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School Library Design – All Hallows’ School, Potter Library

Anne Weaverhttp://readingpower.wordpress.com/

Edutech 2014

Images of our old, but beloved Potter Library

Rationale : Why a new library?

Rationale: Old library

“We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us” Winston Churchill

Rationale: Old library

Rationale: Old library

Process

http://www.innovatemyschool.com/blog/item/976-classroom-design-can-improve-performance-by-25-research-reveals.html

Active Learning Areas, All Hallows’ School

Process: the library evolves

http://www.steelcase.com/en/products/category/educational/documents/ses_active_learning_spaces_interactive.final.pdf

Rationale: Why a new library?

Before

After

Process - AHS library staff imagined…

ProcessNew writeable tables at AHS

Process

New node chairs at AHS (more commonly called “zoomy chairs”

Process

Images of the Hunt Library in North Carolina

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=hunt+library&FORM=HDRSC2#view=detail&id=C87DEA755676591BCB850B7A694242328CAB9A0B&selectedIndex=110

Process

The Forum at AHS Potter Library

AHS Potter Library

Process

Research Areas 2 and 4 at AHS Potter Library

Process

Counter, Research Area 1 and Senior Study Centre at AHS Potter Library

Process

Writeable walls and tables at AHS Potter Library

ProcessResearch Areas 3 and 5 at AHS Potter Library

All Hallows’ School Library Renovation http://youtu.be/n-ZwdDVVAsA