Pingjiang Wonder Bookstore Кніжны магазін by Aico

Pingjiang Wonder Bookstore Кніжны магазін by Aico is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Срэбная прэмія A' Design Award in Дызайн архітэктуры, будынкаў і канструкцый Competition Category.

СрэбраАрхітэктура· 2021

Pingjiang Wonder Bookstore Кніжны магазін

by Aico

Client: Yango Group Co. Ltd

Срэбная прэмія A' Design Award Winner in Архітэктура Category

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The Design

About Pingjiang Wonder Bookstore Кніжны магазін

Кніжны магазін Pingjiang Wonder — гэта кніжны магазін у горадзе Сучжоу, Кітай, з агульнай пабудаванай плошчай 1800 квадратных метраў. Будынак мае форму вытанчана агранёнага крышталя і падзелены па гарызанталі на дзве часткі. Верхняя частка мае грані, а зрэзаныя фасады нахілены пад вертыкальным вуглом ад 4 да 6 градусаў да неба. Празрыстая ніжняя частка выканана ў чалавечым маштабе для лепшай інтэграцыі ў навакольныя вуліцы. Высокаадбівальныя шкляныя панэлі памерам 5 на 1,8 метра фарміруюць знешнюю каркасную навясную сцяну.

The Recognition

About the Срэбная прэмія A' Design Award

Pingjiang Wonder Bookstore Кніжны магазін — пераможца Срэбнай прэміі A' Design Award, надзвычай прэстыжнага прызнання, якое прысуджаецца дызайнам вышэйшага класа, цудоўным і ўражальным. Срэбныя пераможцы — гэта надзвычай бліскучыя і вельмі творчыя працы, якія ілюструюць выдатную кампетэнтнасць, талент і праніклівасць сваіх дызайнераў. Чакаецца, што Pingjiang Wonder Bookstore Кніжны магазін — гэта цудоўная, паказальная праца, надзвычай прафесійная і глыбока інавацыйная. Гэты дызайн, што атрымаў Срэбную прэмію A' Design Award, — вельмі значнае, вартае захаплення вынаходніцтва, якое прыносіць карысць і пашырае межы мастацтва, навукі, дызайну і тэхналогій. Pingjiang Wonder Bookstore Кніжны магазін — гэта твор, якому шмат хто зайздросціць, што абуджае жаданні, дорыць пазітыўныя пачуцці і запальвае здзіўленне і захапленне.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: As the first building amid the city complex turned from old town to the city gateway, we shaped it as a delicately-cut crystal. Dividing the building horizontally into 2 parts, we faceted the upper part and battered the sliced facades by a vertical angle of 4-6 degrees towards the sky as a pioneer, while we fit the transparent lower part into the human scale for better integration into the culturally unique streets. Thus, both parts can naturally merge into the different development stages.
Dimensions & Packaging: Gross Built Area: 1800 Square Meters
Tags: Bookstore, Suzhou, Glass Curtain Wall, Delicately-Cut Crystal, Speculations in a Tiny Space, Reflection, Urban Revival, City Pioneer
Production Technology: The high-reflective glass panels with a dimension of 5m x 1.8m were adopted to compose the external framed curtain wall.
Design Challenge: Challenges arose during the construction of specially designed facade curtain wall, for instance, the stress problem of the apexes that increases the fragility of the glass, and the flattening of glass panels sized 5m x 1.8m, which is larger than normal size. After systematic research and close collaboration, the unique diamond-like exterior took shape eventually.
Research: According to the law of THE NEGATION OF NEGATION in Science of Logic by Hegel, the result of self-sublation is never nothing but is characterized by new contents and forms. Such dialectic speculation forms the basic design logic for the building. To hide it into 500,000 square meter city complex, or to highlight its independent characteristics within the tiny 1800 square meters? An icy cluster of metal or a soothing piece of jade? Rounds of negations led us to the design eventually.
Inspiration: Rounds of explorations were made to define the facade of the new town pioneer bookstore. The Rose Cut, one of the diamond faceting method in the Renaissance, inspired the combinations of inlaid triangles. The apexes of each triangle glass are tilted in with a specific angle, forming the slight ups and downs on the exterior and reflecting the daily and seasonal variations of the sunlight.
Project Duration: The bookstore located in 777 Liansheng Rd, Gusu Dist., Suzhou, China, which started and completed in 2018.
Operation Flow: As the very first building in the titanic city complex, it is expected to stand out as a trendy experience center in the mess and pioneer in the new town. After the maturation of the entire city complex project, we hope it can remain culturally unique and serve the local community, merging into their daily life.
Team Members: Rudan Ye
Jing Zhang
Hucheng Yuan
Jinshan Chen
Tianyu Jin
Xin Wang
Peng Liu
Guangyuan Zhu
Image Credits: Image #1/#2/#3/#4/#5: Photographer Jianghe Zeng, 2018.