Press Release
Yi Xiao Receives the Bronze A' Design Award for Banyan Pavilion Store in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
Yi Xiao recognized 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/ Banyan Pavilion Store by Yi Xiao, designed for Atelier Yi, 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 reached through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who scored anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
What the Bronze A' Design Award Means
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.
About Banyan Pavilion Store
Banyan Pavilion is a convenience store interior in a historic district of Fuzhou, China, set beside a century old banyan tree. The existing brick structure is retained and reinforced with steel. The original facade is opened by a folding sliding door, which creates a closer connection with the street. White shelving and the edge of the banyan pool form a complete circular space. The ground is paved with permeable stone to keep water available for the tree, and a raised terrazzo platform offers outdoor seating. Hand woven rattan boards cover the shelf grid.
About Yi Xiao
Yi Xiao is an architect working in China after he achived the master degree in Politectnico Di Milano. He teaches architecture in an university and practices in his hometown in the same time. This experience balance his social activities with academic value. He believes the meaning of architecture is helping, companying and sharing with the people who live with and to create a better environment for live.
Award Record
This recognition makes Yi Xiao a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
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/116044
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/116044
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!116044
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/295040
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Banyan Pavilion Store
- Function
- Store
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Dark Slate Gray, Dim Gray, Gray, Silver and Dark Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Atelier Yi
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Yi Xiao
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #116044
Credits
- Image Credits
- Photographer Xinyun Cheng,Banyan Pavilion,2020.; Photographer Xiao Yi, Banyan Pavilion,2020.; Photographer Xiao Yi, Banyan Pavilion,2020. Video Credits:Creator Xiao Yi, Banyan Pavillion,2020.
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The project is situated in a historic district Which next to a middle school and behind a century old banyan tree. This project was discussed as a new type of convenience store model influenced by e-commerce.The facade of the architecture was opened facing the block,and It was formed a complete circular public space combined with banyan trees, redefining the relationship between the inner space with banyan trees, as well as the relationship between architecture and streets.
- Inspiration
- Based on the banyan tree on the site, the project proposes a comprehensive environmental strategy to reshape the relationship between architecture, context and landscape, people activities and crowded street traffic. It forms an important public space in the environment of the historical district.
- Research
- In this project, the architect exploring the basic method of the transformation of the old architecture: a starting point to shape the place instead of just the transformation of the internal space.So that the architecture becomes a part of the environment, together with the landscape and streets to form a part of community life.
- Challenge
- In this project, the architect should deal with the relationship between the new and the old, the relationship between the architecture and the street, the relationship between the space and the banyan tree in the architectural transformation of the historical district.
- Realization and Technology
- The brick structure was retained and reinforced with steel structure. The original facade is opened by folding sliding door which creats a closer connection with the street. The white shelf and the boundary of banyan pool form a complete circle space. The ground adopts permeable sticky stone to ensure the water for banyan trees, and the raised terrazzo platform is used in the shop to create an exterior seats. The grid of the self corresponds to the texture of the brick wall and the grid surface layer adopts the rattan board wove by hand to echo with the Ficus epidermis.
- Operation and Interaction
- This project is not only a general store interior design, the architect use minimal interventions to solve multi-dimensional practical problems at the same time. The importance of banyan trees in this place is emphasized by combining architectural space with street and landscape to provide a place for public activities.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project is located in Fuzhou, China. It starts in March 2019 and completed in January 2020.
- Specifications
- 36㎡ brick , steel , adhesive stone , terrazzo , rattan board
- Keywords
- Historic district , architecture renovation , banyan tree , landscape / public space / convenience store
