Parametric Design Helped Make this Street Library Out of 240 Pieces of Wood
Downtown Studio's latest design for a street library in Bulgaria, that utilizes the tools of parametric design to create a wooden structure that is light and transportable.
© Emanuil Albert
Downtown Studio's latest design for a street library in Bulgaria, that utilizes the tools of parametric design to create a wooden structure that is light and transportable.The project, a natural undulating form that develops in a semicircle, is constructed by a series of wooden modules that provide a public space with shelves to store and share books.From the architects. “Rapana” is the first street library in Varna, Bulgaria created by a team of young architects and designers.
© Emanuil Albert
Nowadays young people’s lives are almost entirely based on digital consumption and this decreases the popularity of books among this generation. A team of architects and designers (Yuzdzhan Turgaev, Boyan Simeonov, Ibrim Asanov and Mariya Aleksieva) decided to do what they can to partly solve this issue by building a street library.
© Emanuil Albert
Varna is a city located by the sea and is often called “The marine capital of Bulgaria." This is the main reason why the chosen concept shape of the library resembles the shell of a sea snail.
© Emanuil Albert
The design was inspired by nature and its organic shapes. The installation takes into
consideration the most important aspects of the city’s...
© Emanuil Albert
Downtown Studio's latest design for a street library in Bulgaria, that utilizes the tools of parametric design to create a wooden structure that is light and transportable.The project, a natural undulating form that develops in a semicircle, is constructed by a series of wooden modules that provide a public space with shelves to store and share books.From the architects. “Rapana” is the first street library in Varna, Bulgaria created by a team of young architects and designers.
© Emanuil Albert
Nowadays young people’s lives are almost entirely based on digital consumption and this decreases the popularity of books among this generation. A team of architects and designers (Yuzdzhan Turgaev, Boyan Simeonov, Ibrim Asanov and Mariya Aleksieva) decided to do what they can to partly solve this issue by building a street library.
© Emanuil Albert
Varna is a city located by the sea and is often called “The marine capital of Bulgaria." This is the main reason why the chosen concept shape of the library resembles the shell of a sea snail.
© Emanuil Albert
The design was inspired by nature and its organic shapes. The installation takes into
consideration the most important aspects of the city’s...
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