Zhongsuge Bookstore in Beijing Lafayette
It?s the second time for Zhongshuge bookstore to land in Beijing. This time it joins Lafayette department store.With reference to the expression techniques of Chinese classical gardens, the designer connects various functional areas with different formats of space layout, and sketched the flowing path for consumers to explore.
The bookshelvesare both a canvas and a wall, making the door porchlike a painting unfolding gradually. In the doorway, itis faintly visible the depth of the space, which makes people can?t help but walking into the bookshop for exploration.
Photography by © Qingshan Wu
In the conceptual area, the designer creates an elevation difference transformation by using the ladders to make the space pattern fluctuate and even the wandering walk will present a rhyme. Using perspective relations to create a visual illusion experience, the arches are nested and intersecting, and all of the beautiful sceneries are within eyesight. The charm of the changing scenery in the classical garden not only appears everywhere, but the refraction of the mirror surface also gives this phantom realm a kind of surreal sensory impact. Evolved from the form of classic “Moon Gate”, various circular holes were spread in the space. Apart from acting as a traffic corridor connectsspaces, some ofthem even function as frames displaying exquisite view in them. With the traditional decorative usage of classic “Moon Gate” be...