DESIGN | Circular Bookcase by David Garcia

Architect David Garcia gives us this great new piece of work. Archive II is a circular library for the nomad book collector, allowing the user to step inside, and walk away with half a ton of books. Archive I is a weight balance library,the readers chair is elevated in proportion to the amount of books in the shelves.

EVERY 30 SECONDS A BOOK IS PUBLISHED IN THE WORLD
THE AVERAGE PUBLICATION PRINTS 5000 COPIES
EVERY MINUTE 10 000 BOOKS ARE SENT TO PRINT

 The average reader can read about 240 words per minute
A 300 page book normally takes 9 hours to read, non stop
I you read while you walk, you can read a book in about 43 kilometers