Chongqing Zhongshuge Duka La Vitabu by Xiang Li

Chongqing Zhongshuge Duka La Vitabu by Xiang Li is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Tuzo ya Platinamu ya A' Design Award in Usanifu wa Nafasi za Ndani na Maonyesho Competition Category.

PlatinamuMambo ya Ndani· 2020

Chongqing Zhongshuge Duka La Vitabu

by Xiang Li

Client: X+Living

Tuzo ya Platinamu ya A' Design Award Winner in Mambo ya Ndani Category

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The Design

About Chongqing Zhongshuge Duka La Vitabu

Kuingiza mazingira mazuri ya Chongqing kwenye duka la vitabu, mbuni ameunda nafasi ambayo wageni wanaweza kuhisi kama kwenye Chongqing haiba wakati wa kusoma. Kuna aina tano ya eneo la kusoma kwa jumla, ambayo kila mmoja ni kama uwanja wa ajabu na sifa tofauti. Duka la vitabu la Chongqing Zhongshuge limewapa watumiaji uzoefu mzuri zaidi ambao hawawezi kupata kupitia ununuzi mkondoni.

The Recognition

About the Tuzo ya Platinamu ya A' Design Award

Chongqing Zhongshuge Duka La Vitabu ni mshindi wa Tuzo ya Platinamu ya A' Design Award, utambuzi wenye heshima kuu unaotolewa kwa miundo ya kipekee kwa kweli, maridadi na ya fahari. Washindi wa Platinamu ni maajabu ya ubunifu, ushuhuda wa mipaka ya ubunifu wa kiakili, na huonyesha weledi na ufundi usio na kifani wa wabunifu wao. Miundo hii inatarajiwa kuwa kazi zinazosifika zaidi zinazofafanua urembo wa enzi, kuchangia ustawi wa jamii, na kusukuma mipaka ya sanaa, sayansi, usanifu na teknolojia. Chongqing Zhongshuge Duka La Vitabu huonyesha kiwango cha ubora kinachovuka mipaka na bila shaka huufanya ulimwengu kuwa mahali bora zaidi kwa sifa zake zenye faida na thamani. Chongqing Zhongshuge Duka La Vitabu ni kazi iliyoshinda Tuzo ya Platinamu ya A' Design Award inayochochea hamu, hutia msukumo, husisimua, hufurahisha na huzua furaha kubwa.

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Designer utilized the mirror ceiling in order to make the space seem more spacious. The visually stunning bookstore enables the readers to feel the magnificence of the cityscape in a closed and confined space, which is definitely a fantastic real-life experience that the internet simply could not offer. Designer also well-integrated the function and aesthetics in the Escher-like space, the ladder hall, by making the bookshelf into a ladder-like one where the readers could step on or down.
Dimensions & Packaging: The floor area of this project is 1300 sqm.
Tags: bookstore, chongqing, china, civic interiors, library, cultural
Production Technology: Chongqing Zhongshuge greets visitors with a simple glass facade covered with text. Once inside, scattered lampshade-shaped bookshelves are found throughout the dark brown lobby. On the other corner of the lobby is the kids reading room, where the bookshelves are built colorful with drawn landscape, buildings and transportation in Chongqing. Further down the corridor and the kids reading room is the main study, a ladder hall where the stair double as bookshelves and the mirrored ceiling overhead doubles the size of the already astonishing room.
Design Challenge: It is a great challenge to present the landscape of a city in a limited space, especially when it is a mountainous city. By utilizing the concept of ladder, the designer was able to show the complex geomorphic environment whereas high space utilization is hard to meet.
Research: Zhongshuge has always strived to become a cultural landmark in the city where it locates. Therefore, designer try to find an element which can be abstracted from the culture of the city and strike a chord among the public.
Inspiration: As one of the largest inland city of mountains and rivers in the world, Chongqing is a city full of surprises and wonderful and charming corners. Since ancient times, its landscape and numerous historical sites have attracted many ancient writers and calligraphers. Until today, Chongqing is still a city of attraction to everyone. Designer intended to present the splendid landscape of Chongqing in the bookstore so that the visitors may feel like in the charming city while reading.
Project Duration: The project is finished in January 2019 in Chongqing, China.
Operation Flow: The Chongqing Zhongshuge greets visitors with a simple glass facade covered with text. The bookshelves reflect on the ground and form a tunnel of books that beckons visitors to follow it deeper into the space and knowledge. It is hoped that visitors to the bookstore can not only read good and new books, but also meet friends of the same interests.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Shao Feng, 2019.
Team Members: Designer: Li Xiang
Image Credits: Image#1: Photographer Shao Feng, Chongqing Zhongshuge, 2019.
Image#2: Photographer Shao Feng, Chongqing Zhongshuge, 2019.
Image#3: Photographer Shao Feng, Chongqing Zhongshuge, 2019.
Image#4: Photographer Shao Feng, Chongqing Zhongshuge, 2019.
Image#5: Photographer Shao Feng, Chongqing Zhongshuge, 2019.