Tonight we’re hosting the first community design workshop for the new Greenpoint Library and Environmental Education Center at 6:30PM. Help us find out what’s most important to you in the design of your new library!
by Spenser Krut
libraries
New York magazine architecture critic Justin Davidson will lead a conversation with Robert A.M. Stern, Herbert Newman, Kent Bloomer and our own Karen Fairbanks about the role of the public library in the 21st Century. Catch the event at the Center for Architecture on October 21, from 6 to 8PM. RSVP here.
We’ve expanded on Re-envisioning Branch Libraries to submit to the Knight News Challenge, “How might we make data work for individuals and communities?“
The Knight Foundation is hosting an open call for for ideas that use data to inform and empower people to make decisions about their lives and their communities, and they are offering grants to the winning submissions. With help from our teammates at METRO, Pratt’s School of Information and Library Science, and Office:MG, we plan to empower librarians to act as data interpreters, curators, and storytellers by extending Data / City tools and training.
Anyone is welcome to provide feedback, be it a comment or a like. We’ll have an opportunity refine our submission based on your ideas and questions. Read about our project here to share your feedback.
This week, Karen will be attending Re-think it: Libraries for a New Age in Grand Rapids. Catch her panel discussion with architects Tod Stevens of Stantec and Jefferey Scherer of MSR on designing libraries tomorrow at 8:45AM.
On Monday, January 12, Karen, along with James Lima and Leah Meisterlin, gave a follow up presentation of our Re-envisioning Branch Libraries proposal at The New School.
The full report is now available for download on the Architectural League of New York website. The League has also posted a full video of the original presentations; be sure to check it out!