Pingjiang Wonder Bookstore Librariá by Aico is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award d'Argent in Arquitectura Competition Category.
ArgentArquitectura· 2021
Pingjiang Wonder Bookstore Librariá
by Aico
Client: Yango Group Co. Ltd
A' Design Award d'Argent Winner in Arquitectura Category
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The Design
About Pingjiang Wonder Bookstore Librariá
La librariá Pingjiang Wonder es una librariá a Suzhou, en China, amb una superfícia bastida bruta de 1800 mètres carrats. Lo bastiment a la forma d'un cristal talhat amb delicatesa e es devesit orizontalament en doas parts. La part superiora es facetada, e las façadas trocejadas son inclinadas d'un angle vertical de 4 a 6 grases cap al cèl. La part inferiora transparenta es plaçada a l'escala umana per una melhora integracion dins las carrièras environantas. De panèls de veire fòrça reflectent de 5 per 1,8 mètres forman lo mur ridèu encadrat exterior.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award d'Argent
Pingjiang Wonder Bookstore Librariá a ganhat la distincion A' Design Award d'Argent, una reconeissença extraordinàriament prestigiosa acordada a de designs d'ort de gamma, esplendids e impressionants. Los ganhaires de l'Argent son d'òbras terriblament brilhantas e extrèmament creativas que illustran l'experiéncia, lo talent e la finessa excepcionals de lors designers. S'espèra que Pingjiang Wonder Bookstore Librariá siá una òbra meravilhosa e de referéncia, notablament professionala e prigondament innovanta. Aqueste design ganhaire de la distincion A' Design Award d'Argent es una invencion fòrça notabla e admirada, que fa un ben e fa avançar las frontièras de l'art, de la sciéncia, del design e de la tecnologia. Pingjiang Wonder Bookstore Librariá es una creacion immensament envejada que desrevelha de desirs, aduch de sentiments positius e fa néisser l'estonament e l'esmaiment.
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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