Longnan Village Bohong Library

Lu Fei Bohong, surname Lu Fei and first name Kui, pseudonym Shaocang, original native place is Tongxiang, Zhejiang. He is a famous educator and publisher in China, also the founder of Zhonghua Book Company. In 2018, the Tongxiang government decided to adopt the name of the famous figure of Tongxiang - "Pioneer of Chinese Book Industry" Lu Feikui, and issued the "Implementation Plan for Building Bohong Urban Study (Book Fragrance Station)". It took the lead in pilot construction in the urban area and central towns such as Quanzhou and Wuzhen, creating a "ten minute reading circle" covering urban and rural areas. Using books as a medium to build an elegant Tongxiang. As an important public cultural space, the construction of Bohong Village Library is an important derivative of the Bohong series of reading platforms. Rural distribution, balanced development, and the renovation and reuse of old buildings in each village to achieve book resource service coverage, allowing new reading spaces to be embedded in every corner of Tongxiang, further building a public reading service system that integrates urban and rural areas, and making the study atmosphere of Tongxiang city more enduring. Cultural Carrier The small architectural complex by the riverbank is a gathering place for cultural life in Longnan Village. A calligraphy and painting linkage is formed between the library and the Baoyuejing Art Museum on the south side, carrying out teaching and training, artistic creation, and exchange activities, enriching the cultural activities of the masses. The Bohong Library in Longnan Village adopts a combination model of literati art studios and rural libraries. The first floor, as Xu Lingfen's personal literary studio, has been settled in, using the "Poetry and Painting Longnan · Tang Yin Literature Salon" as a carrier to conduct activities such as reading exchange, writing style collection, and literary lectures through literary gatherings. The second floor serves as the basic reading room for displaying books and providing villagers with a space for free reading. This "cultural partnership" operation model attracts literary enthusiasts with literati and masters, promotes cultural exchange among villagers and poetry friends, and turns a simple reading space into a cultural sharing space. Stacked House Combining function and usage, the architectural design takes open books as the spatial prototype, stacking them as a spatial combination form, drawing on the characteristic elements of traditional residential buildings, and creating a reading space with local culture. The shape of the building has been twisted along the waterfront and village roads, with overlapping eaves expanding into public spaces such as the front porch and terrace. The staggered shapes form a transportation and interaction space that connects the upper and lower layers inside, and connect the natural scenery outside. The building is hidden in the shade of the riverbank trees, surrounded by vegetation on the west side, and has vivid local characteristics. The mountain wall of the library echoes the riverbank landscape, and the stairs hidden within the mountain wall continue the winding path of walking, leading to the open platform in front of the second floor reading room door. The indoor first floor is mainly composed of a relatively complete space, which is suitable for flexible use of studios and various salon leisure activities. When the large floor to ceiling doors and windows on the south side are opened, they connect with the small courtyard surrounded by plants, and the eaves run through the courtyard to form an open semi outdoor area, allowing people to feel the atmosphere of natural countryside. The reading room is mainly composed of bookshelves and stepped platforms. The bookshelf system for storing donated books and publications by local elites runs through the vertical space of the first and second floors, and also plays a role in functional zoning. Opening windows on the bookshelf allows for a distant view of the village, and can also be used as a seat to sit and read. The extended staircase platform corresponds perfectly to a sloping roof, facing the green space and riverbank on the side. The high windows allow for more natural lighting, creating a more lively and interesting reading space. Rural Publicity The completion of the Bohong Library in Longnan Village has facilitated the operation of cultural sharing and achieved the integration of rural architecture and village site. The east side of the building is adjacent to the village cultural square, and the completed library has become a landmark node of the square. The courtyard on the south side is closely integrated with the interior, becoming an extension of the architectural space. The facade facing the riverbank is mainly composed of stairs and terraces as the main public system. The conversion space under the large eaves provides a view of the scenery, and the platform also reserves an area for villagers to play and interact outdoors. Originally, there was a small corner plot between the north side of the homestead and the village road. The eaves attached to the building facade activated this piece of land, transforming it into an expanded foothold space next to the road and becoming a corner for villagers to rest and interact with. As a public reading service system as a township level, the Bohong library in Longnan Village has enriched the knowledge expansion of villagers of all ages and truly become the most important "spiritual granary" in the process of rural revitalization.