HELIOCENTRIC BOOKCASE

Professor. Cathy Braasch

Arch 132 Spring 2020

Bookcase: 8 Weeks

The Heliocentric bookcase is a rejection of traditional rectangular framed book shelving for a design of a much higher aesthetic interest. This primarily accomplished with the circular focal point at the center of the bookcase. As the name suggests the circle metaphorically is interpreted as the center and most important part of the bookcase which everything revolves around. Contrasting all the other rectangular elements and immediately drawing the eye. Establishing the circle as the most dominant point. Additionally, the circle at the center gives way to effortless mobility allowing for any configuration within ninety degrees. The bookcase should also serve as a definer of space, which is accomplished by the decreasing the width of the pieces as they draw in towards the center. The bookcase should embrace the flat pack idea entirely by accomplishing all this without the use of any hardware.