Brief for the competition “ Little Library” is to design small-scale library that can serve as a medium of knowledge and is able to boost community development.

A library is an educational medium that not only sheds and informs us through knowledge but also encourages its users to grow and share ideas. It gives a safe platform to get lost as well as find yourself.

In today’s context, how can we inculcate this culture with the help of architecture?

Shakotan is a remote town in Hokkaido with no public or other libraries. To visit one the people have to travel to Hokkaido.

How can a small-scale digital library enrich the community of Shakotan?

Can spaces provide easy accessibility and multifunctionality to do so?

The library space should be optimized for not more than 90 users.

 

OBJECTIVES

• Affordable: The design should induce affordability and spaces of easy access.
• Compact and Digital: The library should be compact with provisions of new digital trends.
• Lean: Must be most resourceful and multifunctional by least amount of consumption.
• Universal: The model must be universal, which the community can replicate.

 

For more information visit the competition WEBSITE.

Requirements / Eligibility

The competitions are open for students and professionals from all the disciplines of design.
This is a design idea challenge only. There is no built commission/realization associated with the problem.

Submission / Key Dates

Registration Deadline: February 07, 2022
Submission Deadline: February 08, 2022
Winner Announcement: April 07, 2022

About the Organizer

Unfuse serves as a unit for Uni in the field of Architecture. It intends to break the fusion of traditional design barriers and methodologies by making it a platform for experimentation and conceptual exchange of ideas in architecture, urbanism, society, culture, and ecology. It is a research initiative dedicated to providing opportunities for designers from all domains to explore ideas that go beyond the boundaries of architectural discipline and enrich our built environment; thereby opening up possibilities for the promotion of architectural thought at a global level.

 

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