DEVELOPING A CONDUCIVE LEARNING SPACE FOR THAI ARTS AND DESIGN STUDENTS AT THE SILPAKORN UNIVERSITY LIBRARY, WANG THA PHRA CAMPUS

Abstract

Learning is one of the important elements of acquiring process of knowledge in education field. It becomes one of the three fundamentals in educational sphere beside the area of study or subject and teaching process. This learning process particularly formal learning process requires a suitable and appropriate learning space particularly for Arts and Design students which relate in the context of service design. This study therefore, focuses on the learning space at the Silpakorn University Library of Wang Tha Phra Campus. The objectives of this study are to explore the current situation of learning space of the Silpakorn University Library of Wang Tha Phra Campus that is currently used by Arts and Design students, to evaluate the correlation of requirements between the learning space and the users within the learning space, and finally to create a suitable model of learning space service that is suitable for Arts and Design students at Wang Tha Phra Library. The qualitative approaches by employing two phases of data collection are employed in obtaining relevant information and data. The first phase of data collection under Observation and Interview is to focus on the pilot study in order to obtain fundamental issues to be used for second phase data collection the Participatory Action Research through Design Service Process. The findings of this study are the Space ratio and Space type of Arts and Design Creative Learning Space, which can be divided into 3 types 1) 42% of Educational Space, 2) 36% of Relaxation Space, and 3) 22% of Library. This research also find that the student always use university learning space for 2 main purpose firstly, to find more information about learning and secondly, to gain their creativity skill. Furthermore, the designed space that also reflected all students’s choice of relaxation. The conclusion and recommendations of this study are purpose to suggest Arts and Design-Creative Learning Space Framework. From the integration of all attributes result to finding, the opportunity of searching for “knowledge” to motivate new creativity was created through the design of learning space in an ideal visual arts and creative design. Creating Shared Value (CSV) through Arts and Design-Creative Learning Space that created the shared value in society via the creative learning. Society in this context was a learning process to conceive the new type of learning for arts and design society.