© Rintala Eggertsson Architects . Pubblicata il 10 Dicembre 2010.

15.000 religious, political and filosophical books that would have otherwise been dis- troyed, were collected from universities and libraries around the world. They were brought to Piazza della Reppublica in Firenze, Italy, and used as material for the work. Seen from outside all different languages, titles and colours form a rich collage. Inside all is just harmonous white paper. One cannot tell which one was the Bible, which one the Koran.

© Rintala Eggertsson Architects . Pubblicata il 10 Dicembre 2010.

The process and the work itself received a lot of attention. The installation was destroyed in only 30 hours by the citizens of the reneissance town, although the books were written in languages they can never read, like Polish or Lithuanian. All the books taken home, the installation continues its life in the bookshelves of the florentian bourgeosie.

© Rintala Eggertsson Architects . Pubblicata il 10 Dicembre 2010.

The work received the Lorenzo Il Magnifico-award.

© Rintala Eggertsson Architects . Pubblicata il 10 Dicembre 2010.