ARBO Reads: Reading as Community Building
At Atelier ARBO, our design work has always revolved around the human experiences — how people interact with spaces, light, and each other. ARBO Reads grows from that same soil of thought, but with books as the material. We see reading as an act of connection — not only between reader and writer but also between people who share a physical space of stories. Books can open conversations that architecture sometimes can’t: about sustainability, empathy, childhood, design, and the everyday poetry of life. We see reading as an act of connection — not only between reader and writer but also between people who share a physical space of stories. Books can open conversations that architecture sometimes can’t: about sustainability, empathy, childhood, design, and the everyday poetry of life. Our dream is to seed small ARBO Reads libraries in different neighborhoods — each shaped by the community that surrounds it. Some may hold children’s books and story times while ...