{"id":62721,"date":"2026-01-19T12:36:42","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T07:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theeveningpost.in\/index.php\/2026\/01\/19\/tdv-and-archohm-designed-french-pavilion-for-world-book-fair-new-delhi-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T12:36:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T07:06:42","slug":"tdv-and-archohm-designed-french-pavilion-for-world-book-fair-new-delhi-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theeveningpost.in\/index.php\/2026\/01\/19\/tdv-and-archohm-designed-french-pavilion-for-world-book-fair-new-delhi-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"TDV and Archohm Designed French Pavilion for World Book Fair New Delhi 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><span><strong>New Delhi [India], January 19:<\/strong> <\/span><strong>The Design Village (TDV)<\/strong>, in collaboration with\u00a0<strong>Studio Archohm,<\/strong>\u00a0designed the\u00a0<strong>French Pavilion<\/strong> at the World Book Fair, New Delhi, held at Bharat Mandapam from 10 to 18 January 2026, as part of France\u2019s participation as Guest of Honour.\u00a0The pavilion was conceived as an immersive and contemporary environment bringing together literature, architecture, and sustainability.<\/p>\n<p>The pavilion presented French authors and publishers while highlighting the long-standing cultural dialogue between France and India. France\u2019s participation aligned with President Macron\u2019s visit to India in February 2026 and reflected ongoing cooperation supported by institutions such as the Institut Fran\u00e7ais en Inde (IFI) and the Indo-French Year of Innovation 2026 (IFYoI).<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on the project,\u00a0<strong>Mridu Sahai Patnaik, Co-Founder, The Design Village<\/strong>, said, \u201cBeing part of the French Pavilion project was an incredible journey. We contributed to creating a grand bamboo bookshelf, a living archive that celebrated the dialogue between French literary excellence and Indian vernacular knowledge systems. By choosing bamboo, the pavilion was rooted in the Indian context while honoring a material historically linked to the early history of writing itself. At its core, this project was a confluence of literature, architecture, and ecology, narrating a story of shared resilience and the enduring connection between nations through sustainable design.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The architectural concept drew from Notre-Dame Cathedral, France\u2019s most visited monument in 2025 and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. As a symbol of resilience, collective memory, and cultural heritage, Notre-Dame also held a close association with literature through Victor Hugo\u2019s Notre-Dame de Paris, which informed the pavilion\u2019s narrative approach to storytelling and space.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gr\u00e9gor TRUMEL, Conseiller de coop\u00e9ration et d\u2019action culturelle, Ambassade de France en Inde, Directeur de l\u2019Institut fran\u00e7ais en Inde<\/strong>, said, \u201cThe French Pavilion is where one comes to access the latest French books, especially children\u2019s books with their innovative designs and outstanding illustrations. This year, we also have an English section with iconic French books. To celebrate the India-France Year of Innovation 2026, we wanted the French Pavilion to be an architectural statement, a testimony to the high esteem we have for books as a nation. To shape our Pavilion like Notre-Dame de Paris was daring, but we immediately agreed with the proposal made by The Design Village and Archohm. The act of reading is not far from a sacred experience in the sense that it is an intimate dialogue with one\u2019s own thoughts and ideas, usually done in solitude and contemplation. Conceiving the French Pavilion as a sanctuary for books also acts as a powerful symbol in an era where books continue to be banned in many countries for the ideas and messages they convey. The French Pavilion embodies the values of the circulation of knowledge and freedom of expression. And I love this literary \u201ccathedral\u201d, come and visit it, it\u2019s just stunning!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To root the structure within the Indian context, bamboo was selected as the primary construction material. A cornerstone of India\u2019s vernacular architecture and a sustainable, renewable resource, bamboo also carried historical links to early writing systems and paper-making, reinforcing its relevance to the world of books.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe French Pavilion hosted a series of conversations under the banner of \u201cFuture of Books\u201d where Indian and French professionals discussed the profound transformations shaping the publishing landscape. We were delighted that these exchanges took place inside the French Pavilion, which offered an intimate and conducive setting for in-depth discussions,\u201d added\u00a0<strong>Julia TROUILLOUD, Attach\u00e9e Culturelle pour le Livre et le D\u00e9bat d\u2019Id\u00e9es, Cultural Attach\u00e9 for Books, Debates &amp; Ideas.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>If you have any objection to this press release content, kindly contact pr.error.rectification@gmail.com to notify us. We will respond and rectify the situation in the next 24 hours.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi [India], January 19: The Design Village (TDV), in collaboration with\u00a0Studio Archohm,\u00a0designed the\u00a0French Pavilion at the World Book Fair, New Delhi, held at Bharat Mandapam from 10 to 18 January 2026, as part of France\u2019s participation as Guest of Honour.\u00a0The pavilion was conceived as an immersive and contemporary environment bringing together literature, architecture, and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":62722,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[299],"class_list":["post-62721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","tag-national"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeveningpost.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeveningpost.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeveningpost.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeveningpost.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeveningpost.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theeveningpost.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62721\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeveningpost.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeveningpost.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeveningpost.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeveningpost.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}