Pingjiang Wonder Bookstore Primær funktion: Boghandel by Aico is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award i Sølv in Arkitektur-, Bygnings- og Konstruktionsdesign Competition Category.
SølvArkitektur· 2021
Pingjiang Wonder Bookstore Primær funktion: Boghandel
by Aico
Client: Yango Group Co. Ltd
A' Design Award i Sølv Winner in Arkitektur Category
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About Pingjiang Wonder Bookstore Primær funktion: Boghandel
Pingjiang Wonder Bookstore er en boghandel i Suzhou, Kina, med et samlet bebygget areal på 1800 kvadratmeter. Bygningen er formet som en fint tilskåret krystal og er vandret opdelt i to dele. Den øvre del er facetteret, og de skårne facader hælder i en lodret vinkel på 4 til 6 grader mod himlen. Den transparente nedre del er sat i menneskelig skala for bedre at integreres i de omkringliggende gader. Højreflekterende glaspaneler på 5 gange 1,8 meter danner den ydre indrammede glasfacade.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award i Sølv
Pingjiang Wonder Bookstore Primær funktion: Boghandel er vinder af A' Design Award i Sølv, en usædvanligt prestigefyldt anerkendelse, der tildeles designs i topklasse, som er pragtfulde og imponerende. Sølvvinderne er enormt geniale og overordentlig kreative værker, der illustrerer deres designeres fremragende ekspertise, talent og skarpsindighed. Pingjiang Wonder Bookstore Primær funktion: Boghandel forventes at være et vidunderligt udstillingsværk, der er bemærkelsesværdigt professionelt og dybt innovativt. Dette design, der har vundet A' Design Award i Sølv, er en højst bemærkelsesværdig, beundret opfindelse, som gavner og flytter grænserne for kunst, videnskab, design og teknologi. Pingjiang Wonder Bookstore Primær funktion: Boghandel er en skabelse, som mange misunder, og som vækker begær, bringer positive følelser og antænder forundring og undren.
Behind the Design
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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.
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