Architecture in my mind should be adaptive, adaptive to the needs of users. It might not lie at the extreme end of the spectrum towards the user; however, it has to be close to it.
The very basic reason why we build architecture is because of the users need it in the first place. Therefore, it is important when we were designing, to think of the user in much detail. Otherwise, it could defeat the purpose of building it. One of a book title that recently has inspired me read ‘Design Like You Give a Damn’.
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Yes, yes, design like you do give a damn. But how do you make a work of architecture adaptive to its users? For the library, who are its users? Will they be the same users in 10 years time? How do we know what qualities the users require in a library?
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