Books in Clouds, Duoyun Bookstore, Zhejiang Retail Building, Contemporary Chinese Interior Architecture Photos
Books in Clouds ? Duoyun Bookstore in Huangyan
28 Jul 2021
Architects: Wutopia Lab
Location: Taizhou, Zhejiang, China

Books in Clouds ? Duoyun Bookstore
?I don?t like to be tied down, I am a free spirit. ?

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Wutopia Lab designed Duoyun Bookstore in Huangyan, which was officially completed and grandly opened on June 26, 2021. This is the first store in a foreign province for Duoyun Bookstore, which was born in Shanghai. It can be described as a cloud symbolizing idealism that slowly rises on the bank of Yongning River.

Getting Up

The beginning of a design can be based on a mood. Standing by the Yongning River during the day, with the river calmly and slowly going east, I was easily brought into the flat and distant composition of the southern Chinese landscape, and my mood and sight were both relaxed along the horizontal line. In the evening, many people pile up for their own entertainment along the river, lively and cheerful but not noisy. The air was slightly humid, and the river breeze gently popped through the water droplets, bursting a little refreshment around my face. I envied the tranquility and pleasantness of this city, which is scarce in Shanghai. Suddenly, I decided there should be a cloud, calmly and slowly rising over the river.
Subtraction as Addition

Clouds have a sophisticated and pure beauty. Rather than perform cosmetic surgery o...