Emas Dalaman · 2021

Zhongshuge Kedai Buku

by Xiang Li

A' Design Award Emas 2021 in Dalaman
CLIENT: X+Living
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About Zhongshuge Kedai Buku

Zhongshuge ialah sebuah kedai buku di Dujiangyan, Sichuan, China, dengan keluasan lantai 973 meter persegi. Reka bentuknya diilhamkan daripada landskap tempatan dan sejarah panjang pemuliharaan air di bandar tersebut. Di ruang kesusasteraan, dinding rak buku yang tinggi mengingatkan kepada bentuk empangan Dujiangyan. Kertas dinding bercorak buku dan siling cermin meluaskan ruang secara visual. Meja buku dibentuk seperti perahu dan kelihatan seolah-olah terapung di atas lantai jubin hitam. Kedai buku ini mampu mempamerkan lebih daripada 80 ribu buah buku daripada 20 ribu jenis.

About the A' Design Award Emas

Zhongshuge Kedai Buku ialah pemenang A' Design Award Emas, pengiktirafan yang amat berprestij yang dianugerahkan kepada reka bentuk kelas pertama, menakjubkan dan cemerlang. Pemenang Emas ialah ciptaan yang sangat inovatif, berwawasan dan berkilau memukau yang mencerminkan kegeniusan, kebijaksanaan dan kepakaran pereka bentuknya. Zhongshuge Kedai Buku diharapkan menjadi ciptaan yang sangat dipuji, perintis aliran dan monumental yang memberikan nilai tanpa tandingan. Reka bentuk pemenang A' Design Award Emas ini ialah projek yang menakjubkan dan disegani yang memberi manfaat besar kepada dan memajukan batas seni, sains, reka bentuk dan teknologi. Zhongshuge Kedai Buku mencetuskan perasaan keinginan yang kuat, membangkitkan semangat, menggalakkan kreativiti dan memukau kita.

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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.
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.