Bishan Ivenkile Yeencwadi by Yunhai Zhao

Bishan Ivenkile Yeencwadi by Yunhai Zhao is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 Ibhaso Legolide le-A' Design Award in Uyilo lweLifo leNkcubeko kunye noShishino lweNkcubeko Competition Category.

IgolideIlifa leNkcubeko· 2025

Bishan Ivenkile Yeencwadi

by Yunhai Zhao

Client: Yunhai Zhao

Ibhaso Legolide le-A' Design Award Winner in Ilifa leNkcubeko Category

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The Design

About Bishan Ivenkile Yeencwadi

IBishan yivenkile yeencwadi eyakhelwe ngaphakathi kwiholo elidala lookhokho kwiLali yaseBishan, kwiSithili saseYi, eAnhui. Eli holo, elingumzi wonqulo wosapho lakwaWang, lakhiwa kwiminyaka engaphezulu kwe-230 eyadlulayo ngexesha loBukhosi baseQing. Le projekthi igubungela iimitha ezisikweri ezingama-420 kwaye iguqulela isakhiwo esidala esikhuselweyo kusetyenziso lwenkcubeko lwale mihla. Izinto zendalo ezifana nomthi, uqalo namatye zibumba ingaphakathi, ngelixa udonga lweetafile zeencwadi lugqityezelwe ngomhlaba oqinisiweyo omhlophe. Ibhodi yesamente ixhasa udonga lweetafile zeencwadi kwaye inciphisa umonakalo obangelwa kukufuma komhlaba. Imilo yodonga lweetafile zeencwadi ikhumbuza ngezikrini ezipeyintiweyo kwaye ijikeleze indawo yokufunda ephakathi.

The Recognition

About the Ibhaso Legolide le-A' Design Award

Bishan Ivenkile Yeencwadi ngumphumeleli weIbhaso Legolide le-A' Design Award, ukuqatshelwa okuhlonitshwayo kakhulu okunikwa imiyilo yeklasi yokuqala, ephawulekayo nentle. Abaphumeleleyo beGolide ziimveliso ezintsha kakhulu, ezinombono ongaphaya nezikhazimlayo ezibonisa ubuchule, ubulumko nobuchule babayili bazo. Bishan Ivenkile Yeencwadi iyathenjwa ukuba ibe yimveliso edunyiswe kakhulu, ebeka umkhwa nekumgangatho wesikhumbuzo enikela ixabiso elingazange libonwe. Lo myilo uphumeleleyo weIbhaso Legolide le-A' Design Award yiprojekthi emangalisayo nehlonelwayo eluncedo kakhulu kwaye inyusa imida yobugcisa, inzululwazi, uyilo kunye nobuchwephesha. Bishan Ivenkile Yeencwadi idala iimvakalelo ezinzulu zonqweno, ivusa umdla, ikhuthaza ukuyila kwaye iyasikhwebela.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: The Bishan Bookstore needs to have a clear business strategy and plan, which all need to be adapted to the changing consumption and needs of the times and to think with the times. If the market-oriented development of the space is hampered by over-protection, Bishan bookstore will become an exhibit for ornamental purposes only, and its value as a cultural container will be lost.
Dimensions & Packaging: This project covers an area of 420 square meters.
Tags: Huizhou culture, ancestral hall, traditional architecture, traditional crafts, bookstore
Production Technology: In addition to the patio, which faces nature, the interior also speaks the language of nature. Natural materials such as wood, bamboo, and stone are used to structure the interior itself. These materials not only have a natural beauty but also resonate with the environment. However, the bookcase wall uses a new material, white rammed earth material, which is used for the exterior wall material of the building.
Design Challenge: When Librairie Avant Garde listed the realistic problems to us one by one, we felt that the difficulty of this project was not just to solve these operational challenges,but how a heritage-protected building could find a balance between history and modernity, preserving the original characteristics of this family shrine while enabling it to adapt to the needs of modern society.
Research: In this small village, there is a Wang family shrine Qitai Hall, built in the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty, more than 230 years ago. And this small ancestral hall, which has experienced countless hours of history, was injected with new blood in 2014 Librairie Avant Garde the eighth branch of Nanjing Librairie Avant Garde and the first bookstore in the countryside.
Inspiration: There is a Wang family shrine Qitai Hall, built in the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty, more than 230 years ago. Librairie Avant Garde has been committed to rooting into the countryside, not for commercial needs, but for the dissemination of culture, so that those areas where it is most difficult to be able to read books have a cultural utopia gathered for the love of reading and books.
Project Duration: Project Address: Bishan Village, Yi County,Anhui
Completion date: December 2024
Operation Flow: First of all, the transformation of the bookcase is the core of the whole design, in order to reduce the damage to the bookcase caused by the humidity on the ground, the cement board is used to build the bookcase wall, and the bookcase is partially embedded. The form of the whole bookcase wall is inspired by the screen in Chinese painting, and the center area wrapped by three screens is the area for the daily activities of the literati. The screened bookcase recedes backward, drawing the viewer's eye toward the center of the picture.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Yunhai Zhao
Team Members: Yunhai Zhao
Image Credits: Image #1:Photographer YunHai Zhao,Designer,2025.
Image #2:Photographer YunHai Zhao,Designer,2025.
Image #3:Photographer YunHai Zhao,Designer,2025.
Image #4:Photographer YunHai Zhao,Designer,2025.
Image #5:Photographer YunHai Zhao,Designer,2025.