Architecture Competition

Tiny Library

Total Prize USD 4000
Closed 29 Feb 2020
Early Bird deadline 06 Jan 2020
Submission deadline 25 Mar 2020

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Winners
Honourable Mentions
Top 50 Entries

Introduction

Access to education remains a distant dream in many remote parts of the world even today. Lack of proper infrastructure and resources are the primary reasons for this problem. In such contexts, people need to maximize their skills and abilities with whatever they have at hand. Books are considered to be the torchbearers for knowledge, helping mankind develop its intellect and create a world that is constantly developing.

Providing incubators of education in the form of libraries is an effective way of ensuring people living in remote locations get access to basic education. Rather than accepting urban migration as a given, a library can be designed to restore dignity and induce development.

Volume Zero Competition invited designers to create a Tiny Library that would aid the educational process of the communities living in remote contexts. This would be designed as a centralized think tank for the local communities with a focus on public interactions and community development. Participants had to consider affordability and optimum use of space while designing.

Many entries had iconic, inviting proposals that created a statement of their own on the chosen site. Their proposed design also had contact between humans and nature. The winning designs modelled innovative architecture that encouraged self-learning as well as strengthened the communal spirit.

Volume Zero thanks all the participating members and teams for their entries in the Tiny Library 2019 Architecture Competition!

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Jury

Doan Thanh Ha

H&P Architects,

Li Xiaodong

Li Xiaodong Atelier,

Pinkish Shah

S+PS Architect,

Shilpa Gore Shah

S+PS Architect,

Wenyuan Peng

Yuan Architecture,

Winners

NICHOLAS LIEW YUUNG - SEAN LOH HANYAN - TAI ZHENG WEI

Malaysia VZTL9798e3

KARTHICK RAJA B G - MADUMITHA R

India VZTLf1a244

VERNES CAUSEVIC - LUCY DINNEN

Bosnia and Herzegovina VZTLc215f8

Honourable Mentions

YAP TING SING - NEE ZHI KANG

Malaysia VZTLd26183

WINNATA TITO ARJUNA - RENDY RAEFANDI - KENNY PUNSU

Indonesia VZTLd47d90

NIKHIL PANICKER - DHRUVI SACHANIYA - BHAVIK PATEL

India VZTLf8b17c

MARCO UGOLINI

Italy VZTLf9816a

JESUS JOVAN ROBLES GUADARRAMA - SANTIAGO MARTINEZ HERNANDEZ

Mexico VZTL1422da

YAP AI KEE - CHONG YEE JEAN

Malaysia VZTLed43bf

SHRUTI GAONKAR - RIKA CHAUDHRY - IPSIT PATEL

India VZTLa3526b

LIM GIM HUANG - LIU WEI MING - KENT LEONG YANG JIANN

Malaysia VZTLe3608b

H KOON WEE - DARREN ZHOU - EUNICE SENG

China VZTLb368ef

DAVIDE POGGIO - ROBERTO DOLFINI

Italy VZTLaa7fd7

Top 50

NICHOLAS LIEW YUUNG - SEAN LOH HANYAN - TAI ZHENG WEI

Malaysia VZTL9798e3

KARTHICK RAJA B G - MADUMITHA R

India VZTLf1a244

VERNES CAUSEVIC - LUCY DINNEN

Bosnia and Herzegovina VZTLc215f8

YAP TING SING - NEE ZHI KANG

Malaysia VZTLd26183

WINNATA TITO ARJUNA - RENDY RAEFANDI - KENNY PUNSU

Indonesia VZTLd47d90

NIKHIL PANICKER - DHRUVI SACHANIYA - BHAVIK PATEL

India VZTLf8b17c

MARCO UGOLINI

Italy VZTLf9816a

JESUS JOVAN ROBLES GUADARRAMA - SANTIAGO MARTINEZ HERNANDEZ

Mexico VZTL1422da

YAP AI KEE - CHONG YEE JEAN

Malaysia VZTLed43bf

SHRUTI GAONKAR - RIKA CHAUDHRY - IPSIT PATEL

India VZTLa3526b

LIM GIM HUANG - LIU WEI MING - KENT LEONG YANG JIANN

Malaysia VZTLe3608b

H KOON WEE - DARREN ZHOU - EUNICE SENG

China VZTLb368ef

DAVIDE POGGIO - ROBERTO DOLFINI

Italy VZTLaa7fd7

BRYANT LAU LIANG CHENG - JOEY TEH RU YEN - ANDRE LIM FANG

Singapore VZTL413a83

DASTHER JAKEMEL QUINTERO MIRA - ANA JIMENA DIEGO LACAMBRA

Mexico VZTLd2bab7

CHENYU ZHANG - Ms Susu Pan - Ms Peiying Han

United States VZTL7a2316

SANTHOSH KUMAR - MANIKANDAN A - PRAGADEESWARN A

India VZTL5995fd

Parul - NISHTHA

India VZTL2810bb

LEE KWON HYUK - CHOI SANGWON

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of VZTLa48087

DHRUVITA BOSMIYA - MEET GALA

India VZTL909e01

OJASWI CHAUTHAIWALE - RUCHIRA RATHOD

India VZTL6e588b

SEEMA SANCHETI - ABHISHEK PRAMANICK

India VZTL96078e

THUMBIMPRESSIONS COLLABORATIVE

India VZTLe7ab06

LAKSHYA GUPTA - PREETI GUPTA

India VZTLb820db

DYLAN SCALLAN - HAOSHAN JIANG

United States VZTLf75e18

AJAY KULKARNI - MANSI PARKAR - YUGA SREEJEEV

India VZTL405923

NICOLAS REYES - PABLO CAROCA - DIANA LEON

Australia VZTL88e116

MOHAMMED ZIYADH - VISHNU RAM K

India VZTL643da1

CHRISTOPHER VAN CORLER - PASCAL HENLE - WOOSEONG LEE

Australia VZTLb52d9b

PRATIK DEVI - TEJAS JOSHI

India VZTL1c6463

SAKKIR C - RUCHITRA DINESH

India VZTLed6f16

SHUBHIT KHURANA - ANMOL ARORA - MOHIT GOEL

India VZTLfd1669

AVANI MANDPE - WIPRA GADA

India VZTL555d11

HAODONG YANG - YANGPENGPAI WANG - YIBO XU

Canada VZTL3603a2

EUNBI KO - DONGHOON KIM

South Korea VZTLca931c

SHIYING GAO

Canada VZTLdd7241

ARNAB MONDAL - PRANAY KARMAKAR

India VZTL68901c

ANDREAFRANCESCA ZAGAGLIA

Italy VZTL6d7250

RICHA SINGHAL - ABHINAV BANSAL - BHAVINI KAPUR

India VZTLca816d

ARCHISHMAAN SHRIVASTVA - SASHWAT GHAI - AASTHA KATYAL

India VZTLb17a1f

DANIEL RICARDO MOLINA VELASCO - ESTEBAN ANDRADE NAVAS - GUSTAVO ADOLFO HERNANDEZ

Colombia VZTLba44ab

LU FAN - CHEH YU - ZHANG FAN

China VZTL92eaf7

ISHAN RAKSHIT - STERLEE RAJASEELAN - Sneha Patel

United States VZTL0cfdca

PRIYAL MANISH VASIWALA - DIVYY RASHIK NISHAR - HEET PRASHANT SHAH

India VZTLe44709

JEEL PATEL - SHALOM PEREIRA - HILONI SHETH

India VZTL8506b9

ABHIJEET MANJUNATH - ASMITA SINGH

India VZTL62dfd9

ELENA BELLAVITE - CHIARA AIROLDI - GABRIELE MUNDULA

Botswana VZTL0b30f3

SONALI RANE - MANTAVYA - ROAHAN VISWANATHAN

India VZTL3e35cb

ADITHYA DAVID - ARUNIMA DASGUPTA - SHEFALI MENDON

India VZTL0e0032

SINEAL YAP FUI YEE - JOHANNA LOH JUN YI

India VZTL75d53a