Towards integration of maker-centered learning: how the interior design of a public library addresses the needs of prosumer culture
| dc.contributor.author | Kaptiug, Ekaterina | |
| dc.contributor.examiningcommittee | Karpan, Cynthia | en_US |
| dc.contributor.examiningcommittee | Bryan, Gregory | en_US |
| dc.contributor.supervisor | Beaverford, Kelley | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-07-07T13:32:20Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-07-07T13:32:20Z | |
| dc.date.copyright | 2022-07-06 | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022-07-06 | |
| dc.date.submitted | 2022-07-07T04:40:40Z | en_US |
| dc.degree.discipline | Interior Design | en_US |
| dc.degree.level | Master of Interior Design (M.I.D.) | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | This practicum project explores the evolving concept of a modern public library that goes beyond traditional services, such as providing access to information and knowledge by including spaces that encourage joint production, creativity, and collaboration. The project revolves around the idea of prosumption, the way of living that combines production and consumption, which has become widespread in recent years. In the context of public libraries, the popularization of prosumer culture is reflected in emerging performative spaces or makerspaces where users can apply their creative skills, become familiar with new technology, collaborate, learn, meet, and play. Within public libraries, the prosumer movement is relatively new, and there is a lack of information on design requirements for makerspaces as well as for contemporary public libraries that promote maker-centred learning. Through the analysis of the participatory cultural institution model, the four-space public library model and the framework of five spatial challenges for future makerspaces, the project explores how contemporary public libraries respond to the emerging prosumer movement. The practicum reviews Wallas’ four-step creative problem-solving model, divergent and convergent thinking concepts, the systems model of creativity and the typology of creative learning spaces to answer whether the prosumers’ interest in creative making can be supported and stimulated by a public library’s physical environment. The practicum also explores adaptive reuse strategies and concepts of mise-en-scène and spolia as means for creating public libraries that celebrate local identity. Ultimately, findings from the literature review, precedent analysis, and site and building investigation inform design strategies for a proposal of a public library that responds to the needs of prosumer culture by blurring boundaries between traditional learning and learning through making, fostering interest in creative exploration, and celebrating local identity and industrial heritage through adaptive reuse of the James Avenue Pumping Station in Winnipeg, Manitoba. | en_US |
| dc.description.note | October 2022 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1993/36607 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
| dc.rights | open access | en_US |
| dc.subject | prosumer culture | en_US |
| dc.subject | contemporary public library | en_US |
| dc.subject | maker-centered learning | en_US |
| dc.subject | makerspace | en_US |
| dc.subject | prosumption | en_US |
| dc.subject | participatory cultural institution | en_US |
| dc.title | Towards integration of maker-centered learning: how the interior design of a public library addresses the needs of prosumer culture | en_US |
| dc.type | master thesis | en_US |
| local.subject.manitoba | yes | en_US |