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Monumental Stairs: How Computational Design Guided Collaboration and Innovation at the U.S. Air Force Academy

Clark Nesxen

Embodying this blend of heritage – and future – focus ed design is the building’s striking centerpiece: a monumental staircase winding through its core inspired by the spiral staircase in the McDermott Library on campus. Our computational strategy first tackled the most critical fabrication limit: the bent glass guardrail.

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The Next Chapter for Public Libraries: How Current and Future Trends are Shaping the Libraries of Tomorrow

Clark Nesxen

Over the last few years, public libraries have transitioned from being buildings that only store and lend books to being fully featured community centers. The most successful public libraries are designed with people in mind and with the help of the community they serve. What is most important to those who use the library?

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Landscapes of learning for unknown futures: presenter responses to audience questions

SRHE

That vocabulary must be challenging, so that it provokes new thinking, but it must not be overly technical or oriented towards engineering or architectural concerns. I’d be interested to see what the role of space utilisation monitors/ technology will be in the future of spaces like this. There are power dynamics in certain spaces!