The Library as Shadow

For our assignment, we are each assigned a project manifesto, I received, The Library as Shadow. The project of the studio is to expand the library by creating an (other) library, the manifesto acts as a "lens" of which will influence the design process and become an organizational metaphor. what does "library as shadow" means to me? and how do I represent it in my work? these are questions that I have began to explore. First of all, light and shadow cannot exist without the other they are interlinked. Shadows can be thought of as spaces created by light or as an area covered in darkness. A shadow is formed only in reference to a position of an obstruction of an object or space. Shadows are constantly changing and malleable. This aspect is closely related to that knowledge and books constantly being formed and created and constantly changing. Perhaps the space that exist inside is representative of that constant changing shadow to represent this quest for knowledge and power that books represent. Shadows deal with inherent voids and what lies between and among our constructed shapes.












I useful source is "The Secrets of Shadow" which explores the meaning of shadows. There are 50 example of architects who are referred to as "shadow seekers" from around the world, including architects Tadao Ando and Sverre Fehn. Each contributed their own work that reveals the importance of shadows in contemporary architectural concepts.