The Louna Architects Bookshop designed by The Scarcity and Creativity Studio, After decades of concentrating resources on urban industrial development, China has turned its attention to its rural areas where it is sponsoring a variety of development initiatives. One of these is the Louna International Architects? Village initiated by Urban Environment Design (UED) Magazine and CBC (China Building Centre), which occupies a small, beautiful valley called Louna, in Yilong District, Qianxinan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province.

Louna International Architects? Village is viewed as a ?Peach Colony?, a Chinese reference to an idyllic dream. In pursuance of the policy of ?rural revival? ?and ?beautiful countryside?, this Village gathers renowned architects, artists, scholars and cultural workers from home and abroad, such as Ryue Nishizawa, Seung, H-sang, and Xinggang Li. UED and CBC invited The Scarcity and Creativity Studio, AHO, to design the village?s bookshop. Architectural education is a significant component of rural revitalization and Louna International Architects? Village is committed to becoming a research and education center focused on future rural revival.The Louna Architects? Bookshop
Since the advent of digitization, printed books are going through difficult times. The consolidation of publishers and the demise of long-established booksellers are the most visible signs of the challenges that the book industry faces. Spurred by these challenge...