Zhijian Bookstore / SMY DESIGN
The old west gate block was originally where the ancient gates from Ming & Qing dynasty located. Before rebuild , the place was deserted. But now ,it has become an independent block that is a national cultural-innovation complex where the aborigines still live here.
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Architects: SMY DESIGN
Location: Wuling, Changde, Hunan, China
Lead Architects: Ningjian Liang
Design Team: Xuepeng Jin, Piao Sun, Xinli Li
Area: 795.0 m2
Project Year: 2017
Photographs: Lu Liao
© Lu Liao
Text description provided by the architects. The old west gate block was originally where the ancient gates from Ming & Qing dynasty located. Before rebuild , the place was deserted. But now ,it has become an independent block that is a national cultural-innovation complex where the aborigines still live here.
© Lu Liao
© Lu Liao
The bookstore locates in the middle area of the block and is contiguous to a theater. We think the atmosphere of the bookstore should be quiet and peaceful. We expect it to be like a window for the residents and tourists here to read and think in the independent block. White is the color that implies purifying. So, white became the theme of the bookstore.
© Lu Liao
20 meters away from the bookstore, there is a fort relic in the second world war. It was made by pure concrete. The building of the bookstore was original concrete as...
© Lu Liao
Architects: SMY DESIGN
Location: Wuling, Changde, Hunan, China
Lead Architects: Ningjian Liang
Design Team: Xuepeng Jin, Piao Sun, Xinli Li
Area: 795.0 m2
Project Year: 2017
Photographs: Lu Liao
© Lu Liao
Text description provided by the architects. The old west gate block was originally where the ancient gates from Ming & Qing dynasty located. Before rebuild , the place was deserted. But now ,it has become an independent block that is a national cultural-innovation complex where the aborigines still live here.
© Lu Liao
© Lu Liao
The bookstore locates in the middle area of the block and is contiguous to a theater. We think the atmosphere of the bookstore should be quiet and peaceful. We expect it to be like a window for the residents and tourists here to read and think in the independent block. White is the color that implies purifying. So, white became the theme of the bookstore.
© Lu Liao
20 meters away from the bookstore, there is a fort relic in the second world war. It was made by pure concrete. The building of the bookstore was original concrete as...
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