Redesigning public libraries in Flanders : triggering the societal context awareness of interior students

Abstract: Developing societal context awareness in interior architecture students is one of the main objectives of the bachelor thesis at the University of Antwerp (Belgium). By means of a 2‐year project on public libraries (2014–2016), the coaches of the design studio initiated research into the changing role of public libraries and the societal embedding of interior architecture, as well as the empathic role of the designer. The article is based on data acquired by the use of various qualitative research techniques, such as focus group debates with the studio coaches, analysis of the coachin... Mehr ...