Pingjiang Wonder Bookstore Ọ́wụ Ebe Ịre Akwụkwọ by Aico

Pingjiang Wonder Bookstore Ọ́wụ Ebe Ịre Akwụkwọ by Aico is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Ọlaọcha in Nhazi Ụlọ Owu, Ụlọ na Ihe Owuwu Competition Category.

ỌlaọchaỤlọ Owu· 2021

Pingjiang Wonder Bookstore Ọ́wụ Ebe Ịre Akwụkwọ

by Aico

Client: Yango Group Co. Ltd

Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Ọlaọcha Winner in Ụlọ Owu Category

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The Design

About Pingjiang Wonder Bookstore Ọ́wụ Ebe Ịre Akwụkwọ

Ụlọ Ịre Akwụkwọ Pingjiang Wonder bụ ebe ịre akwụkwọ dị na Suzhou, China, nke nwere nha ihe e wuru nke ọ́nụ ọgụgụ ya bụ mita square 1800. E wuru ụlọ ahụ ka kristal a kụrụ nke ọma, e kewara ya n'ụzọ kwụ ọtọ ụzọ abụọ. Akụkụ elu ya nwere ihu dị iche iche, akụkụ ihu ndị a kụ kụ na-ehulata site na akụkụ kwụ ọtọ dị site na digrii 4 ruo 6 chere igwe eluigwe. E doziri akụkụ ala nke doro anya n'ọtụtụ mmadụ maka itinye ya nke ọma n'okporo ámá gbara ya gburugburu. Efere iko na-enwughari ìhè nke mita 5 nke 1.8 na-eme mgbidi kọtin dị n'èzí nke nwere framework.

The Recognition

About the Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Ọlaọcha

Pingjiang Wonder Bookstore Ọ́wụ Ebe Ịre Akwụkwọ meriri A' Design Award nke Ọlaọcha, nnabata dị oke ugwu e nyere design ndị dị n'ọkwa kachasị elu, mara mma ma na-eju anya. Ndị meriri na Ọlaọcha bụ ọrụ na-egbu maramara nke ukwuu ma dị oke nzụlite nke na-egosi ọmarịcha ihe ọmụma, talent na nghọta nke ndị designer ha. A na-atụ anya na Pingjiang Wonder Bookstore Ọ́wụ Ebe Ịre Akwụkwọ ga-abụ ọrụ dị ịtụnanya, ihe nlereanya, nke dị oke ọrụ ma dị omimi n'ihe ọhụrụ. Design a meriri A' Design Award nke Ọlaọcha bụ ihe e mepụtara dị oke ịrịba ama, nke a na-eto nke na-erite uru ma na-ebuga oke nka, sayensị, design na teknụzụ n'ihu. Pingjiang Wonder Bookstore Ọ́wụ Ebe Ịre Akwụkwọ bụ ihe e kere eke ọtụtụ ndị na-ekwo ekworo ya nke na-akpali ọchịchọ, na-eweta mmetụta ọma ma na-akpali ịtụnanya.

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.