Indian architecture studio Nudes has designed the meandering BookWorm pavilion to encourage reading among children and adults.
Located in the gardens of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS) Museum in Mumbai, the BookWorm pavilion has been built as a response to the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goal that all youths and a substantial proportion of adults achieve literacy by 2030.

Rather than mirror the potentially intimidating or inaccessible spaces of libraries, schools and museums, the pavilion was designed to be a "fun and welcoming space" open to all.
"The aim was to create a book-scape of sorts which invites children to explore and learn simultaneously," explained the studio.
"We wanted to make reading a fun activity, encourage children to pick books and read, irrespective of language."
The 35-metres-long pavilion winds its way through the museum gardens.
It is made of two simple, modular structures based on wooden ladders that stretch outward to create undulating forms at either side of a central pathway.

Built from around 3,600 wooden components, these ladders house both shelf and seating areas for storytelling sessions, offering unique views out across the museum gardens while providing space for approximately 12,000 books.

Underneath, areas of dappled shade are created by these bookshelves that enable the pavilion to be experienced from the "inside-out", creating more intimate and secluded...