Spiralling library by Atelier Xi "unfolds like a scroll painting"

The spiral shape of a conch shell informed the Serpentine Bookhouse in Shenzhen, China, a library that has been designed by local architecture studio Atelier Xi.
Located in the Dasha River Ecological Corridor, the 300-square-metre building by Atelier Xi provides a children's reading room, public restrooms and a viewing balcony with seating areas for visitors and residents.
Atelier Xi has created Serpentine Bookhouse
"The building performs like a rising spiral art sculpture, returning as muc