Press Release
Peach Blossom Future Villa Residential by Feng Sa Wins the Silver A' Design Award in Architecture, Building and Structure Design
Feng Sa honored for architecture, building and structure design by the international grand jury of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2021 /DesignNewswire/ Peach Blossom Future Villa Residential by Feng Sa, designed for Bluetown Architects, has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Architecture, Building and Structure Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The award was conferred within the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition and was decided 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 Silver A' Design Award Explained
The Silver A' Design Award celebrates top-tier designs that embody excellence and innovation. This award acknowledges creations that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also highly functional, reflecting the designer's deep understanding and skill. Silver A' Design Award recipients are recognized for their contribution to raising industry standards and advancing the practice of design. Their work often incorporates original innovations and elicits a strong emotional response, making a notable impact on the improvement of everyday life.
Regarding Peach Blossom Future Villa Residential
Peach Blossom Future Villa is a group of 56 single family houses set in a mountain scenic area in Anji, Zhejiang, China. The design follows the idea of uniting heaven, earth and humanity. Inspired by the traditional Chinese stilt house, each villa rests on three steel columns, which limit changes to the steep terrain and give a light appearance. Large glass walls form the enclosure and stress the horizontal extension, so the houses appear as glass boxes floating within the alpine landscape. Steel, glass and board finish concrete weather gracefully on the site.
Award Record
Feng Sa is a winner of 1 A' Design Award, including this recognition.
About the A' Architecture, Building and Structure Design Award
The A' Architecture Design Award is an international architectural design competition recognizing good architectural designs by best architects worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to architectural design studios, building contractors, structural engineering firms and architecture and design consultants from all countries. Entries typically include skyscrapers, museums, residential buildings, commercial complexes, educational institutions and religious structures. Awarded architectural projects are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/architecture
About A' Design Award & Competition
A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission 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. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated 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. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates 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, the upload of a work and the 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. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://dezigners.org/107986
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/107986
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!107986
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/281054
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://www.badesign.com
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Peach Blossom Future Villa Residential
- Function
- Residential
- Category
- Architecture, Building and Structure Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture
- Colors
- Light Steel Blue, Dark Slate Gray, Black, Light Gray and Dark Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Bluetown Architects
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Feng Sa
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #107986
Credits
- Team
- Feng Sa, Yue Zhao, Yinpeng Lin, Lei Shao, Zhiwei Dong;, Gang Fu, Yujiang Zhu, Ming Xu, Xiaojun Zhong; and Fengqian Shen, Cunzhen Lu, Ji Zhou, Tao Jiang
- Image Credits
- Designer: Bluetown Architects Photo Credit: Shiromio Studio
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- This project presents 56 single families dropping in a mountain scenic area. The integration of ‘heaven, earth and humanity’ is the overriding philosophy. Inspired by the traditional Chinese stilt house, each villa is supported by steel frames to respect existing topo and promote lightness. Large glass enclosure emphasizes the horizontal extension and creates the effect of glass boxes floating among the alpine landscape. Overall delivers a complete design of fulfilled natural belongings.
- Inspiration
- Inspired by the traditional Chinese stilt house, each villa is supported by 3 steel columns. This structure minimizes the break of existing topo and promotes a lightness looking. Simple materials palette including steel, glass and board finish concrete, is designed to weather gracefully within the site context. Large glass used as an enclosure, emphasizes the horizontal extension and creates an impression that glass boxes are floating effortlessly among the alpine landscape environment.
- Challenge
- Two key challenge to this project: to best preserve the natural environment and address the steep terrain which has a maximum 41m elevation difference.
- Realization and Technology
- Residential Design Materials palette including steel, glass and board finish concrete.
- Operation and Interaction
- Peach Blossom Future Villa is an endorsement of mountain living dreams. The beauty of this project is not only people living in the house would experience various natural views, the floating glass box house itself is also a beautiful view from a distance, and acts as part of the scenic area.
- Project Duration and Location
- Design Year: 2015 Built Year: 2020.05 Location: Anji, Zhejiang, China
- Specifications
- Site: 27,250 sq m (293,316 sq ft) Building Area: 7,510 sq m (608,268 sq. ft)
- Keywords
- villa, mountain scenic area, contemporary, natural environment
