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Document
Abstract
The library spaces that were deemed most successful by the education students were those completed by the Robin Hood Foundation, which frequently rehabilitates underutilized spaces in inner-city schools to insert interactive, colorful and children-friendly library and learning spaces. Some shared suggestions to ensure such children- friendly accessibility were low bookshelves with book covers facing outwards, engaging and lively color schemes and comfortable furnishings.
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Chafee, Cameron; Bovine, Leaha; Hirose, Karin; Johnson, Shawn; Meiklejohn, James; Sargent, Rebecca; Miklos, Robert; Batchelor, Sam; Ard, Kelly; Guastafeste, Lindsey; Wheeler, Jake; and Robinson, Arnold, "Adams Memorial Library Children's Room" (2012). Architecture and Urban Design. 5.
https://docs.rwu.edu/cpc_aud/5
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In the fall of 2012, the School of Architecture, Art and Historic Preservation hosted a firm-in-residence: Design- Lab Architects of Boston, Massachusetts, which taught a graduate architectural design studio with a focus on adapting historic properties as a catalyst for community revitalization. The case study for the semester was Adams Memorial Library, located in Central Falls, Rhode Island.