Pingjiang Wonder Bookstore Bibliopolium by Aico is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum in Architectura Competition Category.
ArgentumArchitectura· 2021
Pingjiang Wonder Bookstore Bibliopolium
by Aico
Client: Yango Group Co. Ltd
Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum Winner in Architectura Category
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The Design
About Pingjiang Wonder Bookstore Bibliopolium
Bibliopolium "Pingjiang Wonder" est bibliopolium in urbe Suzhou, in Sinis situm, cuius area aedificata universa mille octingentorum metrorum quadratorum est. Aedificium in modum crystalli subtiliter secti formatum est et horizontaliter in duas partes dividitur. Pars superior in facies conformata est, et prospectus sectae angulo verticali quattuor ad sex graduum versus caelum inclinantur. Pars inferior perspicua ad mensuram humanam collocata est, ut melius in vias circumiacentes intexatur. Tabulae vitreae valde reflectentes, quinque per unum et octo decimas metrorum, murum aulaeum externum encadratum efficiunt.
The Recognition
About the Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum
Pingjiang Wonder Bookstore Bibliopolium victor est Praemii A' Design Award Argenteum, honoris eximie amplissimi formis summi generis, pulchris et conspicuis dati. Victores Argenti opera valde splendida et creandi ingenio praedita sunt, quae praestantem peritiam, talentum et acumen auctorum suorum ostendunt. Exspectatur Pingjiang Wonder Bookstore Bibliopolium opus mirabile, exemplare, valde professionale et penitus novum fore. Haec forma Argento victa inventum notabile et admiratum est, quod ad fines artis, scientiae, formandi rationis et technologiae promovendos confert. Pingjiang Wonder Bookstore Bibliopolium creatio est, quam multi invident, quae cupiditates excitat, sensus bonos affert et admirationem miraculumque movet.
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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