The Louisville Project

The Louisville Project July 18, 2006 MIT Design Lab, Americans for Libraries Council, and the Louisville Free Public Library

The Louisville Project Site 2: Southwest LOUISVILLE CHARRETTE Louisville Free Public Library + MIT Design Laboratory + Americans for Libraries Council

A Place You Want to Be • People come to the library for a reason • We want them also to come for no reason at all • The design should foster curiosity and discovery LOUISVILLE CHARRETTE Louisville Free Public Library + MIT Design Laboratory + Americans for Libraries Council

Southwest Regional Library LOUISVILLE CHARRETTE Louisville Free Public Library + MIT Design Laboratory + Americans for Libraries Council LOUISVILLE CHARETTE Louisville Free Public Library + MIT Design Laboratory + American’s for Libraries Council

Site Challenges • Heavily trafficked primary arterial • Surrounded by dense residential • Adjacent lo developing commercial LOUISVILLE CHARRETTE Louisville Free Public Library + MIT Design Laboratory + Americans for Libraries Council

Community Spaces • Accessible, flexible communal work and meeting space • Ability to move seamlessly between solitary activity (reading or at the computer) and group connection. Our library allows and encourages that kind of transition. LOUISVILLE CHARRETTE Louisville Free Public Library + MIT Design Laboratory + Americans for Libraries Council

LOUISVILLE CHARRETTE Louisville Free Public Library + MIT Design Laboratory + Americans for Libraries Council

Charrette Participants • Bill Mitchell – director, MIT Design Lab; director, MIT Smart Cities Project • Ryan Chin – MIT Research Associate in Media Arts and Design • Marcel Botha – MIT Research Associate in Architecture • Edward “Tad” Hirsch – MIT Research Associate in the Smart Cities Project • Kenfield Griffith – MIT Research Associate in Architecture • William Schickling – President and CEO, Polaris Library Systems • Toni Garvey – director, Phoenix Public Library • Cindy Read –exec. director of the KY Institute for Family Literacy; immediate past chair of the KY community college system board • Ed Kruger – architect at Bravura Inc. in Louisville • Matthew Barzun –Founder and CEO of Brickpath.com; former chief strategy officer for CNET Networks • Graham Cooke – LFPL assistant director; former co-owner of a chain of independent bookstores • Craig Buthod – LFPL director LOUISVILLE CHARRETTE Louisville Free Public Library + MIT Design Laboratory + Americans for Libraries Council

Charrette Staff Susan Imholz, ALC Bruce Astrein, ALC Caitlin Maloney, ALC Lee Burchfield, LFPL Laura Hardaway, University of Kentucky School of Architecture LOUISVILLE CHARRETTE Louisville Free Public Library + MIT Design Laboratory + Americans for Libraries Council

The Louisville Project