Ninja Stuudio has shared photos of “White Sheet”, a tiny public library and reading pavilion they completed in Tallinn, Estonia. The design has been inspired by the image of a literary idea, with the pavilion’s roof hovering as a light sheet of paper in mid-air relying only on the glass shelves below. The shelves are […]
The center of the circle of the three blast furnaces is the core and spiritual fortress of the whole blast furnace. The symbolic and commemorative nature of the core is enhanced by the lighting designer, through the three-dimensional sense created by the red wall washing lamp, the light that is projected on the furnace body like a flame, and the details of some metal rods on the blast furnace, creating a warm atmosphere like the fireplace and giving the shuttle crowd a sense of worship. The relationship between the service and the served space is diffused outward from the center, and the second ring is the front end of the core as a service space, and also a visual and functional hub to strengthen the ritual sense and centripetal force of the core.
The inspirations and key concepts for the development of the project stemmed from Parallel Studio’s commitment to giving back to both local and global communities through their Parallel Gives Program. Mariam’s Library was conceived with the aim of providing enhanced educational opportunities to the students of Zanzibar. The project sought to align with the curriculum while serving both Beit Ras School students and the Mwanyanya community.
The surrounding area exhibits diverse scenery, with only the hill behind the school and the flowing water of the drainage canal providing some pleasant views. The design concept of this project is based on this premise, focusing on how to use architectural elements to frame the external landscape and limit the internal sightlines. Additionally, considering the proximity to the school basketball court, the design aims to minimize the impact of the court on the library.
The campus of the Budapest Business University is located in a residential and educational area of Budapest, characterized by housing blocks and a suburban layout. The majority of the residential and educational buildings in this area were built post-war, and are distributed within an intensive green space reminiscent of an urban park, which lends this mixed-use environment a distinct atmosphere.
The Library is situated on a vast ice-chrysanthemum plantation at the foot of Yuntai Mountain. The architect was invited to design a multifunctional building for community use. It accommodates ice-chrysanthemum tea tasting, book reading, small-scale musical performances, workshops for agricultural education, and storage for farming tools.
This is a complex facility for a library and day service for the elderly built in a small rural town. Since the site faces a residential street and the surrounding environment is miscellaneous, windows on the perimeter were kept to the minimum necessary. This was also effective in improving thermal insulation performance and ensuring the quietness required for the intended use. On the other hand, the library section on the second floor is fully open to the courtyard in the center of the building using frameless vacuum triple glazing.
This small book house is a public welfare project we have finished recent years, the site is located on Wanchun Town, Wenjiang District, Chengdu, a typical agricultural landscape with suburban and rural communities surrounded. The book house is one of the “Pyramid Book House” series in Wenjiang District. As a high-quality livelihood service plan, the “Pyramid Book House”is committed to make reading services out of public libraries, create a cultural life with the idea “No matter how late it is, leave a light here for me”, and bring warmth and emotional recognition to the community.
The Concept Library is a spiral shell embraced by a high grass field, located in the rural area of Zhejiang Province, China. It tries to explore the possibility of the fusion between contemporary formal expression and vernacular material culture.
The bookstore is for those who do not read. In China, the number of people who maintain a reading habit is far less than those who do not read. The limited number of readers alone cannot save bookstores. Therefore, book cities need to be designed for more non-readers, enticing them to step into the bookstore. This way, they can save the bookstore. In China, the time spent by online users on their phones has far exceeded the time spent in offline physical spaces. Additionally, the prices of books purchased online are much lower than those in physical bookstores, leading to a loss of readers for bookstores. Therefore, I aim to allocate even just 1 hour from the 10 hours or 8 hours that some online users dedicate to their phones each day, enticing them to step into a bookstore with attractions not found online. This way, they can save the bookstore.
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