French television a report on January 8, the original title: China's library, the grand carnival library has become a new playground for Chinese architects to create "super projects". Extraordinary reading spaces have sprung up across China.
Can you imagine reading in spaces shaped like eyeballs, labyrinths, giant "book snails" or "beach blocks"? Inside a bookstore in Chengdu resembles a church, customers come here to read, admire the exquisite architecture, and take selfies. Someone said, "Being in a bookstore is like entering the Harry Potter School of Witchcraft and Wizardry."
Attracting people to the library through a unique design was regarded as the goal of an architectural firm in Beijing. The firm has already created three star works, and their fourth library project will be even more "crazy". From the firm's model, it is an avant-garde library suspended on a cliff. According to the person in charge, the library's back-to-cliff side is the venue for performances and concerts, and the reading space on the other side is facing the 180-degree sea view. He believes that digitalization is a challenge that designers must face, and nowadays people are used to reading what they like on tablets. Therefore, libraries must provide a unique experience for their readers beyond reading.
Approaching the Beach Cube library— the architectural firm's latest work — is like a spaceship stranded on the beach. There is a café in the library, which seems to be a good place for quiet reading. However, in the face of the bustling visitors, a lady who came to visit regrettably said: "The design of the library is indeed very novel, but the movement of tourists is a bit noisy, which affects the reading experience." (Translated by Lü Xian)
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