Maintaning the capacity to read a book in a structure for supporting a book-dome.
In the roofstructure you can see the covers of the book. In the columns you can feel and read the books.

DOME
Overlapping connection working in tension by the own weight of the books.
Added materials could be resin or screws to reinforce the connection.

BOOKSHELF COLUMN

Shelf and columns out of books.
The books are reable in the column.
Added materials can be a wire to hold the column into place and a clips keeping the corners stif.

COMBINATION OF COLUMN AND DOME

Next step is to make add new materials to reinforce the structure.