Shenzhen Book Mall 書城建築 by Zhubo Design is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award 金獎 in 建築、樓宇及結構設計 Competition Category.

金建築· 2024

Shenzhen Book Mall 書城建築

by Zhubo Design

Client: Bureau Of Public Works Of Shenzhen Municipality Engineering Design Management Center

A' Design Award 金獎 Winner in 建築 Category

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The Design

About Shenzhen Book Mall 書城建築

深圳書城灣區分店係一座位於大型城市公園中心嘅文化建築。建築物有一半埋喺緩緩升起嘅綠化空間下面,咁樣既保留咗公園,又令更多綠化景觀清晰可見。超過74%嘅樓面面積設於地下,開放嘅路線畀訪客穿越公園,喺室內同室外空間之間自由穿梭。功能包括書城、民俗博物館、商舖同多功能廳。綠化天台同遮陽板可以減少能源消耗。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 金獎

Shenzhen Book Mall 書城建築是 A' Design Award 金獎得主，這是授予一流、絕妙而傑出設計的極為崇高的認可。金獎得主是極具創新、極富遠見且璀璨奪目的創作，反映出其設計師的天才、智慧與才幹。預計Shenzhen Book Mall 書城建築將成為一項備受讚譽、引領潮流、氣勢恢宏的發明，帶來前所未有的價值。這件贏得 A' Design Award 金獎的設計是一個壯觀而受人敬重的項目，極大地造福並拓展藝術、科學、設計和技術的界限。Shenzhen Book Mall 書城建築激起強烈的渴望，喚起激情，鼓勵創造力，令我們著迷。

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: Integration of architecture and landscape.
The project realizes the placement of the building while maintaining the park, half-burying the building under the gently lifting green space, creating a park that slopes towards the central axis, which allows more greenery to be seen and shades the cluttered streetscape across the road.
The design contemplates the relationship between architecture, the city and nature, where the building is the city and the city is packed into nature.
Dimensions & Packaging: Total land area: 65902.45 square metre;
Total construction area: 131147.8 square metre;
Volume rate: 1.15;
Building height: 12M;
Number of floors: 2 underground floors, 2 aboveground floors
Tags: Open Space, Integration of Architecture and Landscape, Green Building, Open-plan Design
Production Technology: Passive green building.
Suspended, elevated, green roofs, above ground landscaping paired with underground construction are designed to reduce energy consumption.
Materials that match the function.
The west elevation adopts curved materials, which is conducive to enhancing the mechanical properties of the materials, narrowing the curtain wall components and creating a lightweight effect.
The east elevation uses translucent aluminum panels that resemble ocean waves to provide shade for the building.
Design Challenge: Leaving the building open.
The strategy of opening up the building allows people to walk through the park without interrupting their route.
More than 74% of the building area is underground, and the open design connects the ground and the floor, allowing the experience of walking through the bookstore to be freely switched between indoors and outdoors. The all-weather urban corridor makes the building more than just a bookstore: nature, city and architecture are intertwined here.
Research: Architecture is city, city is architecture
As a new model of New Generation Book City, the building itself is built as a city, trying to lead people to rethink the relationship between culture and life.
Making culture in the place where the city and nature blend
Shenzhen Book Mall Bay Area Branch is located in the center of the Central Park. In this urban public space with superior natural environment. we integrate culture into it.
Inspiration: Generating architecture from urban relations.
Located between the subway station and many public buildings, the bookstore integrates the public access and the internal functional flow, which is a building penetrated by the city, blurring the boundary between the building and the city.
The circular volume rising from the center of the sloping park and the rectangular volume of the public building across the street form the composition of the "circle of heaven and earth" in Chinese culture.
Project Duration: The project started in 2018 in Shenzhen and finished in 2025.
Operation Flow: Immersive cultural experience in Qushuiliushang
The paths are connected in the form of Qushuiliushang, and the staircases and ramps are like mountains of books and ribbons of jade, forming a multifaceted and interesting public space.
The functions of the building include book city, folk museum, commercial, multi-functional hall and creative culture, etc. The building becomes a part of the city as a collection of various functions.
Team Members: Design Management Team: Wang Ruiqi, Wang Zijia, Zhang Tao, Huang Jiongming, Zhang Zhilin
Design Team: Feng Guochuan, Guan Tong, Chen Gongchao, Liu Yixin, Zhang Chunliang, Deng Hua, Xiao Yebao, Yang Sihui, Ye Jingliu
Image Credits: Green Snail