Pabellón Editorial Universidad Javeriana FILBO 2017

Project Details

Editorial Pavilion Universidad Javeriana FILBO 2017

DESCRIPTION

The Pontificia Universidad Javeriana pavilion for FILBo, the Bogotá International Book Fair, brings together a radio station, a library, a reading room, and a gathering space within an open, demountable structure. Its perimeter works as an active surface: rather than enclosing the space, it organizes circulation, places to stay, small stepped seating areas, and formats for brief book presentations.

The plan is composed through precise geometries that differentiate uses and modes of occupation. An elevated timber parallelepiped houses the radio station on two levels and mediates the visual relationship with the surrounding corridor. At the center, a cross-shaped piece of furniture operates simultaneously as stepped seating, display support, and a place to pause. A cylindrical library introduces an autonomous element within the whole: a small freestanding pavilion inside another pavilion, establishing a relationship between interior and exterior, concentration and openness.

The edges of the pavilion are activated as small infrastructures for encounter. Readings, conversations, brief presentations, and spontaneous paths through books can all take place there. The shelving is conceived as an assembly system, secured with clamps and reversible joints that facilitate installation, dismantling, and the reuse of its components.

Designed to travel through five editions of the fair, the pavilion embraces temporality as part of its architecture. It is not a fixed installation, but a transportable and adaptable system capable of transforming with each assembly: a lightweight cultural infrastructure for reading, listening, gathering, and being installed again.

DETAILS

Use

Reading Exhibition

Type

Pavilion

Duration

14 days

Attendees

30,000

Second life

Library: Donated to the public school district.

Area

120 m²

Location

Bogotá D. C. – Colombia

Meters above the sea level

2625

Average annual temperature

13.1 °C

Year

2017 – 2018 – 2019

Client

Editorial Javeriana – Pontificia Universidad Javeriana

Design

Yemail Architecture

Construction

Yemail Architecture + H&G Studios

Project team

Antonio Yemail + José Luis Hoyos + Luiz Pataro + Juan Camilo Anzola + Julian Mahecha + Nataly Salas Patiño

Architectural Model

Sara Escobar Aristizabal

Graphic production

G2 Advertising

Photo Credits

Santiago Pinyol

Categories: Culture