The Glade is acultural brand, as well as a compound bookstore providing a new lifestyle. Itis a place for a bookstore, coffee, afternoon tea, restaurant, bar, culturaland creative industries and irregular exhibitions. The origin of The Glade camefrom two famous initiator teams in Chongqing, The Razor's Edge and One Day, whohave cooperated to provide a quiet and restful place of void to Chongqing, or even busy

metropolises in China.

The Glade is situated in the centre ofChongqing. Hundreds of years ago, in a military book named Six Secret Teachings, this place was called “the mountaincity". What is more, from the work ofthe mountain city of Chongqing painted by a well-known Chinese ink painter,Guanzhong Wu, we could also feel the specific topography of the mountains andvarious senses of scale. However, at the present time, the superb landscape isoccupied by a great number of super high-rise, and the organic naturalcondition turns into lacklustre concrete constructions. Only in the countrysideaway from the city could we occasionally find the beauty of the mountain cityand its distinctive Stilt Houses.

The Glade is not only a compound bookstore,but as the meaning conveyed by its name, it means tearing the cold concreteground and planting a spiritual space in the high-density city. The designcontinuous this philosophy. It connects the split first floor and second floorwith the spatial form of stilt houses; the lower floor is like the grey spaceof stilt houses, providing functions of reading, talking, resting, sharing withspace of intervals and with the design of undulating stairs, it creates amicro-mountain city to form dynamic and explorative reading space; the upperfloor is a continuous big roof of the stilt houses which integrates the spaceof coffee, afternoon tea, restaurant, bar and bookstore by using 6mm lines.Besides, in the distinct space, the change of light and shadow, time, site andenvironment are still tangible.

The project finally shows the combination ofmaterials and space and demonstrates unique constructional aesthetics. TheGlade began with adaptation to Chongqing in the ancient form of stilt house andprogressed in the exploration of complex function so as to think over thestandardization, multifunctional and flexibility of modern bookstores. Theimportance of The Glade is more than its special philosophy. It also provides acultural symbol and a sense of belonging beyond the busy city life in diverseand delicate spaces.











Drawings

The Glade is acultural brand, as well as a compound bookstore providing a new lifestyle. Itis a place for a bookstore, coffee, afternoon tea, restaurant, bar, culturaland creative industries and irregular exhibitions. The origin of The Glade camefrom two famous initiator teams in Chongqing, The Razor's Edge and One Day, whohave cooperated to provide a quiet and restful place of void to Chongqing, or even busy

metropolises in China.

The Glade is situated in the centre ofChongqing. Hundreds of years ago, in a military book named Six Secret Teachings, this place was called “the mountaincity". What is more, from the work ofthe mountain city of Chongqing painted by a well-known Chinese ink painter,Guanzhong Wu, we could also feel the specific topography of the mountains andvarious senses of scale. However, at the present time, the superb landscape isoccupied by a great number of super high-rise, and the organic naturalcondition turns into lacklustre concrete constructions. Only in the countrysideaway from the city could we occasionally find the beauty of the mountain cityand its distinctive Stilt Houses.

The Glade is not only a compound bookstore,but as the meaning conveyed by its name, it means tearing the cold concreteground and planting a spiritual space in the high-density city. The designcontinuous this philosophy. It connects the split first floor and second floorwith the spatial form of stilt houses; the lower floor is like the grey spaceof stilt houses, providing functions of reading, talking, resting, sharing withspace of intervals and with the design of undulating stairs, it creates amicro-mountain city to form dynamic and explorative reading space; the upperfloor is a continuous big roof of the stilt houses which integrates the spaceof coffee, afternoon tea, restaurant, bar and bookstore by using 6mm lines.Besides, in the distinct space, the change of light and shadow, time, site andenvironment are still tangible.

The project finally shows the combination ofmaterials and space and demonstrates unique constructional aesthetics. TheGlade began with adaptation to Chongqing in the ancient form of stilt house andprogressed in the exploration of complex function so as to think over thestandardization, multifunctional and flexibility of modern bookstores. Theimportance of The Glade is more than its special philosophy. It also provides acultural symbol and a sense of belonging beyond the busy city life in diverseand delicate spaces.











Drawings