...not over a long time...
but in an hour?
in two hours?
A student approached me today, beleaguered over a project. He was to create a design for the college library. He thought it would take him 20 years, it would take a team of designers 20 years, it would take so much discussion and research!
No!, I said, rapping my knuckles on the desk. No. Not 20 years. One hour!
He looked at me in total shock.
Forget everything, I said. Ask yourself this. How could you design the library in an hour? What would the most important characteristics need to be> You have two minutes. I gave him a piece of paper and walked out of my office.
He made a list of characteristics. They were pretty good.
How could you design a space so that students saw the books differently? So that they interacted with the magazines? So that you activate the library in such a way that it was the most exciting learning space?
How could you design a space so that students were talking and researching and writing and computing? Whiteboards? Post-its?
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