Aromatica: The Aroma Library

  • Ako A

The Aromatica Library is one of my university projects, the brief was to design library using a temporary structure. I aimed to design a library that also acts as a city intervention. This proposal focused on contrasting the busyness of the Birmingham City Centre and I decided to explore a sensory experience using scent. Aromatica gives people a moment of escape to engage with the library using a system of pulleys and enjoy many fragrances from around the world. The boxes each contain a selection of varying fragrances and factual information about them. Additionally, blank cards are provided in the boxes for the public to express their experiences of the fragrances. Whether they invoke a charming memory, visceral reaction or personal opinion, people can use the cards to write it down and read what others have written.