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YJY Zhengzhou Flagship Book Store

Yuhi Studio nd S.D.S. International

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VILLAGE PAVILION: Overlapping house-shaped pavilions - YUHI STUDIO
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JURY VOTES
Multi-Brand Store
6.43
6.64
6.79
5.57
6.36
Alberto Martinez
Alberto Martinez Sales Manager of Central Europe at Andreu World
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6
5
5
5.5
Benjamin Kaplan
Benjamin Kaplan Design Director Global Brand Experience at Nike
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7
7.25
Julian Lwin
Julian Lwin Spatial Design Director at Lwindesign + StreetFarms USA
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7
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5
5.75
Jayati Sinha
Jayati Sinha Physical and Digital Experience Designer at Fjord @ Accenture
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6
5
5.75
Ekaterina Elizarova
Ekaterina Elizarova Founder and Creative Director at Elizarova Design Studio
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7
7
6
6.75
Yanfei Li
Yanfei Li Founder and Design Director at 8877 Interiors
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5
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4
5.25
Marjan van Aubel
Marjan van Aubel Solar Designer at Marjan van Aubel Studio
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6
6
4
5.25
Alexander Fehre
Alexander Fehre Founder at Studio Alexander Fehre
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5
4
5
4.75
Olga Sundukova
Olga Sundukova Cofounder at Sundukovy Sisters
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6
6
5
5.5
Andrew Mcmullan
Andrew Mcmullan Director at Mcmullan Studio
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5
5
5
5
Karol Suguikawa
Karol Suguikawa Creative Director at Karol Suguikawa Design
7
7
7
7
7
Julien Sebban
Julien Sebban Architect at Uchronia
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8
8
6
7.25
Studio Lotus
Studio Lotus Architect and Interior Designer at Studio Lotus
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6
6.25
Client
Yanjiyou
Floor area
7500 ㎡
Completion
2020

“VILLAGE BOOK STORE” offering a new lifestyle for people One of the origins of the book is to convey information to people by words. Chinese kanji have been created based on the footprints of birds walking on sandy beaches in the era of the Yellow Emperor. The letters have then been used in various ways. The great poet “Li Bai” sang nature and humanity by words, his poems still linger on the hearts of people. Meanwhile, modern people have less access to books and are more likely to get information from the virtual world online. Human beings are physical creatures, so we feel fulfilled by interacting with other people and feeling nature. In this project, we created a book-themed entertainment center for communication with others. By creating such a “book village” that would be loved by the local people could contribute to a new lifestyle for them. A village is a compact collection of houses, shops, small stalls, squares and parks where people gather, and other essential items for residents. By combining the warm “village” which is the starting point of such a lifestyle with a bookstore as a lifestyle shop, we have created a new, while nostalgic space as the “VILLAGE BOOK STORE” where you can enjoy a fresh experience. This bookstore is divided into six areas in a huge space of over 7500 square meters. VILLAGE PAVILION & BOOK FOREST area surrounded by overlapping house-shaped pavilions and a huge 8m-high bookshelf, LIFESTYLE MARKET area with retailers related to various lifestyles, BOOK ART TOWER area with various large and small bookshelves displaying old books and old living tools, BOOK EVENT area which has both a large hall for regularly held events and a cafe that can also be used as a lounge, CHILDREN'S BOOK area where the bookstore, stores for children and parent-child cafes are gathered, decorated by a huge tree, and a BOOK TERRACE area on the 5th floor where open-style cafes and pavilions line the atrium. In addition, different stair flow lines are set up everywhere, and one of the features of enjoying this bookstore is the migration line that walks around the village up, down, left, and right. Such a flow line plan and randomly arranged VILLAGE PAVILIONs form narrow alley spaces and open spaces, creating a place where people become to contact with each other physically as if strolling through the village.