Wednesday, 7 March 2012

A quiet, relaxing environment for literary study and entertainment


This project is modest addition for the small property of Huairou about two hours drive away from the urban center of Beijing, China. The “Liyuan Library” by Chinese designer Li Xiaodong Atelier is encompassed within a mountainous and forested landscape. The absolutely glazed interior contains mild and contemplative reading spaces and a disposal of platforms which integrate shelving since books. After analyzing the region’s characteristics, an exterior screen clad with ordinary sticks was chosen to conceal the glass facade, receding engrossment the surrounding mystique without competing with it.



Its interior is bright, cozy and airy, featuring complicated terraced levels also a high, naturally lit ceiling. Glass sections strain across the walls and ceiling, even behind the bookshelves, letting light into the interior over filtered by the external fascia. Thousands of bundled sticks, all reclaimed from the local environment, stretch across nearly every inch of the exterior. On one for reds it forms a modern day programmatic supplement for the village with the help of just a little library and reading through space in the position of tranquil contemplation. No matter the viewpoint, whether you’re sitting inside or stare from a distance, the Liyuan Library is a spectacular work of architecture, one that could pass for a temple if it weren’t employed as a library.

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