Blue Lake County Residence by Yue Wu Is Granted the Bronze A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design

Yue Wu honored for interior space and exhibition design by the international grand jury of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition

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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2021 /DesignNewswire/ Blue Lake County Residence by Yue Wu, designed for Brother Decoration Ltd., has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The award was conferred within the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition and was determined through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who evaluated anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.

The Bronze A' Design Award Explained

The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.

Regarding Blue Lake County Residence

Blue Lake County is a residential interior design covering 1100 square meters in Chongqing, China. The basement was transformed with new sunken light wells connected to the original garden, reducing damp and dark conditions. Cloisters form a ring around a sunken courtyard, bringing daylight to the whole floor. The traditional living room was replaced by a calligraphy room and a tea room on separate floors, one for solitude and one for guests. Materials include KD board, logs, latex paint and antique bricks, and simple finishes highlight the antique furniture collection.

Award Record

With this recognition, Yue Wu is a winner of 3 A' Design Awards. The awards were granted between the 2019 - 2020 and the 2020 - 2021 editions of the A' Design Award & Competition.

About the A' Interior Space, Retail and Exhibition Design Award

The A' Interior Design Award is an international interior design competition recognizing good interior designs by interior designers and architects worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to interior designers, interior architects, architects and decorators from all countries. Typical entries include residential interiors, restaurants, hotels, offices, galleries and retail stores. The awarded interior designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/interior

About A' Design Award & Competition

Organized annually since 2008, A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The philanthropic mission of the A' Design Award is to advance society through good design, by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Nominations are peer reviewed and evaluated anonymously by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. Eligible laureates receive the A' Design Prize, which includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, uploading a work and receiving a preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. More information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com

Press Resources

Winner Page: https://dezigners.org/106937
A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/106937
Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!106937
Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/253897
Further Information from the Laureate: http://www.jia360.com/new/129713.html?from=timeline&isappins

Media Contact

Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
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press@designers.org
+39 031 4491953

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project: Blue Lake County Residence
Function: Residence
Category: Interior Space and Exhibition Design
Discipline: Spatial Design
Industry: Architecture and Packaging & Retail
Colors: Gray, Rosy Brown, Silver, Dark Slate Gray and Dark Gray
Images: 5
Client: Brother Decoration Ltd.

The Recognition

Laureate: Yue Wu
Country: China
Recognition: Bronze A' Design Award
Edition: 2020 - 2021
Design ID: #106937

Credits

Team: Yue Wu.
Image Credits: CREDITS belong to Yue Wu.

Design Details

Unique Properties: Project transformed the original design of the basement structure in the space design, the new added sink light wells, and with the original garden connected, let whole house no longer surrounded by dirt. Thus, the cloisters formed into the rings, making the space of the whole floor no darkness and wet, increasing the sinking courtyard space at the same time. When you look up at the sky, you can see patio at the top of the mountain pine leaned down, below the water scene is just set off...
Inspiration: To better showcase the owner's antique collection, the designer chose to highlight the furniture in the simplest hard fitting. The simple, tranquil and natural Wabi-sabi style with Chinese elements are matched with antique furniture that has experienced years, thus forming its own charm and sense of Zen in the space and realizing sublimation and integration with the owner's spiritual world.
Research: Change complex for simple, use the most concise design language, design a most comfortable space.
Challenge: The owner hopes to solve the problem that damp, daylighting, space is unreasonable through this transformation, retain original memory and show individual collection in new space, which contains a lot like Chinese style traditional furniture. Meanwhile, the owner did not hope Chinese style traditional furniture to bring depressive feeling.
Realization and Technology: Materials contained KD board, log, latex paint, antique bricks, and the realization technologies are built-in kick thread, invisible air conditioning outlet, ceiling shrinkage joint.
Operation and Interaction: In the new space, the traditional living room has been abandoned and replaced by the calligraphy, painting and tea room that the owner likes to build. At the same time, these two spaces are located on two floors respectively, which can be used for solitude and reception of friends respectively. At the same time, the space for family members to communicate and chat with has been rebuilt.
Project Duration and Location: The project was finished in December 2019 in Yu Bei, Chong Qing, China.
Specifications: This project covers an area of 1100 square meters.
Keywords: Natural, Simple, Clean, Bright, Comfortable