Architecture with Purpose!

Condition_Lab orchestrates a traditional timber house squeezed within an infinite loop of risers and treads to set a new paradigm for rural village libraries in China… The Pingtan Book House is no ordinary children’s library. This is a place where kids read and play at the same time. Imagine a staircase that never ends! Adding to the mystery, the staircase has no destination. Rather, it is the destination itself. For years, Dong Minority villages in China have been confronted with the ever-present reality of the decline of their beautiful architectural heritage, eradicated by the arrival of foreign material - concrete. […]