Liru and Guo Dali 乡村图书馆 by Gdupi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award 铜奖 in 建筑与结构设计 Competition Category.

铜建筑· 2023

Liru and Guo Dali 乡村图书馆

by Gdupi

Client: Guangdong Urban Rural Planning and Design Institute Co,.Ltd.

A' Design Award 铜奖 Winner in 建筑 Category

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The Design

About Liru and Guo Dali 乡村图书馆

励儒与郭大力是位于中国广东省西塘村的乡村图书馆建筑群。该建筑群由两座书屋以及环绕其间的景观构筑物组成。重叠的双层围护结构为室内遮阳挡雨，降低了炎热多雨地区的能耗。外立面采用传统陶瓦与杉木条，内部则使用清水混凝土与玻璃。几乎所有材料均取自当地。建筑为展览、阅读与休憩提供了空间。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 铜奖

Liru and Guo Dali 乡村图书馆是 A' Design Award 铜奖得主，这是授予以创造力、独创性和敏锐见长的杰出设计的极具声望的认可。铜奖得主是技艺娴熟、创意惊人的作品，印证了其设计师丰富的经验、想象力与机智。预计Liru and Guo Dali 乡村图书馆将成为一件备受推崇、令人钦佩且被珍爱的物品，兼具显著的专业性与创新性。这件赢得 A' Design Award 铜奖的设计融入艺术、科学、设计和技术领域的最佳实践，并因注重细节而出类拔萃。Liru and Guo Dali 乡村图书馆出色地满足需求，触动渴望，迷住情感，并吸引好奇心。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: In terms of the organization of spatial form, the project has used the combination of overlapped and embedded double-enclosure structure.The overhanging eaves and the outer enclosure structure form a gray space between indoors and outdoors, which enriches people's spatial experience. Furthermore, it can play the role of shading from the sun and rain, passively reducing energy consumption in north Guangdong, a hot and rainy area. Meanwhile, it also plays a certain role in protecting the wall.
Dimensions & Packaging: The climatic conditions in Guangdong were fully considered in the design, and both the two buildings used overlapped double-layer enclosure structures. Based on the principle called "cold lane" from Lingnan traditional architecture, the combination of overlapped and embedded double-enclosure structures was used in the space design. Empty and hollow spaces with different cross-sectional areas were formed. When passing through the spaces, the wind speed will increase and the wind pressure will decrease. The hot air in each room connected with the cold lane will be pushed out, and the cool air will fill in the space, thus the ventilation is done. The outermost enclosure structure of Liru Book House is a hollow facade composed of traditional pottery tiles and Chinese fir strips, which have the sunshade effect. The middle part is an empty space, and the second enclosure structure inside is a floor-to-floor safety glass window. While ensuring the shading from sun and rain, it can also ensure indoor lighting.
Tags: Compound function, micro-building, passive energy saving, overlapped double-enclosure structure, folding lines, multi-group viewfinder, modern interpretation, locality, site spirit
Production Technology: The poetic of humanity and locality has been shaped in the process of deconstruction and reconstruction. By comparing the old and new materials, a visual conflict is formed to enrich the features. The facade of the building, which is unitarily composed of traditional pottery tiles and Chinese fir strips, bears the culture and history of the village. The simple and heavy fair-faced concrete and light and transparent glass reflect Mr. Lin Liru's educational philosophy, that is, the spirit of breakthrough and innovation, and his expectation a better future for the village; Almost all the materials are from the local area, and the building has ingeniously combined these old and new materials into a new time-and-space narrative and a place for experience.
Design Challenge: 1. Due to the large scale of the site, it was not easy for this project to meet the main functions of the building (exhibition) and the needs of villagers and visitors (reading, recreation, spiritual experience and activities), as well as to highlight the monumental significance of the building.

2. The overall design thinking stems from a respect for rural culture. The design volume and storey height of the public buildings in this project are different from the traditional residences around the site. If the functions of the traditional dwellings are to be met, reference cannot be made to their scale. In addition, the harmony between the new building and its surroundings should be taken into account.
Research: In terms of the construction of rural public space, the building was orderly constructed with multiple sites to create a flexible spatial structure; Secondly, the concept of micro-intervention with less physical construction and more natural landscape was adopted to return the space to villagers' activities, which defined the various functions of the building; Finally, the project used the landscape space method to create diversified interactive media such as constructions and facilities, which enhanced the extensibility of core public space, meeting the needs of various spaces and cultures, and enhancing villagers' happiness. The rich spatial scales are conducive to the subdivision of spatial functions, stimulating villagers to use the spaces, and promoting the diversity of people's communication and activities.
Inspiration: Under the background of rural revitalization, public space should be designed with the space concept of high accessibility, available for cooperative and collective activities and diversified functions, as well as with the integration of mixed social functions and pursuit of cultural value under rural background. The designer has explored and practiced the design of micro space in rural public spaces in this project.
Project Duration: The project lasted one and a half years from design to construction (June 2020 to October 2021), which was located in Xitang Village, Dongbei Town, Lianzhou City, Guangdong Province, China. Since its establishment, nearby villagers and children often came to the site to study, rest and entertain, and it has also attracted many tourists from neighboring counties and cities. As an important investigation and study base for educational history research in South China, it has embraced students and tourists from all over the country.
Operation Flow: The government, designer team and villagers have participated in the project from design to construction. As a matter of fact, villagers as the main body of the space of the village understand it most. And the construction of core public space in the village will directly influence the quality of their public life. Therefore, in the process of design and construction, the villagers' subjective initiative was given into play and they participated in the construction with designers. The villagers' enthusiasm for the construction was enhanced, and 12 villagers directly or indirectly participated in the design and construction to give suggestions for the early construction and later maintenance and renewal of the core public space in the village. By improving the space site by site, and environmental cognition was formed for villagers in Xitang Village and other tourists, complementing high-quality places for public activities to the existing rural environment.
Team Members: Xiangming Ma, Hui Wang, Xin Huang,Jianwei Yang,Xiaojun Wu, Rongbin Li, Lei Wang, Huilv Yan, Junan Ren,Delin Wang, Wenxin Zhu, Zepen Wu, Xianghui Wu, Shouan Zhong, Jun Huang, Weifeng Huang, Shujie Hu, XianbiaoXu, Zijian Zhang and Boya Deng