BookWorm Pavilion

BookWorm Pavilion
© Sameer Chawda

BOOKWORM PAVILION

Nudes

PHOTOGRAPHS
Sameer Chawda

FOUNDER & PRINCIPAL ARCHITECT
Nuru Karim

AREA
432 m²

ARCHITECTS
Nudes

MANUFACTURERS
Century Plywood, MERINO LAMINATES

YEAR
2020

CATEGORY
Pavilion, Library

ARCHITECT
Aditya Jain , Dhruval Shah , Supriya Dubey , AA Aravind

LOCATION
Mumbai, India

The Sustainable Development Goals call for “all youth and a substantial proportion of adults, both men, and women, to achieve literacy and numeracy” by 2030. Approximately 750 million people over the age of 15 still lack basic reading and writing skills.

BookWorm Pavilion
© Sameer Chawda
BookWorm Pavilion
© Sameer Chawda

There exists a direct relationship between reading/human literacy and issues such as reduction in crime, poverty alleviation, improvement of health, and increase in employment.

The “BookWorm” pavilion aims to foster a sense of learning through the creation of an interactive learning space. Most library and institutional structures are often intimidating for children.

BookWorm Pavilion
© Sameer Chawda
BookWorm Pavilion
© Sameer Chawda

The aim was to create a landscape of books that invite children to explore and learn simultaneously. We wanted children to engage in “reading” as a fun activity, encourage children to pick books and read, irrespective of language.

The pavilion “worms” through the landscape to offer a unique browsing experience along a meandering pathway.

BookWorm Pavilion
© Sameer Chawda
BookWorm Pavilion
© Sameer Chawda

The “BookWorm” is a deployable pavilion measuring 120’0” L x 40’0” W constructed out of approx 3600 modular pre-fabricated components to house books and spaces for reading.

The pavilion has a low carbon footprint and promotes sustainable building technologies to house “reading”, storytelling activities for society at large. The pavilion was fabricated off-shore and deployed on-site within a week.

BookWorm Pavilion
© Sameer Chawda
BookWorm Pavilion
© Sameer Chawda
BookWorm Pavilion
© Sameer Chawda

Books have been donated by several schools across the city. These books shall be donated to NGOs and needy children. We are hoping that the “BookWorm” travels across the country in both rural and urban areas, spreading the message of “empowerment through education”.


BookWorm Pavilion
© Sameer Chawda
BookWorm Pavilion
© Sameer Chawda
BookWorm Pavilion
© Sameer Chawda


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