diff --git a/vortex-serde/src/layouts/reader/batch.rs b/vortex-serde/src/layouts/reader/batch.rs
index e0e59dfa5..f64671b5c 100644
--- a/vortex-serde/src/layouts/reader/batch.rs
+++ b/vortex-serde/src/layouts/reader/batch.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ impl BatchReader {
     }
 
     pub fn read(&mut self) -> VortexResult<Option<ReadResult>> {
-        let mut rr1 = Vec::new();
+        let mut messages = Vec::new();
         for (i, child_array) in self
             .arrays
             .iter_mut()
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ impl BatchReader {
         {
             match self.children[i].read()? {
                 Some(rr) => match rr {
-                    ReadResult::GetMsgs(r1) => {
-                        rr1.extend(r1);
+                    ReadResult::GetMsgs(message) => {
+                        messages.extend(message);
                     }
                     ReadResult::Batch(a) => *child_array = Some(a),
                 },
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ impl BatchReader {
             }
         }
 
-        if rr1.is_empty() {
+        if messages.is_empty() {
             let child_arrays = mem::replace(&mut self.arrays, vec![None; self.children.len()])
                 .into_iter()
                 .map(|a| a.unwrap());
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ impl BatchReader {
                     .into_array(),
             )));
         } else {
-            Ok(Some(ReadResult::GetMsgs(rr1)))
+            Ok(Some(ReadResult::GetMsgs(messages)))
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/vortex-serde/src/layouts/reader/layouts.rs b/vortex-serde/src/layouts/reader/layouts.rs
index 344f89b1b..80554ed9b 100644
--- a/vortex-serde/src/layouts/reader/layouts.rs
+++ b/vortex-serde/src/layouts/reader/layouts.rs
@@ -2,11 +2,13 @@ use std::collections::VecDeque;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use bytes::Bytes;
+use flatbuffers::{ForwardsUOffset, Vector};
 use vortex::Context;
 use vortex_dtype::DType;
 use vortex_error::{vortex_bail, vortex_err, VortexResult};
 use vortex_flatbuffers::footer as fb;
 
+use super::projections::Projection;
 use crate::layouts::reader::batch::BatchReader;
 use crate::layouts::reader::buffered::BufferedReader;
 use crate::layouts::reader::context::{LayoutDeserializer, LayoutId, LayoutSpec};
@@ -129,7 +131,6 @@ impl ColumnLayout {
         fb_bytes: Bytes,
         fb_loc: usize,
         scan: Scan,
-
         layout_serde: LayoutDeserializer,
         message_cache: RelativeLayoutCache,
     ) -> Self {
@@ -150,6 +151,26 @@ impl ColumnLayout {
         };
         fb_layout.layout_as_nested_layout().expect("must be nested")
     }
+
+    fn read_child(
+        &self,
+        idx: usize,
+        children: Vector<ForwardsUOffset<fb::Layout>>,
+        st_dtype: &Arc<[DType]>,
+    ) -> VortexResult<Box<dyn Layout>> {
+        let layout = children.get(idx);
+        let dtype = st_dtype[idx].clone();
+        // TODO: Figure out complex nested schema projections
+        let mut child_scan = self.scan.clone();
+        child_scan.projection = Projection::All;
+
+        self.layout_serde.read_layout(
+            self.fb_bytes.clone(),
+            layout._tab.loc(),
+            child_scan,
+            self.message_cache.relative(idx as u16, dtype),
+        )
+    }
 }
 
 impl Layout for ColumnLayout {
@@ -162,24 +183,19 @@ impl Layout for ColumnLayout {
 
                 let fb_children = self.flatbuffer().children().expect("must have children");
 
-                let columns = fb_children
-                    .into_iter()
-                    .enumerate()
-                    .zip(s.dtypes().iter().cloned())
-                    .map(|((idx, child), dtype)| {
-                        self.layout_serde.read_layout(
-                            self.fb_bytes.clone(),
-                            child._tab.loc(),
-                            self.scan.clone(),
-                            self.message_cache.relative(idx as u16, dtype),
-                        )
-                    })
-                    .collect::<VortexResult<Vec<_>>>()?;
+                let column_layouts = match self.scan.projection {
+                    Projection::All => (0..fb_children.len())
+                        .map(|idx| self.read_child(idx, fb_children, s.dtypes()))
+                        .collect::<VortexResult<Vec<_>>>()?,
+                    Projection::Partial(ref v) => v
+                        .iter()
+                        .map(|&idx| self.read_child(idx, fb_children, s.dtypes()))
+                        .collect::<VortexResult<Vec<_>>>()?,
+                };
 
-                let mut reader = BatchReader::new(s.names().clone(), columns);
-                let rr = reader.read()?;
+                let reader = BatchReader::new(s.names().clone(), column_layouts);
                 self.state = ColumnLayoutState::ReadColumns(reader);
-                Ok(rr)
+                self.read()
             }
             ColumnLayoutState::ReadColumns(br) => br.read(),
         }
diff --git a/vortex-serde/src/layouts/reader/stream.rs b/vortex-serde/src/layouts/reader/stream.rs
index 4f507d6c2..dd0531a4d 100644
--- a/vortex-serde/src/layouts/reader/stream.rs
+++ b/vortex-serde/src/layouts/reader/stream.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ use bytes::{Bytes, BytesMut};
 use futures::Stream;
 use futures_util::future::BoxFuture;
 use futures_util::{stream, FutureExt, StreamExt, TryStreamExt};
-use vortex::array::StructArray;
 use vortex::compute::unary::subtract_scalar;
 use vortex::compute::{filter, filter_indices, search_sorted, slice, take, SearchSortedSide};
 use vortex::{Array, IntoArray, IntoArrayVariant};
@@ -16,7 +15,6 @@ use vortex_error::{VortexError, VortexResult};
 use vortex_scalar::Scalar;
 
 use crate::io::VortexReadAt;
-use crate::layouts::reader::projections::Projection;
 use crate::layouts::reader::schema::Schema;
 use crate::layouts::reader::{Layout, LayoutMessageCache, MessageId, ReadResult, Scan};
 use crate::writer::ByteRange;
@@ -94,10 +92,10 @@ impl<R: VortexReadAt + Unpin + Send + 'static> Stream for VortexLayoutBatchStrea
                 StreamingState::Init => {
                     if let Some(read) = self.layout.read()? {
                         match read {
-                            ReadResult::GetMsgs(r1) => {
+                            ReadResult::GetMsgs(messages) => {
                                 let reader =
                                     mem::take(&mut self.reader).expect("Invalid state transition");
-                                let read_future = read_ranges(reader, r1).boxed();
+                                let read_future = read_ranges(reader, messages).boxed();
                                 self.state = StreamingState::Reading(read_future);
                             }
                             ReadResult::Batch(a) => self.state = StreamingState::Decoding(a),
@@ -117,15 +115,8 @@ impl<R: VortexReadAt + Unpin + Send + 'static> Stream for VortexLayoutBatchStrea
                         batch = filter(&batch, &mask)?;
                     }
 
-                    let projected = match &self.scan.projection {
-                        Projection::All => batch,
-                        Projection::Partial(indices) => StructArray::try_from(batch.clone())?
-                            .project(indices.as_ref())?
-                            .into_array(),
-                    };
-
                     self.state = StreamingState::Init;
-                    return Poll::Ready(Some(Ok(projected)));
+                    return Poll::Ready(Some(Ok(batch)));
                 }
                 StreamingState::Reading(f) => match ready!(f.poll_unpin(cx)) {
                     Ok((read, buffers)) => {