mediaOn-line On siteInformation MeaningFacts CredibilityMeeting information Meeting people

Knowing ExperimentingVisitors Resource personNeutral Emotional Seriousness Sense of humour Arranged events Things that happen

Ivar Moltke, CreateMarie Ostergard/Dokk1/Aarhus/ Denmark

LOCAL ARCHIVE

PLAY

MEETING

MEDIA

COUNSELLINGCITIZENS’ SERVICES

LEARNING PROGRAMMES

MAKERSPACES

SELF SERVICE

TUTORS COMMUNITY CENTRE

FAMILIESCAFÉ

DEMOCRACYJOB CORNER

START-UPS

GAM

ING

EXHIBITIONS

CONSUMER INFO

SCIENCE & TECHCU

LTUR

AL PRO

GR

AMS

WIFI

M

RESILENCE

&NOISE

NEWS

Partnerships

GGAA READING

The Mash-up Library


Partnership Strategy

3 levels of partnerships:

strategic, programme-based, network-based

Partnerships should be formed as close to the operational agents as possible – personalrelationships matter


The Library of the future

D.Skot-HansenC.H. RasmussenH. JochumsenRoyal School of Library and Information science

Innovation

Recognition/Experience

Empowerment

EngagementMarie Ostergard/Dokk1/Aarhus/ Denmark

Model Programme

www.modelprogrammer.slks.dk/en

How did we address it?


Inclusion and participation

Interdisciplinary Co-operation

Last responsible minute

T

Organisation and mindset


The Aarhus Way

VisionField Trip

Vision revisited

Workshop

Define the problem

Test first prototype

A new method…

We are on our way…

Design Thinking = a mind set and an intentional process for delivering solutions that create positive impact


User Involvement and prototyping


media, families, meeting facilities, citizen’s services, CTS, acoustics, logistics, accessibility, indoor climate, administration, kitchen and cafe, wayfinding, visualidentity, art, security, facades, materials, design, arrival area, AV/IT, dynamicsurfaces, rental spaces, lighting, parking, concertspaces, children’s theater, etc.


Name and Visual Identity


Through Prototyping and Testing


Media Interaction

MeetingsReading CirclesDebates

Contemplation

Design thinking Homework

Start-up

Performance and making

Inspiration

Performance

Flexible space

Transformations of the library space through:

Rethinking of role in the urban contextConceptual transformationPartnershipsUser involvement/design thinkingRe-definition of spaces and services


The library is a space where we create meaning together

Dokk1 answered a community needPartnerships are essentialUsers want to produce and perform their own thingsPeople come in unprecedented numbers and stay longer Eliminate restrictions – and introduce them if necessaryUn-programmed spaces are essential for development

The library space is an opportunity- for meeting, dialogue and exchange of ideas

Learnings


https://dokk1.dk/book-about-dokk1

For more pics and info

DOKK1

[email protected]/www.dokk1.dk

The minute we stop evolving we die