French designer Paul Coudamy has completed the Swollen Wall, a 17m long bookshelf with shperical outgrowths, in an apartment in Paris. The bookshelf which articulates the different living spaces of the habitation is inserted along the two main load-bearing walls. It goes above walls, through the bedroom’s dressing and can either create a hall area in the entrance, or spread on the corner walls of the office room which accommodates a guest bedding under the elevated desk platform.

From floor to top, the shelf is directed by a 20×20cm squared grid. This grid is defined by the pocket book format and is flexible enough to enlarge for bigger formats or objects. You can therefore find room for speakers, umbrellas, A4 files, vases, etc. Closed storage blocks are extruded from these cells offering a mini bar, a dressing, devices storage and so on. The bookshelf is either cut either swollen by virtual spheres thanks to digital manipulations. Its depth variates according to its use but the bookshelf only ‘lives’ when animated by objects.