Wuguan Books by Chu Chih-kang Space Design

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揭开入口的门帘，看见店内的景象时，首次踏入店内的消费者都会停下脚步，因为惊喜、惊讶、或者疑惑。无关书店内打著非常微弱的灯光，映入眼帘的，只有书本飘浮著。

Most first-time visitors to our bookstore would come to a full stop when they first pull back the store curtain and see what is waiting for them: surprise, amazement, or perhaps confusion. With an extremely low lighting, all visitors could see are the books on the shelves.

▼揭开门帘，进入黑暗的书店空间，enter the dark book store though the curtain

▼店内空间一览，overall view of the bookstore

无关书本，关于新生活尝试
It’s not about the books, it is about a new experience!

“书店怎麽这麽暗?”这是大多数人进入书店后的一个想法，但于此同时，视线却不由自主的被架上的书本吸引。这其实也是无关实验书店想探讨的问题:「甚麽样的时刻会让你想看书?」设计师朱志康颠覆大众对书店的印象，不是明亮丰富，而是平静而专注。在宁静的夜晚才更能沉淀思绪，静下心来阅读，因而创造这样的空间，让大家沉静下来，聆听内心的声音，找一本真的想要阅读的书。

Most visitors are surprised by the bookstore’s low interior lighting. However at the same time, they are captivated by the books on the shelves without realizing it. “Whether people would only want to read in a well-lit environment or not” is a question we often ponder, and we discovered that it is easier for people to collect their thoughts and enjoy a book at night. That is why we have created a space that allows people to wind down, listen to their inner voice, and find a book they really want to read.

▼黑暗的室内空间令人沉静，dark interior space allows people to wind down

将近300个书架，书本以封面向外，让书本自身的设计来向消费者传达它们的个性与故事。光源经过精心设计，投射范围只在书本上，营造著书本都飘浮在空中的错觉。店内设置有一张烧杉长桌，有相对较亮的光源，消费者若想更深入阅读，可以带至长桌处阅读。地面铺设地毯，可吸收回音，也吸收掉消费者的步伐音量。店内光源都集中照射在书本及物件上，消费者身在其中只可见到隐约的轮廓；人与人之间干扰减少了，消费者在选择读物时，不用在意其他人的视线眼光，也不会因为旁人的一举一动而打扰自己阅读。

With book covers on nearly 300 bookshelves facing outward, our display allows books themselves to recount their personality and story to our visitors. Our carefully-designed lighting only illuminates the books and creates an illusion that they are floating in the air. A yakisugi (shou sugi ban) table can be found in the bookstore that offers ample lighting to visitors who prefer to spend more time reading their book in detail. Our floor is covered with carpets, which can absorb echoes as well as sound of footsteps. With lighting concentrating on books and other objects, visitors won’t notice the presence of other people in the store. With less person-to-person interference, visitors can choose whatever book they like to read without worrying about other people looking at them as well as focusing on reading without disruption.

▼光源投射在书本上，如同漂浮在空中，designed lighting only illuminates the books and creates an illusion that they are floating

▼消费者只能见到隐约的轮廓，visitors would not notice the presence of other people

无关他人，关于你自己
It’s all about you!

沿著点点光源前进，看见的是书本用封面诉说它的个性与故事。店内选书涵盖心理、情绪、性别、身体、解剖医学、欲望、艺术、猎奇等领域，然而即便是同一本书，大家欣赏的面向也是不同的，因此并不以书本的领域别去定义它们， 而是依封面的颜色来安排它们的位置。

Books use their covers to tell their personality and story. Our collection includes books of different genres: psychology, emotion, gender, body, anatomy, erotica, art, and novelty. Instead of categorizing our books by genre, we choose to categorize them based on the color of the book cover.

▼书籍依封面颜色排列，诉说自己的故事，the books are categorized based on the color of the book cover, telling their own story

店内光源经过精心设计，照亮贩售的书和物件，却照不到读者的面容。店内选书有许多限制级题材，在明亮的空间裡，有许多人会顾虑他人眼光而不好意思拿起来阅读，然而在无关实验书店裡，可以屏除这层顾虑，放心的阅读自己想看的书籍；也因为光源范围有限，周遭人们的举动并不会互相干扰，消费者可以更专注于阅读这件事情上。可以这麽说，无关实验书店提供了实体书店与网路书店的优点，消费者能够在店裡实际感受每一本书，翻阅试读；同时也无须顾虑周遭的眼光，可以拿起真正想要阅读的书并安心的购买。

Our interior lighting is carefully designed and positioned to illuminate our books and bookshelves but not our readers. Some of our books contain mature themes and people may feel reluctant to read them if they were at a well-lit bookstore. However, at Wuguan Books, people can enjoy reading the book they want to read without worrying about other people’s eyes. Thanks to our low-lighting atmosphere, visitors can concentrate on reading and forget about their surrounding environment. In short, Wuguan Books offers the best of both worlds by bringing the advantages of a brick and mortar bookstore and online bookstore together. Visitors can pick up a book and flip through a few pages without worrying about other people.

▼精心设计的光源让人不用在意他人的目光，designed lighting makes people to concentrate on reading

走进无关实验书店，就像打开自己内心深处的那扇门，在这裡与自己交流，诚实，且真实。

At Wuguan Books, we help you open that door to your inner self. Come and have a honest and real interaction with yourself.

▼通向二楼的楼梯，staircase to the second floor

▼从二楼俯视书店，view of the book store from the upper floor

▼书店外观，镂空的标牌和投影共同组成书店logo，external view of the bookstore, hallowed signal plate and the shadow together form the logo

▼平面图，plans

地点：高雄市驳二艺术特区大义仓库群(高雄市盐埕区大义街2-1号C7-6号仓库)
面积：185平方米
业主：无关实验书店
空间设计：朱志康空间规划
设计师：朱志康
设计助理：林旦华
完工日期：2018.01
主要材质:铁架，LED，烧杉
摄影师：朱志康空间规划、李国民

Location: Dayi Warehouse Cluster, Pier-2 Art Center, Kaohsiung City (C7-6 Warehouse, 2-1 Dayi Street, Yancheng District, Kaohsiung City)
Area: 185 sq meter
Owner: Wuguan Books
Designed by:Chu Chih-kang Space Design
Designer: Chu Chih-kang
Design assistant: Lin Tan-hua
Completion: 2018.01
Materials: iron frame, LED, yakisugi (shou sugi ban)
Photography: Chu Chih-kang Space Design, Li Guomin

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