Combining the written worlds of three literary creators, the Walking Library encourages people to use spaces as a way of reading. The building aims to tackle the current shallowness and gradual abandonment of physical book reading.

The Walking Library is located off a busy street in Highgate, close to a local primary school and bookshop. Visitors can activate different reading areas, which are designed with various materials and shaped following body curves resulted from different human reading positions.

The library provides optimal environmental reading conditions regarding lighting, indoor air quality, and thermal comfort through natural airflow and glazing orientation analysis. On-site renewable energy generators and air exchange units are also integrated into the building design, achieving net-zero carbon.

Structural optimisation is introduced for calculating the primary column. All the architecture components are prefabricated and can be easily assembled on-site. The pedestrian bridge across the two wings provides a floating experience, which further emphasises the theme of walking.