Container Libraries – The Little Helpers of Inspirational Education

A library made out of shipping containers in gaining popularity among the youth in the Netherlands. An architectural innovation designed by Jord den Hollander is a library on wheels that parks in schools to offer their students a new way of getting inspired to read books.

Den Hollander came up with idea by realizing that the narrow Dutch streets need a library that was also both narrow and could…

BiebBus is a book bus that operates in the Zaan region of the Netherlands, a somewhat-populous area comprised of smaller villages that can't quite finance an actual library. The BiebBus was designed so that it takes up less space on the ground by having two "layers." The library is more of a semi-truck and trailer rather than a bus, and is comprised of two layer. The bottom layer is a more permanent layer that contains the library's 7000 book collection, and the top layer is able to slide above the bottom layer and serves as a reading spot. The bus is in collaboration with roughly 20 schools in the area, and will stop at a school for an entire day for the children to use.