Variations

Solutions

Research resulting from accumulation of information gathered online or in the libraries may create new problems. Libraries support our research by enriching the online-accessible data with the old knowledge accumulated in print. Despite of our digitizing efforts, many books wait for those who prefer paper copies, for archivists, and collectors.

When we are entering a library building we see the neighboring architectural details that help us remember the building’s architectural style after we entered it. The style of a public library’s façade adds to its interior space. What we see outside a window may distract us in our study, but at the same time it may enrich and elevate our state of mind. The presence of other people working in the architecturally rich place may digress one’s path of thought and influence the logical and cognitive processes.          

Some classrooms are built without windows to help children concentrate, they explain. The walls are filled with posters, images, texts, and equations to help the room occupants learn and remind them about the reason for being there. Some transportation and shopping related centers are placed under the ground. They are decorated by winning artists or by the local merchants. They influence our feeling of being under the ground, with no access to the sun on many levels.

The surrounding architecture helps us integrate knowledge accumulated in traditional media with an online content, and the place we are studying in may influence the flow of our study.