Are the books that are visible in this picture actual parts of the library’s catalogue, intended to be available for reading or borrowing, or are they just there for aesthetics?
(It seems like it must be the latter, for at least some of them.)
Oh, that’s a bit disappointing. I’ll put that in the “just for aesthetics” bucket, then. To me, that makes this feel less like “rationalist art”, though I’m not sure how fair that is.
Are the books that are visible in this picture actual parts of the library’s catalogue, intended to be available for reading or borrowing, or are they just there for aesthetics?
(It seems like it must be the latter, for at least some of them.)
Apparently it’s a third option—most don’t actually exist!
https://www.mashable.com/2017/11/17/china-binhai-library
Oh, that’s a bit disappointing. I’ll put that in the “just for aesthetics” bucket, then. To me, that makes this feel less like “rationalist art”, though I’m not sure how fair that is.