Pingjiang Wonder Bookstore 서점 by Aico is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award 은상 in 건축, 건물 및 구조물 디자인 Competition Category.
은건축· 2021
Pingjiang Wonder Bookstore 서점
by Aico
Client: Yango Group Co. Ltd
A' Design Award 은상 Winner in 건축 Category
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About Pingjiang Wonder Bookstore 서점
핑장 원더 서점(Pingjiang Wonder Bookstore)은 중국 쑤저우에 위치한 연면적 1,800제곱미터 규모의 서점이다. 건물은 정교하게 커팅된 크리스털 형태로 조형되었으며, 수평으로 두 부분으로 나뉜다. 상부는 다면체로 구성되어 있고, 분할된 파사드는 하늘을 향해 수직 각도로 4도에서 6도 기울어져 있다. 투명한 하부는 주변 가로와 더욱 자연스럽게 어우러지도록 인체 스케일에 맞추어 계획되었다. 5미터 × 1.8미터 크기의 고반사 유리 패널이 외부 프레임 커튼월을 형성한다.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award 은상
Pingjiang Wonder Bookstore 서점, 이 작품은 A' Design Award 은상 수상작으로, 최상급이며 아름답고 인상적인 디자인에 수여되는 비범하게 권위 있는 인정입니다. 은상 수상작은 대단히 뛰어나고 매우 창의적인 작품으로, 디자이너의 탁월한 전문 지식, 재능, 통찰력을 보여 줍니다. Pingjiang Wonder Bookstore 서점, 이 작품은 훌륭한 대표작으로서 매우 전문적이고 깊이 있게 혁신적일 것으로 기대됩니다. 이 은상 수상 디자인은 예술, 과학, 디자인, 기술의 경계를 넓히는 데 이바지하는 주목할 만하고 찬사를 받는 발명품입니다. Pingjiang Wonder Bookstore 서점, 이 작품은 모두가 부러워하는 창작물로서 욕망을 일깨우고 긍정적인 감정을 불러오며 경탄과 경이로움을 불러일으킵니다.
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.
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