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Kikuchi City Central Library

CompanyNomura Co., Ltd.
Lead DesignersKazunobu Nakamura
Design Team Interior Design: Nomura-Kazunobu Nakamura, Lighting Design: Ice, Structure Design: Arup, Sign Design: 6D-K, Adviser: Akihiro Mitsuo
Project LocationKumamoto,JAPAN
ClientKikuchi City
CreditsPhotograph : Atsushi Ishida
Prize(s)Bronze in Interior Design / Institutional
Entry Description

A library built in Kikuchi city famous for rich water and river. This library has a space formed by a bookshelf that draws a flowing curve named "Book River". We created a variety of places by this bookshelf with motif of citizen's identity Kikuchi River. The bookshelf changes various heights, becomes a seat, becomes a counter, or encloses a space like a wall. Big holes in the bookshelf, it becomes a tunnel, a window, a space like a capsule. The space that was softly partitioned by the bookshelf that transmits light creates a place of different atmosphere and creates rich communication.