the ohio state university | jose oubrerie
this studio concentrated on the idea of floors and connections. it started with a series of bristol model forms which was later assigned program in accordance to the competition for the helsinki central library in finland.
the project was intended to be commentary of the death of libraries and the astronomical rise of the smart phone, computer, and tablet. the architecture serves as a large shaded pavilion in which the masses could huddle and read their devices in a shaded environment, while the structure foreshadows the bookshelf no longer inhabited and the skeleton of the page.
