Alexis
bookshop, 2010
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How can a small bookshop compete within a network of firmly established booksellers? What can it offer to customers? Our aim was to create a flexible space that would not only sell books but would also be capable of facilitating various collateral events such as projections, readings, minor concerts, workshops, etc.
This implies maximum use of the potential of one of many spaces in the former knit factory Cvernovka in which the shop is situated. For the purpose of the previous service, the 5 meter high longitudinal tract was divided into two levels in one third of the space.
previous state
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Two focal points of the bookshop are placed at both ends of the longitudinal space. A checkout is next to the entrance and a coffee bar is on the opposite side on an original elevated gallery. Both levels are connected with cascades which serve as an auditorium during collateral events and allow customers to sit, read, relax or communicate through regular opening hours.
previous state
construction
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Étienne-Louis Boullée, Bibliothèque du Roi(1785)
Books are stored in long shelves along both sides of the bookshop. By this means a clear oragnization and a monumental effect is achieved. New titles and bestsellers are displayed at several mobile stands.
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The permanent part of the program – storage, deposit, office and lavatory – are placed under the gallery and accessible via a staircase at the edge of the coffee bar and cascades.
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opening party, december 2010
opening party, december 2010
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