Future Library

Zanisa Mellyanwar | 08111840000025

Contextualism in architecture has been defined as an adjustment to the surrounding environment in which the building is located. In contextualism, buildings cannot stand alone and strive to contribute to their environment to avoid design chaos. Contextualism also talks about time, adjustments made by buildings in the future.

One of the questionable typology regarding that matter is the library. Is the current library still relevant to the conditions in the future?

The current library is always associated with formal activities. Studying, borrowing books, doing assignments from school, and other activities. Then, how will the condition of the library in the future?

The future library will be a place for users to do anything, is not restricted to specific activities. Users should not have any particular interest if they want to visit the library. So, adjustments are made to the current library programs to adapt to the future. The adjustments will be made by minimizing the book space and maximizing the social space. The comparison between book space is much smaller than the social space, 20: 80. This is because at the moment, to add knowledge and insight, it is not only done by reading books. There is a change in users in finding information, only by using the gadgets they have.

Is the space with the high shelves of books that we currently call a library still needed? Or do we just need some free space to go in and explore what we currently hold on to?

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