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Sited within Japan\u2019s Nakanoshima Park in Osaka, a children\u2019s book forest designed by Tadao Ando is expressively clad in colorful books. The renowned Japanese architect is widely known for his emphasis on both atmospheric simplicity and spatial complexity. With his latest children\u2019s library, the designer manages to maintain an open and uncluttered interior by integrating books and shelving units into the architecture. Sweeping, curved walls are conceived with gridded pockets, each hosting an outward facing book which itself becomes an engaging and ornamental element of the space.<\/p>\n

The newly completed Nakanoshima Children\u2019s Book Forest, or \u2018Kodomo Honnomori Nakanoshima,\u2019 is donated to Osaka city by Tadao Ando. The project is introduced to offer both children and adults a respite from the fast-paced, instantaneous nature of the digital age. The library comments: \u2018The line is becoming blurred between the flow of information coming in mainly from social media and the information that can be gained from printed books that cannot be edited instantaneously.\u2019 With artfully curated interiors, books are organized not by genre or age-range, encouraging spontaneity and exploration.<\/p>\n

Tadao Ando organizes the space with an attention to scale, with spaces rising upwards three levels together with more intimate areas defined by low, sloping ceilings. Divided by mezzanines, these lofty triple-height sections most dramatically express the field of gridded shelving, occasionally interrupted by narrow, vertical window channels. The library comments on its selection: \u2018we are using a new approach to bring books to children by presenting books of all genres \u2014 everything from picture books children\u2019s stories that can be enjoyed by infants to children\u2019s literature, short stories, reference books reigning from different fields of study, natural science books, art books, and so on \u2014 in a way they could all be enjoyed neutrally and indiscriminately.\u2019<\/p>\n

Instinct Furniture Blog, mostly about cool libraries, furniture and design \u2013 keeping you abreast of our world. (Source: Designboom. Photography courtesy of Nakanoshima Children\u2019s Book Forest and Shunsuke Ito).<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>[vc_gallery type=”image_grid” images=”11263,11252,11253,11254,11255,11256,11258,11259,11260,11261,11262,11251,11257″]<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sited within Japan\u2019s Nakanoshima Park in Osaka, a children\u2019s book forest designed by Tadao Ando is expressively clad in colorful books. The renowned Japanese architect is widely known for his emphasis on both atmospheric simplicity and spatial complexity. 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