Atelier Xi creates angular library within Chinese tea plantation
Five interconnected, angular volumes form this library and tea-tasting room designed by Chinese architecture studio Atelier Xi on an ice-chrysanthemum plantation in Xiuwu, China.
Designed to resemble a "miniature village", the library by Atelier Xi draws on the silhouette of the local village houses, as well as the composition of petals on a chrysanthemum flower.
The structure is comprised of five interconnected, angular volumes
"To avoid the imposition of a single large building on the flower f
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