The creation of safe education spaces for the young is a challenging design project to fully account for because on the one hand; you need a degree of openness, visibility, and the capability to teach while on the contrary, you want to provide privacy and places which can be "claimed" as their own. Read 718 address this problem through the design of a 'habitable bookshelf' with a built in reading nook and informal seating platform for group activities and to provide some form of spatial delineation. The bookcase frames the connection to the floor below and functions as a means to join the two spaces and ensure continuity as one progresses down and out into the backyard from the street level above.
Read 718 is a not-for-profit tutoring center for middle school and young teen students
* Project executed while at OPerA Studio Architecture and under the supervision of OPerA Studio Architecture
