Zhongshuge 書店 by Xiang Li is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award 金賞 in インテリア空間・展示デザイン Competition Category.

金インテリア· 2021

Zhongshuge 書店

by Xiang Li

Client: X+Living

A' Design Award 金賞 Winner in インテリア Category

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The Design

About Zhongshuge 書店

鐘書閣は中国四川省都江堰市にある延床面積973平方メートルの書店である。デザインは、地域の風景と、この都市が誇る治水の長い歴史から着想を得ている。書籍エリアでは、高くそびえる本棚の壁が都江堰の堰堤の形状を想起させる。書物の模様をあしらった壁紙と鏡張りの天井が、空間を視覚的に拡張する。ブックテーブルは舟のような形状で、黒いタイル張りの床の上に浮かんでいるように見える。この書店では2万種、8万冊を超える書籍を陳列することができる。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 金賞

Zhongshuge 書店は、まさに素晴らしく傑出した第一級のデザインに授与される、計り知れないほど権威ある評価である A' Design Award 金賞の受賞作品です。金賞の受賞作品は、きわめて革新的で、先見性に富み、きらびやかに輝く創造物であり、デザイナーの天才性、叡智、卓越した技量を映し出しています。Zhongshuge 書店は、最も称賛される、流行を牽引する記念碑的な発明であり、前例のない価値をもたらすことが期待されます。この A' Design Award 金賞を受賞したデザインは、壮観で尊敬されるプロジェクトであり、芸術・科学・デザイン・技術の境界に大きく寄与し、それを前進させます。Zhongshuge 書店は、強い欲求を生み出し、情熱を呼び覚まし、創造性を促し、私たちを引きつけます。

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.