The Helsinki Central Library – the main project of the Centenary of Finland’s independece
Library DirectorTuula Haavisto
25 April 2014, Kohtaamispaikka@lasipalatsi
10 0002,5 million
Library Is the Most
Popular Culture Service
• Helsinki University Library –
The New Main Library Kaisa
• visits 6500 a day
• Library 10• visits 2000 a day
• Turku City Library – The New
Main Library• visits 5000 a day
•Apila–Library in Seinäjoki
• visits 2000 a day
Aarhus/ Dokk 1Urban Mediaspace will provide you with many opportunities for experience, learning, activity and contemplation.
BirminghamRewriting the book. We aim to transform lives through learning, knowledge and culture.
Oslo/ New DeichmanskeKeeps Oslo awake. The most innovative, visible and available library and public space in Europe.
ZLB/ A new library for BerlinA hub of historic learning with 3,200 seats for readers, galleries, event spaces, restaurants and a children's library.
The Best Bits from The Competition Programme
|Meeting- and lounge area 440 m2 | Stage 30 m2 | Pop-up-infos 100m2 | Cinema 490m2 | Multi-purpose hall 350m2 | Lobby areas 150m2 | Back Stage 40m2 |
Living lab 200m2 | Exhibition spaces 300m2 | Café 200m2 | Restaurant 300m2 | Interactive spaces 240m2 | Living rooms 500m2 | Children’s World 600m2 |
PersonalOffice-area 400m2 | Studios 160m2 | Makerspace 100m2 | Listening, viewing, games room 230m2 | Music, recording and videostudio 400m2 | Service-
points & collection area1600 m2
Why We Need the Library of The New Era
Open, non-commercial, public space – 2.5 million visits annuallyInformation and skills for a more functional society
Rich city experience created by the residents themselves
Why We Need the Library of The New Era
The book’s new life – a house of reading in TöölönlahtiPioneer in intelligent everyday life
A library for all senses – a new programme every day
Three different floors, three different athmospheres
The ground floor is busy and frequently updated space suitable for quick visits and walk-throughs. The active, zero-threshold
public spaces in the ground floor will be visible, attractive, understandable and welcoming to all visitors.
Three different floors, three different athmospheres
The middle floor will offer opportunities for working, concentrating and learning-by-doing in an environment optimized for media and
latest tools. It will contain workshop spaces for music and multimedia, as well as a public sauna and a citizen balcony.
Three different floors, three different athmospheres
The traditional, serene library atmosphere can be found on the top floor. This will be a calm area for contemplation, floating
above the busy central Helsinki. It will offer great views to the surrounding park and cityscape.
The Budget
Schedule • Preparations with the winning team 8/2013-11/2013• The consultant of construction and technical planners are chosen
according to the EU regulations 11/2013• The project plan is ready for the decision making 9/2014, legal 3/2015• Possible changes in the City Plan 10/2013-3/2015• The implementation planning 3/2015-3/2016• Preparations for construction, EU tender requests 4/2016-10/2016• Construction begins 11/2016• The masonry of the ”foundation stone” 4/2017• The building is completed 8/ 2018• Interior decoration and furnishing 9-11/2018• The opening ceremony 12/2018
Helsinki Central Library 2018 is a new type of project where the contents and modes of activity are developed through collaboration between the library, city residents
and partners.
“In Finland public spaces aren’t designed for people. Usually they are empty squares and monuments. Public space should be for us all: street kitchens, sofas, creative nudges, peer learning and so worth. We need space and tools, that could be used for people’s own events, action and ideas.”-Arto Sivonen, urban culture activist &marketing manager
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Vision of the Helsinki City Library
Central Library – a Flagship for All The Libraries
Operations of the Central Library are already being
created in pilots and projects with the help of local
libraries and libraries also nationally.
09.04.23
Case: Participatory BudgetingThe city trying out participatory budgeting for the first time
Participatory budgeting (PB) is a process of democratic deliberation and decision-making. It gives citizens the power to make real decisions about how money is spent-Wikipedia
OLD CLASSIC
Sherry R Arnstein: A Ladder of Citizen Participation Ladder (1969)
“Citizen participation is a categorical term for citizen power. It is the redistribution of power that enables the citizens to be deliberately included in the future. It is the strategy by which the citizens join in determining how for example information is shared, goals and policies are set, tax resources are allocated, programs are operated”.
For the very first time, in 2012 the library offered Helsinki residents the opportunity to collectively decide how €100,000 of development money will be spent.
The PB processThe PB process
09.04.23
1st Round: Creating ideas/The Unel-moi! -campaign
Analyzing, categorising and describing the ideas• Catogies:
o 1) Silenceo 2) Action/ events/ doingo 3) Digital services & ITo 4) Working, learning & DoItYourselfo 5) Children and other special target groupso 6) Collection/ contentso 7) ”All day long”-serviceso 8) Architecture, furnishing & interior decorationo 9) Other
09.04.23
2nd RoundHands in Clay/Methods, Workshops, Decisions
Partners:
• We created together a simple method and frame – with the help of it citizens could easily take part in the process :
o Method for decision makingo Method for workshopso Pilotprojectso Visualization of the budgetary data
Visualization of The Budgetary Datawww.openspending.org
Pilotprojects1. Asiakas lauluntekijänä: Lauluhuone Kirjasto 10:ssä 12 500 €2. Digikulttuurin uudet ilmentymät: Kaupunkiverstas 25 000 €3. Rentoutuminen, hiljaisuus, slow: Suvanto – rajaton tila mielen virkistäytymiseen 33 000 €4. Lasten ja perheiden palvelut: Satusynttärit kirjastossa 15 000 €5. Vertaisoppimisen uudet muodot: Toisilta oppimisen festivaali 20 000 €6. Tapahtumat ja elämykset: Yökirjasto – sinkkuelämää hyllyjen välissä15 000 €7. Kirjallisuuden uudet konseptit: Lost and found – nykykirjailijat herättävät henkiin klassikot 35 000 €8. Lukukokemusten näkyväksi tekeminen: Kuinka kirjat liikuttavat meitä 35 000 €
Workshops:25.10. Kontula library29.10. Kaupunkiverstas/ Urban Workshop1.11. Töölö library
Results
Keskustakirjasto.fi/en
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