2024-05-04T17:39:38-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/149956836/i-scream-you-scream-we-all-scream-for-this-indonesian-library-made-out-of-2-000-recycled-ice-cream-buckets Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 2016-07-08T17:51:00-04:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ha/ha4j3me7p0ep3pn4.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Designed by SHAU in Bandung (Indonesia's West Java capital), the two-story structure's facade is made from (you guessed it) a grid of recycled plastic ice cream buckets. The ground floor is kept open for various events and activities, and the actual library is located behind the buckets, on the second floor.</p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/3d/3d28rb0f3g6dbl5u.jpg"></p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/zz/zzrhxv17vtadquzx.jpg"></p><p>The kicker is that the buckets are arranged facing either in or out, forming a pattern in binary code that reads, in Indonesian: "book is a window to the world". Clickthrough the link for more info from <a href="http://www.globalconstructionreview.com/news/library-indonesia-built-2000-ic7e-cre7am-buck7ets/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">GCR</a>, and check out more photos in the gallery below.</p><p>Less ice cream, more libraries:</p><ul><li><a title="Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects selected to design the Obama Presidential Center " href="http://archinect.com/news/article/149955229/tod-williams-billie-tsien-architects-selected-to-design-the-obama-presidential-center" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects selected to design the Obama Presidential Center</a></li><li><a title="Breuer's Brutalist library in downtown Atlanta faces demolition" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/149942946/breuer-s-brutalist-library-in-downtown-atlanta-faces-demolition" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Breuer's Brutalist library in downtown Atlanta faces demolition</a></li><li><a title="Turning Alvar Aalto's Mount Angel Abbey library into a concert hall" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/137505768/turning-alvar-aalto-s-mount-angel-abbey-library-into-a-concert-hall" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Turning Alvar Aalto's Mount Angel Abbey library into a concert hall</a></li><li><a title="It's time to say goodbye to the library as we know it" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/135028637/it-s-time-to-say-goodbye-to-the-library-as-we-know-it" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">It's time to say goodbye to the library as we know it</a></li><li><a title="The tiny village library that draws Beijingers in droves" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/131258946/the-tiny-village-library-that-draws-beijingers-in-droves" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The tiny village library that draws Beijingers in droves</a></li></ul>