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  • A library becomes a way to test how far a space can travel while still feeling familiar. Between shipping crates, changing light, and shifting audiences, Studio Etienne Bastormagi applies its methodology of precise, minimal interventions: a careful alignment of volumes, books, and pauses that turns a temporary fair into a sequence of quiet rooms. The Nomadic Library is less a stand than a rehearsal in how architecture can fold, unfold, and reappear elsewhere—carrying memory, knowledge, and encounters from one city to the next.

  • Across all scales, the studio’s work develops over time, shaped by the forces of context, material, and use.

    It is both object and environment – each space is an intervention in the city, each object an architecture in its own right.

Modern living room with a white sectional sofa, a marble coffee table, artwork on the wall, and a separate room visible through glass sliding doors containing a chair and a framed red abstract painting.
Three metallic cylindrical pedestals of varying heights with red vases on top, each holding a flower; a small round red plate with a flower. The flowers are red with green leaves, and the background is plain white.

  • A poetic installation, a nomadic pavilion, a kindergarten roof garden – each is approached with an attuned sense of place and an ambition to reframe spatial possibilities.

Modern living room with a glass sliding door, wooden cabinets, and open shelving with decorative items including a small tree, books, and a globe.

  • each project is a curation, a collection and a community.

    Whether architects, artists, designers or craftsmen, every community allows for a cross-collaboration that enriches the project.

Part of a modern living room with a round marble coffee table and a black textured cabinet, mirror, and beige sofa in the background.

  • what emerges is a body of work that resists easy categorization:

    sculptural yet structural, poetic and rigorous, deeply rooted yet open-ended.

Illustration of a folded cardboard or paper panel with the caption 'moment of folding' in the bottom right corner.
A monochrome illustration of a high-rise building with multiple balconies, captioned 'moment of representation.'
Three elaborate pastries displayed under glass domes inside a modern, bright display case with reflective surfaces and white lighting.

  • bringing the outside in, casting memory as material, and sculpting with light and shadow, the studio’s work is porous.

A modern multicolored wooden table with an abstract geometric pattern, featuring attached round seats on tall bases in a minimalist setting.
Close-up of a person's hand adjusting a white architectural model of a modern building on a blueprint, with a caption reading 'moment of porosity'.

  • exploring the sculptural potential of structure, the practice crafts pieces and places that are both subtle and imaginative.

  • whether urban projects, architecture, interiors, scenography, or objects, each brief begins from a state of unpredictability, offering new possibilities to reveal new typologies.

Black and white abstract grid of various geometric shapes and patterns with the text "moment of fragmentation" at the bottom right.
Modern kitchen with a marble countertop and dark wood cabinetry, with black hanging lights and a view of the living area in the background.

  • architecture is both narrative and process, unfolding through material, memory, and intersecting disciplines.

Colorful abstract sculptures on a concrete surface near the ocean with a clear sky.
A round mirror with a textured gray frame mounted on a white wall, reflecting a window with a view of a blue sky and clouds.

  • striking s a balance between whimsy and restraint, blending playful gestures with a grounded approach to form and materiality.

A 3D illustration of a shower enclosure with frosted glass panels, a curved shower door, and a small corner bench.
A person sitting on a chair in an indoor space, facing large windows with a cityscape view, with a potted plant and a standing mirror or board nearby.
View of a fruit cart with bananas and apples, seen through a mirror reflecting parked cars on the street.

  • metal holds a place of significance in the studio’s work, shaped not only by memory but by proximity:

    the studio, perched in the loft of the metal factory he grew up in, maintains continuity between past and present.

A decorative modern sculpture with two green marble bases connected by black metal rods, holding a white candle, a glass vase with a single sprig of greenery, and a wide-brimmed beige hat.

  • architecture as an evolving laboratory—a space where ideas, materials, and experiences converge to redefine the built environment.

A woman in a yellow dress standing on a circular concrete platform in a courtyard of a modern white building with balconies and large windows.
Black and white digital illustration of a three-dimensional cube grid with the phrase "moment of gravity" written on the upper right side.

  • a practice comfortable in the liminal, drawing together fragments – of place, material, and memory – into new spatial and cultural constellations.