May 2020 - The Hubei Foreign Language Bookstore, designed by Wutopia Lab in Shanghai, is an architectural renovation for Hubei Changjiang Publishing & Media Group. After more than two years of design and construction, it opened at the end of 2019.
The design team chose perforated aluminum plate to create the atmosphere of layers of green hills, act as the background for trees along the street and symbolize the new life of the bookstore. “The new façade is also a manifesto—the abstract green hills open a window on the increasingly crowded Zhongnan Road and link daily life to a whole new world,” the architects said.
The aluminum cladding is also illuminated at night, proclaiming the bookstore as a beacon for bibliophiles and as a lighthouse for the city.
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