Text/Yangcheng Evening News all-media reporter Li Huankun
Photo, video/ Yangcheng Evening News all-media reporters Zhou Wei and He Quansheng
The roof is like a galaxy full of stars, the bookshelves are like slowly unfolding bamboo scrolls, and the seats are like natural and rustic low wooden piers... Walking into the Yuxi Bookstore located in the Hi City Cultural and Creative Commercial Center of Nanzhou Qiao Jian in Haizhu District, Guangzhou, it is difficult to think that this space full of national tide is a library.
Haizhu District Library Qiao Jian Branch (Yuxi Bookstore) is the first "new public cultural space" in Guangzhou, and won the Best Spatial Planning Award of the First New Public Cultural Space Design Case Collection in Guangzhou.
A few days ago, the reporter learned that yuxi bookstore combined with the operation of the past two months, it plans to build the 2.0 version of yuxi bookstore, build a borderless library, take book lending as the core, and drive the operation of cultural business, cultural tourism, culture and education.
Create a "net red" library in the mall
The idea of making an "internet celebrity" library began with a visit by Peng Cai to a field at the end of 2020. Peng Is the director of commercial operations of Qiao Jian Group, because he loves literature and art, he has always hoped to arrange a reading space in the HI CITY Cultural and Creative Commercial Center. "When we went on a field trip, we found that most of the reading space in the mall was a bookstore. I thought, if the library can be opened into the mall, will it be a better public cultural carrier? Peng Cai said.
After returning to Guangzhou, Peng Cai submitted a plan to the company, and the plan was also supported by the Haizhu District Library. Peng Cai introduced that Yuxi Shuzhai deliberately chose a team composed of "post-90s" young people to do the design, hoping to attract more people to pay attention to the library and pay attention to reading itself through eye-catching design. "We hope that the design of the library is beautiful because of culture, so the design takes the theme of national style, and presents the cultural elements of Guangzhou and Haizhu with modern design techniques and material craftsmanship." After a year of polishing and construction, on December 18, 2021, the Overseas Chinese Branch of Haizhu District Library (Yuxi Bookstore) was officially opened.
With the concept of "being a library for Chinese young people", the bookshelf is designed as an unfolded curved bamboo scroll, and the reading table, chair and screen on the side are taken from the idea of "Yunshan Zhushui". The roof uses 5 groups of lights to form a scene of "stars falling on the Milky Way", giving the reader a sense of tranquility. Since the branch library is not large, about 300 square meters, mirrors have been added to the walls and roof to enhance the sense of space. In addition, the Yuxi Bookstore is named after the "Twenty-Four Views of Yaoxi" allusion from Haizhu to commemorate the story of Haizhu culture.
Yuxi Bookstore currently has a collection of more than 15,000 books, with more than 10 kinds of books, mainly books on life, art, literature, management, science, finance and other books. According to incomplete statistics, as of February 17, Yuxi Bookstore had accumulated 8,031 people entering the museum and borrowing 1,323 volumes.
Yuxi Shuzhai 2.0 can be completed this year
With the development of society, the integration of public cultural services into the new public cultural space of mass consumption has become the development direction of traditional public cultural spaces such as libraries. As the first "new public cultural space" in Guangzhou, how does Yuxi Bookstore realize the diversification of public cultural spaces? Peng Cai introduced that since the opening of the museum, Yuxi Bookstore has not only attracted many young people to punch in, but also attracted family groups from the surrounding areas and other districts. "Limited by space, the library can only accommodate about 50 people at a time. How to better meet the needs of readers and better play the role of Yuxi Bookstore as a public cultural window are the main points we need to consider. ”
It is reported that at present, the mall has built two "annexed pavilions" on the same floor to serve readers, and regularly holds calligraphy and painting exhibitions, Chinese character science exhibitions, And Chinese building blocks exhibitions. In addition to reading books, readers can also go to the two "annexes" to learn about different cultural knowledge.
In addition, the two cafes in the mall have become part of the library's reading function. "At present, Yuxi Bookstore has reached an 'agreement' with 2 cafes in the mall, as long as you rely on the borrowing card, reader card or borrowed books, you can go to the above café to enjoy a 15% discount on consumption, and read, work, self-study and so on." In the next step, we will communicate with more commercial entities in the mall to participate. ”
Peng Cai revealed that next, Qiaojian Group will rebuild a library in the 200-square-meter venue behind the mall to create a branch of Yuxi Bookstore. The Currently operating Yuxi Bookstore will serve as a "gateway" to attract readers, providing cultural, political, economic, and scientific and technological books; the branch will provide educational, art, music books, and a richer collection. "In the branch, we will break the boundaries of the library through design and scientific means, realize the complete integration of library and business, and set up salons, exhibition areas and so on." It is reported that at present, the Yuxi Shuzhai branch has entered the design stage and is expected to be completed and opened in the third quarter of this year.
The construction of branch libraries has developed towards "precision" service
The 2021 Guangzhou Municipal Government Work Report proposes to improve the development level of cultural undertakings and cultural industries, deepen the construction of a "library city", build a new type of public cultural space, and continuously improve the quality of mass cultural activities. The relevant person in charge of the Haizhu District Library introduced to reporters that during the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" period, the district has achieved full coverage of book services in the district.
"During the '14th Five-Year Plan' period, the goal of branch library construction will be to develop from equalization of services to 'precision' of services." The person in charge said that Haizhu District will focus on the goals of "library-school cooperation" and the integration of culture, commerce and tourism, on the one hand, explore and promote the co-construction and sharing with primary and secondary school libraries, introduce public book services into schools, and help "double reduction", of which the alliance pavilion jointly built with Guangzhou Zhixin Middle School Pazhou Experimental School has been officially served in 2021 and has become an exemplary benchmark for "museum-school cooperation" in Haizhu District; on the other hand, it will create theme branches and boutique branches that reflect Haizhu culture and Haizhu characteristics, of which overseas Chinese branch libraries can achieve multi-format integration. It is rare in the area. (For more news, please pay attention to Yangcheng Pie pai.ycwb.com)
Source | Yangcheng Evening News Yangcheng Pie
Editor-in-charge | Chen Qian