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Part two, by Bart Verschaffel, in the lecture series The Architecture of Knowledge.



The Architecture of Knowledge - The public library of the future

Information is knowledge. Knowledge is the library’s commodity. As a result it attracts producers and consumers of this knowledge. To survive it should be aware and adaptable to changes and influences in this age of information and communication. What form and position will its physical and conceptual structure need to take in order to endure these changes in the data saturated realm of public and private society?

The Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAI) and the National Public Libraries Association have set up a two week workshop for students from July 6 to July 17, 2009. Main aim of the workshop is to establish a set of new possibilities which can be used as a framework and/or starting point for the architects of future libraries. Students from different educational backgrounds are invited to apply to work under tutelage of one of the following mentors: Daniel van der Velden, Rients Dijkstra, Jurgen Bey and Ester van de Wiel, Gabriel Lester.

Lecture series, may-june 2009, NAI Rotterdam
In order to provide a context for what this library of the future could be and what realities it might be exposed to, the workshop will be preceded by a lecture series. During these lectures, international experts will present concepts of collective knowledge, thoughts on the notion of public space and the relationship between (new) media and (cultural) society, and insights into product management and reception. The lecturers include Lev Manovich, Bart verschaffel, Pim van den Berg.