Taman Bima Microlibrary, Bandung Public Building, Reading Facility, Indonesian Architecture, Images
Taman Bima Microlibrary in Bandung
Sustainable Modern Library in Indonesia ? design by SHAU Architects
8 May 2019
Taman Bima Microlibrary
Design: SHAU Architects
Location: Bandun, Indonesia

photo © Aga Khan Trust for Culture / Cemal Emden
Taman Bima Microlibrary is a pilot project for a series of low-cost, eco-conscious reading facilities in urban and rural villages, the Microlibrary aims to help combat Indonesia?s low literacy rates.

photos © Aga Khan Trust for Culture / Cemal Emden
An elevated library and book storage space was added above a pre-existing stage used for community events. The upper structure is steel and concrete, with façades made of 2,000 upcycled ice-cream buckets, which help with day light and cross-ventilation.
photo © Aga Khan Trust for Culture / Cemal Emden
The pattern, in zeros (open) and ones (closed), presents a binary coding of a message from a former Bandung mayor that translates as ?Books are the windows to the world?. The stage below remains as a semi-open public space, and the stairs also serve as seating. Various social-oriented events that take place every week have proved highly popular among locals.

drawing © SHAU Architects
Taman Bima Microlibrary, Bandung – Building Information
Architect: SHAU Architects

Location: Bandung, Indonesia

Client: Dompet Dhuafa, City of Bandung, Indonesia

Completed: 2016

Built Area: 5...