Mengzi NSAU Bookstore of Librairie Avant-Garde / ZAO/standardarchitectureSave this picture!© Ziling WangLibrary, Retail•Mengzi, China Architects: ZAO/standardarchitecture Area Area of this architecture project Area:  894 m² Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2023 Photographs Photographs:Ziling Wang, Qingshan Wu More SpecsLess Specs Save this picture! Text description provided by the architects. Located in Honghe, Yunnan province, approximately 250km south east from Kunming, Mengzi is a border town with a relatively glory history. The Avant-garde Bookstore sits by the Southlake of Mengzi, a beloved public park today, while dating back to WWII, it was the campus of the National Southwest Associated University (NSAU), a prestigious academic group that nourished numerous scholars during the war.Save this picture!Save this picture!There was originally a group of concrete taverns and a bell tower on the site. ZAO/standardarchitecture selectively preserved part of the buildings and renovated the facades with gray bricks.Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!The design of the new building is characterized by a rolling serpentine loop—rising from the lakeshore, climbing up the existing hall and bell tower, and coming down back to the lake with a huge horizontal opening.Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!The journey entwines the existing urban context and the landscape with a simple but spatially diverse sequence.Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!Entering the courtyard, visitors are led to the roof terrace by an inviting ramp, where a spectacular panoramic view of the city is revealed with the rise and falls of the geometry.Save this picture!Save this picture!The use of the rough concrete and the natural wood are woven from outdoor to indoor, blurring exterior and interior with sensible sensations.Save this picture!Save this picture! Project gallerySee allShow less Project locationAddress:Nanhu Park, Mengzi, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, ChinaLocation to be used only as a reference. It could indicate city/country but not exact address.About this office Published on April 22, 2025Cite: "Mengzi NSAU Bookstore of Librairie Avant-Garde / ZAO/standardarchitecture" 22 Apr 2025. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/1029258/mengzi-nsau-bookstore-of-librairie-avant-garde-zao-standardarchitecture&gt ISSN 0719-8884Save想阅读文章的中文版本吗?西南联大先锋书店 / 标准营造是否 You've started following your first account!Did you know?You'll now receive updates based on what you follow! Personalize your stream and start following your favorite authors, offices and users.Go to my stream