Zhongshuge Hale kūʻai puke by Xiang Li is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Gula in Hoʻolālā Loko Hale a me Hōʻike Competition Category.

GulaLoko Hale· 2021

Zhongshuge Hale kūʻai puke

by Xiang Li

Client: X+Living

A' Design Award Gula Winner in Loko Hale Category

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The Design

About Zhongshuge Hale kūʻai puke

He hale kūʻai puke ʻo Zhongshuge ma Dujiangyan, Sichuan, Kina, me ka nui papahele o 973 mika kuea. Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka hoʻolālā ma luna o ka ʻāina kūloko a me ka mōʻaukala lōʻihi o ka mālama wai ma ke kūlanakauhale. Ma ka wahi palapala moʻokalaleo, hoʻomanaʻo nā paia haka puke kiʻekiʻe i ke ʻano o ka pā wai o Dujiangyan. ʻO ka pepa paia me nā kiʻi puke a me ke kaupaku aniani e hoʻonui ʻike maka i ka lumi. Ua hana ʻia nā pākaukau puke e like me nā waʻa a me he mea lā e lana ana ma luna o ka papahele kile ʻeleʻele. Hiki i ka hale kūʻai puke ke hōʻike ma mua o 80 kaukani puke o 20 kaukani ʻano.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Gula

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Zhongshuge Hale kūʻai puke i ka A' Design Award Gula, he ʻike hoʻohanohano nui loa i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā pae mua, kupaianaha a kūʻokoʻa. He mau hana hou loa, ʻike maka a nani hoʻolaʻa nā lanakila Gula e hōʻike ana i ka ʻuhane akamai, ka naʻauao a me ka mākau o kā lākou poʻe hoʻolālā. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā Zhongshuge Hale kūʻai puke he mea hoʻokumu i hoʻomaikaʻi nui ʻia, e hoʻokumu ana i nā ʻano hou, he nui, e hāʻawi ana i ka waiwai ʻaʻole i ʻike ʻia ma mua. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Gula he papahana kupaianaha, mahalo ʻia e hāʻawi i ka pōmaikaʻi nui a hoʻoneʻe i nā palena o ka hana noʻeau, ka ʻepekema, ka hoʻolālā a me ka ʻenehana. Hoʻāla ka hoʻolālā Zhongshuge Hale kūʻai puke i nā manaʻo makemake ikaika, hoʻāla i ka ʻiʻini, hoʻoulu i ka hana noʻeau a hoʻopūliki iā mākou.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The design of the whole project is highly inspired by local landscape. From the bamboo forest in kids reading area to the Dujiangyan dam in literature area, designer moved elements of the city into the bookstore, and transformed them into practical functions. By creating the scenery and using the technique of architecture, designer presents visitors with an elegant and powerful artistic landscape.
Dimensions & Packaging: The floor area of the project is 973 sqm.
Tags: Xiang Li, Zhongshuge, Interior Design, xliving, Bookstore, China
Production Technology: In the literature area,bookshelves walls are inspired by the magnificent Dujiangyan dam spreads upwards all the way. Wallpaper with book patterns are used to decorate top of the bookshelves, combined with the reflection from the mirror ceiling, it visually expands spatial ductility and create an open and high feeling. Book tables are designed in the shapes of boats, with the effect of black tiles flooring, it look like they are quietly mooning on the lake, floating between the bookshelf wall. The bookstore is able to display over 80 thousand books covering 20 thousand kinds.
Design Challenge: The difficulty of the project for our team involves how to translate the local landscape elements of Dujiangyan into bookstore through design language that can create an amazing customer experience, and at the same time guarantees the practical functionality that the bookstore requires.
Research: The design is heavily inspired by the local famous landscape. Therefore, we decided to move the spirit of local mountains and rivers into the indoor space. We not only aim to present visitors with an abstract and artistic landscape, but also hope visitors can be touched by the spiritual expression once they walk into the space.
Inspiration: The beautiful city the project located in is called Dujiangyan. The city is famous for its unique culture and landscape due to its long history of water conservancy project. Therefore, we hope to integrate the historical elements of the city into the design to create a dialogue between culture and wisdom.
Project Duration: The project finished in September, 2020 in Dujiangyan, Sichuan, China
Operation Flow: Visitors will be first greeted with gray tile inspired bookshelves, they not only build intimacy but also divide the forum area. Moving forward, visitors will reach the reading space where bookshelves extend from the space to the adjacent columns, catching the curiosity of readers and guide their route. In the literature area where it seems like the beautiful scenery of Dujiangyan dam is vividly presented in the space. Walking upstairs, the bookshelves beside the stairs offers a variety of books at accessible distance, visitors could grab a book and have a read on the second floor where various seats are provided.
Team Members: Lead Designer: Xiang Li
Project Director: Chen Fan and Feng Wu
Image Credits: Image#1: Photographer Shao Feng, Dujiangyan Zhongshuge, 2020.
Image#2: Photographer Shao Feng, Dujiangyan Zhongshuge, 2020.
Image#3: Photographer Shao Feng, Dujiangyan Zhongshuge, 2020.
Image#4: Photographer Shao Feng, Dujiangyan Zhongshuge, 2020.
Image#5: Photographer Shao Feng, Dujiangyan Zhongshuge, 2020.