INTERVENTION

Cambodia’s literacy rate remains low. With limited number of public library, the reading culture is still at its early growth. Moreover, this developing city still lacks common space for the general public to enjoy their time with the community.

Evidence

How might fences shape urban reading rooms around schools?

- Majority of the people that walked passed were individuals rather than groups or clusters.

- The busiest time period was during the time that school starts and ends which are 6:307:00 AM, 11:00 - 12:30 and 5:00 - 5:30.

The project aims to increase literacy rate and encourage reading culture through converting existing fences into a common reading space and a small public library that functions by donation. It would also divert people to use this side of the street more as this side of the road has very little activity.

- Most common age demographic is children & adults between the age of 6 - 45 years old.

Fency Books

spaces for children exist in the site area of Phnom Penh. I also noticed that many street stalls and store-houses have young children playing in and around them. I noticed that these children love superheros and imaginative play but have little resources to express this.