Library
Test
Kitchen
GSD Seminar 09125
Tuesdays, 10am - 1pm
Fall 2012
Graduate School of Design
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
Part class, part funded research, we're fabricating library futures.
We're an Advanced Seminar in the Harvard Graduate School of Design. We have a working budget, a defined client, and a desire for impact. And we want to have fun while we're at it.
Students
Loeb Library, L12, Visual & Material Resources Room
09125: Library Test Kitchen
Fall 2012
Tuesdays, 10am - 1pm
Making Real Things
Our goal is real-world impact inside and outside the walls of Harvard. We make things that contribute to the library discourse. We collaborate with the Harvard Library, and academic and public libraries from across the U.S. We believe positive change will grow from within the existing system.
Library Test Kitchen Productions may be:
- » Built
- » Coded
- » Instituted as temporary policy
At the Intersection of Information and Space
Knowledge, public space, the internet, education, these are massive contemporary forces libraries bear. We see libraries as an untapped creative domain for architects, designers -- folks of all kinds -- to dig into. Their program is the convergence of knowledge, space, community, and relationships.
- » Real Estate: Across the US, right in the center of things
- » Personal History: We've grown up with them
- » Trust: Staunch defenders of privacy
- » Materials: Vast collections of materials
Staff
Guests this semester
Along with folks from across the Harvard Library, we'll be joined by these outside visitors.