Pingtan Book House / Condition_Lab & UAL Studio
Imagine a staircase that never ends, an infinite loop of risers and treads squeezed into a traditional timber house. The staircase has no destination; it is the destination itself. The walls of the house have been transformed into a matrix of bookshelves and windows. The Pingtan Book House is a place where kids read and play at the same time, a new paradigm of rural village libraries in China.
view from the field. Image © Sai Zhao
- architects: Condition_Lab & UAL Studio
- Location: Pingtan, Hunan Province, China
- Project Year: 2021
- Photographs: Sai Zhao
- Photographs: Xiaotie Chen
- Area: 180.0 m2
