Nomadic Bookstore In Milan

Nomadic Bookstore In Milan
© Laurian Ghinitoiu

NOMADIC BOOKSTORE IN MILAN

AA Museum Lab & Lars Müller Publishers

ARCHITECTS
AA Museum Lab

LOCATION
Piazza S. Marco, 2, 20121 Milano, Italy

CATEGORY
Temporary Stores

PROJECT YEAR
2017

PHOTOGRAPHS
Laurian Ghinitoiu

Nomadic Bookstore In Milan
© Laurian Ghinitoiu
Nomadic Bookstore In Milan
© Laurian Ghinitoiu

Conceived as an itinerant urban structure, the hovering LED-lit roof of the pavilion projects into the city ever changing provocative titles of Lars Müller’s books and shelters the publications within a soft interior-scape.

Nomadic Bookstore In Milan
© Laurian Ghinitoiu
Nomadic Bookstore In Milan
© Laurian Ghinitoiu

Inside the pavilion, the predominant use of fine cork with diamond-pointed ashlar ceiling details, allows for a uniform exhibition book display and provides an acoustically subdued environment within hustle of the urban Milanese context.

Intended as a prototype, in future incarnations the pavilion will transform itself at night by seamlessly morphing into a closed volume through the use of a pneumatic system.

Nomadic Bookstore In Milan
© Laurian Ghinitoiu
Nomadic Bookstore In Milan
© Laurian Ghinitoiu

Designed by the students of the AA Museum Lab, a Diploma unit of the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London, the project is intended as a manifesto of the relevance of books in the context of the expansion of the digital.

Located in the heart of the Brera Design District in Milan, in Piazza San Marco, the Nomadic Bookstore presents a selection of Lars Müller Publisher’s books on Design, Architecture, Photography, Art and Society.

Nomadic Bookstore In Milan
© Laurian Ghinitoiu
Nomadic Bookstore In Milan
Pavilion under construction. Image Courtesy of AA Museum Lab

The pavilion design was selected by an international jury from the competition entries of all eleven students of the AA Museum Lab.

Nomadic Bookstore In Milan
© Laurian Ghinitoiu
Nomadic Bookstore In Milan
© Laurian Ghinitoiu


Nomadic Bookstore In Milan
Model. Image Courtesy of AA Museum Lab
Nomadic Bookstore In Milan
Model. Image Courtesy of AA Museum Lab
Nomadic Bookstore In Milan
Drawing. Image Courtesy of AA Museum Lab
Nomadic Bookstore In Milan
Drawing. Image Courtesy of AA Museum Lab