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Mother and child

Irene (36) and Sam (6) live in the Prins Mauritsstraat, close to Spacebook. Sam will turn 7 in a week and wants to give a birthday party for some of his school friends. Unfortunately their house is really small, and a party at home is not possible for Sam. To not disappoint her son, Irene visits the Spacebook website on the home computer. Her knowledge of computers is not that big, but the Spacebook website is easy enough to work with. She only needs to fill out when the party will take place and how many children are coming, and the website does the rest! There is even a predefined setting for a party space! In 10 minutes Sam's Birthday Space is booked: a nice covered room to eat cake and drink lemonade. The children can also play outside, some small bumps are created specially for Sam's Birthday!

At the day of the party all the children meet at Sam's house. Sam is really excited because he knows what is going to happen next: they are going to watch his birthday space grow! With his 6 friends and Irene he walks to Spacebook. They are right on time, the lights are already blinking to show the structure is changing! The children are amazed: they have never seen a moving building before. After 10 minutes of looking in awe at the structure and climbing on the surface while it is growing, Sam's Birthday Space is finished. The party can now start.

After two hours of playing tag and hide and seek the party is over. Sam has had the best birthday party ever, and all his friends think he is cool to give his party in a moving building. Irene is really glad to see her son happy and is also relieve that now she has nothing to clean up. When the kids walk back to Sam's home, the lights start flashing again, and Sam's Birthday Place is slowly disappearing.

BK Beats

Every two years Stylos, the study association of the Faculty of Architecture, organises BK Beats: a party where the faculty turns into a dance floor. The party grows bigger and bigger each year, and the organization of BK Beats is looking for additional spaces to use for BK Beats.

Half a year before BK Beats takes place, the chairman of Stylos (Jan) contacts the owner of Spacebook: Ronald of TU Delft Facility Management. Together they talk about the possibilities to use Spacebook as an extention of BK Beats. Ronald is very excited by this idea and sets up a meeting between Jan and the Facility Management IT service. The IT service guy, Mitch, sets up a guest administrator account for Jan. Mitch also blocks out Spacebook for 2 full days before and after the party, so Jan and his crew have enough time to set up and remove all lighting and sound equipment. During this period no other users can book Spacebook. It also gives TU Facility Management the opportunity to conduct some maintanence work on the site.

With the guest administrator account Jan, and the rest of the Stylos board, have the freedom to create Spacebook completely to their wishes. It takes a little while before they manage full control with the advanced interface, but the result is stunning. When the BK Beats party is there, Spacebook is transformed into an interesting landscape of music podia, caberet spaces and lounge areas. A place to escape the heat and crowd of BK beats and enjoy some easy music and watch the sky.

Musician

Joost (42) works as a web developer for a big IT firm. When he is at home he loves playing his guitar and writing new songs. For Joost the best part of his music is when he can share it with other people, but not many of his friends or colleagues share the same interest.

Already a year and a half back Joost started playing his guitar at Spacebook. He would book himself a space on a Friday night or Saturday night once in a while and meet new people. Back then he used the standard options given by Spacebook, they served his purpose. During the nights Joost played his music people would come and watch what he was doing. Sometimes a fellow guitar player joined him.

Over time Joost got more and more regulars joining or watching him on those Friday or Saturday nights. It has grown into a weekly jam session with Joost as the main organizator. When he had to wait at work for a client Joost used the time to make a personalized Spacebook space. By then he knew what kind of space he would like and called the new space Joost's Jamming Place. It is saved into the library of Spacebook, so his fellow music lovers can also use the space when Joost is not around.

Group of teenagers

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