2024-05-04T06:31:23-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150290100/atelier-tao-c-s-capsule-hostel-and-bookstore-is-the-2021-world-interior-of-the-year Josh Niland 2021-12-03T20:03:00-05:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/d2/d249de1430bfbb3d4c1499b2a35a9dd9.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>In culmination of the two organization's shared annual awards program, the <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/14206/world-architecture-festival" target="_blank">World Architecture Festival</a> and <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/320633/inside-world-festival-of-interiors" target="_blank">INSIDE Festival of Interiors</a> have just named the Capsule Hostel and Bookstore in Qinglongwu, China as the 2021 winner of the World Interior of the Year prize.&nbsp;</p> <p>The design features a 20-person hostel and community bookstore space inserted into a 232-square-meter (2,500-square-foot) stone house set amongst the richly forested landscape of Zhejiang Province.</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/12/12ec52ef970af14b61f07b660c2ef642.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/12/12ec52ef970af14b61f07b660c2ef642.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image &copy; Su Shengliang</figcaption></figure><p>Atelier tao+c's intention was to explore the idea of a &ldquo;building within a building&rdquo; by transforming the former mountainside residence into a combination of different competing uses with the particular challenge of ensuring privacy for the hostel guests while enacting a workable network of wayfinding for customers of the bookstore.<br></p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/78/783659502b080f117f5e2d276fa2cbd9.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/78/783659502b080f117f5e2d276fa2cbd9.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image &copy; Su Shengliang</figcaption></figure><p>Judges commended the project for its &ldquo;sensitive and inventive remodeling of a modest traditional building in a remote setting,&rdquo; stating that it was &ldquo;a cross ...</p>