Gold Interior Space and Exhibition Design · 2020
QingCloud Library Reading
by Fineland Architecture and Studio Revo
- A' Design Award 2020 Gold Winner in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Awarded April 15, 2020
- CLIENT: Fineland
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About QingCloud Library Reading
QingCloud Library is a creative bookstore and reading space located in Heshan, Guangdong, China. The interior covers 220 square meters, with a ceiling height of about 5 meters. Books, modern display cabinets and a casual coffee service are offered within the same room. A flowing cylindrical structure stands at the entrance to create a strong visual focus. Built-in shelves are arranged on both sides of the central element to guide movement and prevent crowding. Wood veneer, processed glass, color coating and stainless steel are used. Light effects shape the calm reading area.
QingCloud Library Reading by studio revo and fineland architecture invites contemplation of the reading room as sacred precinct, a space where knowledge acquisition transcends mere function to become spatial experience imbued with poetic resonance. This interior intervention positions itself within the broader trajectory of contemporary library design that reimagines the bibliothèque as immersive environment rather than utilitarian storage, joining distinguished precedents that elevate the act of reading to ceremonial significance through architectural means. The designers demonstrate exceptional command of curvilinear geometry, deploying a sweeping shelving wall that embraces visitors within its concave embrace while simultaneously reaching upward toward a luminous ceiling oculus that suggests cosmic aspiration. Technical accomplishment manifests in the precise integration of integrated backlighting within each shelf compartment, creating a constellation of soft glowing rectangles that transform the functional storage system into a luminous sculptural installation. The chromatic strategy exhibits sophisticated restraint, with warm timber tones establishing hospitable warmth while slender teal accents introduce rhythmic punctuation that guides the eye along the spiraling ascent. Particularly notable is the dialogue established between the interior space and the exterior landscape visible through generous glazing, where verdant garden elements echo the green accent stripes, suggesting continuity between cultivated nature and cultivated mind. The central hemispherical element grounds the soaring verticality with meditative stillness, its pure white convexity serving as contemplative anchor amid dynamic curves. This work may evoke associations with ancient reading rooms and sacred spaces dedicated to learning, from monastic scriptoria to enlightenment-era libraries, while translating these venerable traditions through distinctly contemporary formal vocabulary. The elliptical ceiling aperture invites interpretation as a symbolic opening to higher understanding, transforming the act of selecting a book into participation in ascending knowledge. One might consider how this space positions the reader as protagonist in an architectural narrative of intellectual discovery and wonder.
Press Kit
- Unique Properties
- This project is a creative bookstore that offers books, modern display cabinets, casual coffee services, etc.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- 220 square meters
- Tags
- library
- Production Technology
- Wood venee, process glass, color coating, stainless steel
- Design Challenge
- Satisfy the requirement to display books by defining a series of different cabinet arrays. Customers demand a strong and alluring visual impact on the main entrance. Refine the internal layout through the use of a cylindrical architecture and suggestive light effects, to create continuous and discontinuous unique effects that together present the ultimate visual expression.
- Project Duration
- This project stated in May, 2019 and completed in November, 2019 in Heshan, Guangdong ,china.
- Operation Flow
- This independent library followed the completion of the club, swimming pool and restaurant aims to provide a peaceful space for those want to read.
- Research
- The layout appears a square with around 5 meters height. As the client required, the entrance must be stunning visually. Thus, the architect designed the central structure in flowing cylinder-shaped form.To separate tourists and prevent from blocking and crowding, the architect arranged built-up shelves at two sides of the central spot.
- Inspiration
- The customer’s primary concern is the visual impact produced at the entrance. Thus, through a cylindrical architecture, a refined and selective internal structure, as well as suggestive light effects, continuous and discontinuous forms are recreated once and again, to present guests with a supreme visual style.
- Image Credits
- Photography by Mendo Wong.
- Patents
- Copyrights belong to Studio Revolution, 2019.
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