A library that opened up in China recently.
Here are some fun facts about this uniquely designed architectural marvel:
- It has been given the shape of an eye, both outside as well as inside.
- Look from outside, and it would seem like an eye is staring at you through the building’s glazed facade.
- Get inside and it will feel like you are literally walking inside an eyeball; exactly the reason why the atrium of the building has a giant spherical structure in the center, you guessed it, like a pupil.
- The five-story building has a row-like design from floor to ceiling to look like a continuous book shelf, where books exists till the 2nd floor only. Rest of the rows have image of books printed on them; maybe to ensure visitors have their attention glued to the books instead of marveling the design of this magnificent architecture. Subtle!
- The continuous bookshelf design was initially planned to make every row accessible - floor-to-ceiling. Not kidding! The plan was dropped to fast-track construction.
For a world that was presumably moving to ebooks and online reading, this library redefines book reading.
About design, lets just say it hits the ball straight out of the park, where park is a metaphor for ‘Earth’!