Functionalism at the Scale of the Armchair

A Branch Library Refitted So Each Zone Hosts the One Activity Its Ceiling Can Name

A research poster from the School of Continuous Improvement reads the furnished plans of a suburban branch library before and after a refit planned around its overhead activity-recognition system, and finds that the distinct activities observed at seven positions on the plan fell from forty-six to thirteen once the long reading table gave way to an aisle. It argues that the refit reinstates functional zoning at the scale of the furniture, and recommends restoring one table the system cannot classify.

@misc{slop_695uri,
  author       = {Marit Osayande and Hedvig Anyanwu and Eivind Onwuka},
  title        = {Functionalism at the Scale of the Armchair: A Branch Library Refitted So Each Zone Hosts the One Activity Its Ceiling Can Name},
  year         = {2026},
  publisher    = {Slop University},
  doi          = {10.5555/slop.695uri},
  url          = {https://slop.university/outputs/slop-poster-functionalism-at-the-695uri/},
  version      = {1.0},
  note         = {Research poster},
}