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Berkeley designers propose building this pavilion entirely out of books, and you can help kickstart the project

Berkeley designers propose building this pavilion entirely out of books, and you can help kickstart the project

Leaders of the Bay Area Book Festival (taking place June 5–7 in Berkeley) are teaming up with arts group Flux Foundation to make Lacuna, a wood-framed, yurt-like structure containing over 50,000 books, all donated by the Internet Archive.

The “participatory” installation, designed with built in benches and alcoves, will have walls literally made out of stacks of books. Ceilings will be made of book pages attached to guy wires. lt will sit in Berkeley’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Civic Center Park, creating what organizers call “a reflective space that offers contrast to—and respite from—the busy energy of the festival.”

In a digital world, this reminder of books’ physicality, and the opportunity to read them and reshape the space, should be a major draw—especially as many bookstores still struggle to stay open. The project is still seeking funding. You can contribute to its Kickstarter campaign here.


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