Studio Link-Arc designs a brick-wrapped library in China

Located on the campus of China Resources University, a private educational institution in Shenzhen, the design of Studio Link-Arc's China Resources Archive Library is composed of a dual program. At 9,000 square meters, the building's function serves as an archive for the university and holds all of their physical and digital records in a climate-controlled vault. Above the archive are a series of gallery spaces that serve the adjacent campus and bring a civic and cultural dimension to the program. The Archive Library's design responds to two distinct site conditions. Firstly, the project sits on a hillside that boasts expansive views of Trail Bay and the surrounding landscape. Second, the China Resources Campus to the south informs the Library's design. At the eastern hillside, the project responds with a terraced design, integrating the project into the topography, allowing for a series of exterior public ramps that connect the residential neighborhood at the foot of the hill to th...