The Frame Awards jury has crowned a hostel-cum-library in rural China as the winning project in the latest round of Interiors of the Month.
Our March Interior of the Month winner combines two unexpected typologies: a capsule hostel and community library. To get there, one must make their way through the deep forests of Tonglu, in China’s Zhejiang province. There they’ll encounter the village of Qinglongwu, where the Atelier Tao+C-designed space is located. The firm renovated a traditional old house constructed from wood and mud walls, transforming it into a 10-room lodge centred by an expansive library and bookstore open to the public. Submitted in the category of Hotel, the Capsule Hostel and Bookstore Qinglongwu achieved a total mark of 8.81, celebrated very highly in the creativity criteria, the end score of which was a remarkable 9.47.