Participation
Designing-In Reading
Stockton on Tees
April - September 2006
Designing-In Reading is an action research project exploring how design could impact on young people’s access to libraries. The project was established as a means of engaging young people to help understand why libraries are under-used by teenagers and how that could potentially be re-addressed by improved library environments.
It got our imaginations working and gave us ideas. It was different – in a good way!
Year 10 student
Northern Architecture and partners completed the sessions with young people in June and have finished a report / toolkit for funders in September.
The participating Year 10 students had the chance to voice and visualise the design interventions they would make to their local libraries through a series of activities including - a design introduction, a trip to award winning libraries in London, a session mapping their local public library and a 3D modelling session in a local arts centre.
For a copy of the toolkit on CD please contact Kate Walter (kate@northernarchitecture.com) with your postal details.
Funders: The Reading Agency, Creative Partnerships Tees Valley
Partners: Stockton Borough Library Service, GWK Architects, Ainsworth Spark Associates, The Norton Comprehensive School, Thornaby Community School
