Dwalersarchief

Dwalersarchief

Dwalersarchief

Dwalersarchief

Designing an immersive visitor experience to get a feel for the immense scale of the KB National Library archive.

Designing an immersive visitor experience to get a feel for the immense scale of the KB National Library archive.

Designing an immersive visitor experience to get a feel for the immense scale of the KB National Library archive.

This project is linked to the client KB Nationale Bibliotheek. Their case is about their relocation of the main collection consisting of 120 kilometers of publications. This collection consists of publications written in the Netherlands or about it, dating back 1200 years. The relocation is necessary to create a better and more safe environment for the preservation of the publications.

Client:

Client:

Client:

Industrial designer

Industrial designer

Duration:

Duration:

20 weeks

20 weeks

Year:

Year:

2026

2026

Service Provided:

Service Provided:

Design proposal, concept development

Design proposal, concept development

01 Design Process

Go to final design

01 Design Process

Go to final design

01 Design Process

Go to final design

01 Design Process

Background

Background

Background

Background

The KB wants to continue to make people aware of their core task: storing and preserving publications. Guided tours of the current warehouse are the main tool to try and give visitors the sense of scale the KB is dealing with however, this is no longer possible in the new warehouse. That is why they are looking for other ways to offer visitors this experience within their publicly open building in The Hague.

The KB wants to continue to make people aware of their core task: storing and preserving publications. Guided tours of the current warehouse are the main tool to try and give visitors the sense of scale the KB is dealing with however, this is no longer possible in the new warehouse. That is why they are looking for other ways to offer visitors this experience within their publicly open building in The Hague.

The KB wants to continue to make people aware of their core task: storing and preserving publications. Guided tours of the current warehouse are the main tool to try and give visitors the sense of scale the KB is dealing with however, this is no longer possible in the new warehouse. That is why they are looking for other ways to offer visitors this experience within their publicly open building in The Hague.

The KB wants to continue to make people aware of their core task: storing and preserving publications. Guided tours of the current warehouse are the main tool to try and give visitors the sense of scale the KB is dealing with however, this is no longer possible in the new warehouse. That is why they are looking for other ways to offer visitors this experience within their publicly open building in The Hague.

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Scale model

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02 Final Design

Go back to process

02 Final Design

Go back to process

02 Final Design

Go back to process

02 Final Design

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