Colourful wooden panels with large painted dots in various colours are arranged on wooden shelves, capturing a vibrant, geometric pattern that covers two walls in this well-lit box library.

U-Build Box Library, January 2026. Photo credit Peter O’Leary.

View from inside a U-Build wooden structure with square and diamond cut-outs, colourful panels with circular patterns on the walls, and sunlight streaming through openings, revealing an outdoor area beyond.

A small U-Build structure with a translucent plastic façade featuring geometric patterns and coloured dots, set between shipping containers in an industrial car park under a cloudy sky.

A small U-Build wooden structure with patterned cut-outs and open sides, featuring stacked wooden boxes with colourful circular holes inside. The setting appears to be an industrial outdoor area.

A person in a yellow jacket and red hat stands beside a box library, its wall adorned with colourful rectangular blocks with dots in rows and columns. The outdoor photoshoot takes place on a sunny day, capturing a vibrant moment for 2026.

U-Build Box Library, January 2026. Photo credit Peter O’Leary.

Several unfinished wooden boxes with round cut-outs are stacked outdoors in sunlight, resembling a Box Library. A building with a BLOQS sign is visible in the background under a partly cloudy sky.

U-Build Box Library, January 2026. Photo credit Peter O’Leary.

Three people unload colourful wooden panels with circular cut-outs for the Box Library from a white van outside, surrounded by large crate-like structures. One person sits in the van while two carry panels together, capturing a moment of teamwork.

U-Build Box Library, January 2026. Photo credit Peter O’Leary.

A red wooden Box Library with three large blue dots is stacked on unfinished wooden boxes with circular holes, capturing a striking scene against a clear blue sky.

U-Build Box Library, January 2026. Photo credit Peter O’Leary.

U-Build Box Library

Our Box Library, a reconfigurable structure made from our repurposed plywood stage boxes and columns, serves as both a storage container and prototype for the demountable system it houses. Open-access for anyone interested, our lending system is free-to-use.

Our plywood boxes have already lived many exciting lives, from a pop-up stage to host DJ decks and an intimate seating area, to an exhibition wall or a pop-up skate park. The plywood boxes can be used for educational purposes, to promote construction practice as a viable interest to anyone, through to engaging with activism and celebrating the power of community.

The initiative gives the boxes multiple lives, contributing essential materials, and exemplifying the circular economy. The boxes can turn up completely flat-packed, for speedy reconstruction using simple off-the-shelf screws and a driver. They can then be bolted together to create various structures and shapes. Once the parts are dismantled, they are able to be taken to other locations for further use, or put into our storage container (made of more boxes), until required again. This is part of our usual effort to promote a circular economy. If these units are no longer required at a certain location, we can hopefully offer them to another project, as part of our circular principles.

We have up to 300 plywood stage boxes and 8 diamond cut-out columns available for you to borrow, enjoy and return once your project ends. If you’re looking to set up an event or are in need of temporary storage, you can send an enquiry directly through these borrow-a-box options:

Small loan = 1 to 8 boxes

Medium loan = 8 to 30 boxes (30 is one pallet)

Large loan = 30+ boxes

Please note borrowing boxes is subject to availability. You may need a car big enough to fit all the boxes in, or you could arrange a courier to manage delivery.