OFFICE 214
BOOK ROOM – Paris
The new bookshop at the Palais de Tokyo, a collaboration with the publishers Walther König and Cahiers d’Art, is inserted into the stripped-down framework of the 1930s building. A continuous linear bookshelf – a series of 2m × 4m wooden units, painted bright yellow – forms both the structure and the perimeter of the shop. It separates the main display area from the storage in the back, and curves around the columns to define the entrance and rare prints exhibition space, making a display window that encourages the flow of visitors. Different elements – perforated metal backs, glass panels, sliding doors and curtains – are flexibly attached to the main structure, depending on the various functions the perimeter needs to perform.
Year
2016 – 2017
Location
Paris, FR
Type
Culture, Public, Interiors, Retail
Status
Built
Surface
400 m2
Client
Buchhandlung Walther König & Cahiers d’Art
Collaborator(s)
APS, Joris Kritis, Klaus Kuhmann
Design team
Kersten Geers, David Van Severen, Yuichiro Onuma
Photographs
Bas Princen