Fengdong E Pang Bookstore in Xi’an City, Chinese Retail Interior, Shaanxi Architecture Photos
Fengdong E Pang Bookstore in Xi’an City, China
Chinese Commercial Interior in Shaanxi Province, central China – design by Gonverge Interior Design
17 Oct 2019
E Pang Bookstore
Interior design: Gonverge Interior Design
Location: Fengdong Free Trade Zone, Fengdong New Town, Xi’an City, Shaanxi Province, China

Xi?an, the ancient capital of 13 dynasties, features the integration between a civilization of thousands of years and modern lifestyles, which gives the city unique charm.

The project E Pang Bookstore is located in Fengdong New Town, Xixian New Area, Xi?an, which is named for the Epang Palace nearby. Fengdong, where the project is situated, used to be the administrative center of Qin Dynasty, and nowadays has become a core area in the development blueprint of Xi?an.
Since there had been no large-scale reading space within 5 km away from the site, the project was conceived to fill the blank. The designers tried to figure out what kind of bookstore was needed based on local cultural context and geographic importance of the site.

Encountering future

Situated within Fengdong Free Trade Zone, E Pang Bookstore is the first large cultural complex in Xixian New Area, with a total area of 3,500 sqm. More than just a bookstore, it?s endowed with the attribute of a library, which also functions as a carrier of public life and urban culture.

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