The library is the largest public space as a central hall in the Jinjiang campus of Fuzhou University. The entire campus plan was inspired by the 'Red Brick Cuo Village' constructed in a unique way with white stone embedded in red brick wall. Our strategy is to create horizontal and vertical flowing space into nature, and meanwhile integrate local materials and traditional crafts into the new building in the original urban context.
The central hall in the library with sunlight opens two book hills as a welcome space for students and local residents. Along the walls of bookshelves are two rising stairs on both sides connecting different floors. These wide steps are becoming the most favorite space for young people to reading and hang out.
The south side of building faces a very beautiful seascape. Along the waterfront, we arranged a 70m-long continuous Loft reading flat, which unrolls the landscape by a horizontal wood frame cantilevering 6 meters from the third floor. Sometimes people would even spend a whole day to just enjoy the great view of sunrise and sunset on the sea.
Both side walls of the library are made of used white granite embedded in old red bricks in a traditional way. It took months for us to collect enough materials from the town, where development is fast shrinking the area of the Ancient Cuo Villages. Fortunately, we found local artisans to work with us to integrate these recycled materials into the building by using the original craft.
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