Under a narrow canopy, two doors are designed as one element, just like a butterfly with two butterfly wings. The two doors guide the visitors into two bookstores with different function and atmosphere. Like the two doors, the two bookstores are also nested in one 94sqm space.

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Architects: Atelier Archmixing

Location: No. 525 Guoquan Road, Yangpu District, Shanghai, China

Lead Architects: Shen Zhuang, Hao Ren, Yu Tang, Jie Zhu

Area: 94.0 m2

Project Year: 2017

Photographs: Qingshan Wu

Design Team: Shen Zhuang, Xiahong Hua, Shiyu You, Pengyu Zhao(Intern)

Constructor: Shanghai DUYA Construction & Decoration Shanghai Co., Ltd
Client: Shanghai Yueyue Book Co., Ltd

Yueyue bookstore on the Guoquan Road. Image © Qingshan Wu

Text description provided by the architects. Under a narrow canopy, two doors are designed as one element, just like a butterfly with two butterfly wings. The two doors guide the visitors into two bookstores with different function and atmosphere. Like the two doors, the two bookstores are also nested in one 94sqm space.

One Element with two doors for two bookstores. Image © Qingshan Wu

One bookstore unfold books on Literature, History and Philosophy in zigzag deep corridors like a library, while the other one for general booklovers has been sculpted as a relaxed and charming reading hall.
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