Architecture Competition

Tiny Library

  • Total Prize USD 4000
  • Closed 23 Jun 2023
  • Early Bird deadline 12 May 2023
  • Submission deadline 23 Jun 2023
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Introduction

Access to education remains a luxury in select parts of the world. Formal education often comes with its own set of systemic requirements and restrictions. However, what remains a powerful source of imparting knowledge in the ever-changing world are books. These torchbearers of knowledge are often incubated in the sacred space called a library.
 
These educational incubators must not only shed light on conventional means of knowledge but also encourage their users to interact, share ideas and grow together. With the Tiny Library architecture competition, we urged architects, designers, thinkers, and innovators, to rethink a library of the 21st century as a public space that ignites the new age learning movement. This space must be designed as a centralized think tank for the local communities with a focus on activities and functions of public interactions and community development.
 
The proposals were to be designed for rural or remote locations and could be stationary or mobile, having human and nature connections. They should have also been adaptable and replicable to suit other contexts. Apart from the conventional library spaces, the participants were encouraged to provoke innovative activities that stimulated learning through the design.
 
The top entries of the Tiny Library architecture contest not only reinvented the purpose of a library but also redefined its power. From being a temple for hoarding knowledge to becoming tools of empowerment for villagers, the designs extended the horizons of creativity.
 
Volume Zero thanks all the participating members and teams for their entries in the Tiny Library 2023 Architecture Competition!

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Jury


Ahmad Thaneem

3dor Concepts, India

Antonio Garza Ferrigno

Proyecto Reacciona, Mexico

Catherine Ranger

MGS Architects, Australia

Lui Hanxio

LLLab, China

Luis Ricardo

LLLab, China

Peter W. Ferretto

Condition_Lab, China

Puran Kumar

Studio PKA, India

Sebastian Irarrazaval

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Winners


BOURGEOIS LECHASSEUR ARCHITECTES

Canada VZTL237342851


Ravisha Rathore - Devesh Uniyal

India VZTL232462807


Void Studios

United Kingdom VZTL235303020



Honourable Mentions


Salmah Beydoun

United States VZTL236387722


Alexander Tarek Araj

Germany VZTL231236221


Aman Bhavsar - Joy Ann Lim Ee Hsien

India VZTL235794713


Antar Ghazoul

United Kingdom VZTL239792871


Thakan Navapakpilai - Xiaobai Zhao

United States VZTL231804880


Akkarawin Valinluck - Pimchid Chariyacharoen

Thailand VZTL236435049


Dilianis Arenas

United States VZTL238008248


Pedro Medeiros De Faria

Brazil VZTL231363990


Alexander Babushkin - Sophio Bedoshvili

Russia VZTL233716144


Nahom Redda - Amanuel Demissie

Ethiopia VZTL236453667



Top 50


BOURGEOIS LECHASSEUR ARCHITECTES

Canada VZTL237342851

Ravisha Rathore - Devesh Uniyal

India VZTL232462807

Void Studios

United Kingdom VZTL235303020

Salmah Beydoun

United States VZTL236387722

Alexander Tarek Araj

Germany VZTL231236221

Aman Bhavsar - Joy Ann Lim Ee Hsien

India VZTL235794713

Antar Ghazoul

United Kingdom VZTL239792871

Thakan Navapakpilai - Xiaobai Zhao

United States VZTL231804880

Akkarawin Valinluck - Pimchid Chariyacharoen

Thailand VZTL236435049

Dilianis Arenas

United States VZTL238008248

Pedro Medeiros De Faria

Brazil VZTL231363990

Alexander Babushkin - Sophio Bedoshvili

Russia VZTL233716144

Nahom Redda - Amanuel Demissie

Ethiopia VZTL236453667

Gopal Suner - SUFAIL - VAIBHAV PAWAR

India VZTL238084772

Bernice Low

Germany VZTL238563578

Thanh Le - Aarif Ahmad

United States VZTL239570629

Francisco Carrion

Chile VZTL236282987

Pratik Dhanmer - Shardul Patil

India VZTL239576681

Yunjia Wang

China VZTL231529194

Fatul Zahir

Malaysia VZTL234509099

Sheryl Liao - Hikaru Oishi

United Kingdom VZTL231169160

Ilirjana Stambolliu

Sweden VZTL231818019

Manthan Hingoo - Neha Chitroda

India VZTL239009663

Huang Xinran - NG JIA XUAN - Ye Junjie

China VZTL23776776

Nikhil Agrawal

India VZTL233219373

Pradnya Mahale - Neeraja Bhalerao - Akshay Sonawane

India VZTL234517305

Yara El Jammal - Karen Berbari

Canada VZTL238610612

Maitri Shah

India VZTL235076798

Ravi Shapariya - Brijesh Kukadiya

India VZTL237018851

Jeon Jae-yeop - Younggyu Kim

Korea South VZTL23320456

Karthikeyan Nachiappan - Boominathan - Mary Andrea Fernando

India VZTL231201355

Gowri Thara Nataraja - Chin Kar Mun

India VZTL238438616

Sanya Gupta

India VZTL231304695

Mishal Kp - Sneha Theresa Manjaly

India VZTL23415089

VINITA KAUR M CHIRAGIA

India VZTL232145134

Xiaogang Feng - Shumin Xie - Siyun Xiang

China VZTL235991880

Muskan Jain - Peeyush Gautam

India VZTL231574545

Rejin Karthik - Nikhila Raveendran - Arsha Giju

India VZTL232358307

Montserrat Miranda Vallmajo - Jynwell Maloles Flores

Spain VZTL237121796

Raveena D - Ayesha De Sousa

India VZTL23608401

Kristy Kimball

United States VZTL236882160

Yatindra Patil

India VZTL234183198

Igor Dos Reis Neves - Isabela Cordon Fortuna Pereira - Bruno Castiglioni Castilho

Brazil VZTL234242092

LVL ARCHITECTS

United Kingdom VZTL237221681

Dhaval Mantri - Bhavesh Govindani - Sanskruti More

India VZTL232816056

Aviral Sharma - Harshvardhan Jha - Nenio Chalai

India VZTL233183409

Xinhui Zhao - Jiayi Wang - Yvshu Che

China VZTL236184708

Priyanka Lele

India VZTL23962791

Jeffy Roshni - Jeeth Joseph Kannikkatt - Prakulan K

India VZTL238814637

VIDHI SINGH - K Chetan Dora

India VZTL239622634



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