Press Release
Adp Receives the Bronze A' Design Award for Unilever Homebase Office in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
The international grand jury of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Adp for interior space and exhibition design
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2021 /DesignNewswire/ Unilever Homebase Office by Adp, designed for Unilever, has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The result belongs to 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 assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
About the Bronze A' Design Award
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 Unilever Homebase Office
Unilever Homebase is an office interior located in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam. The workplace covers 9000 square meters and applies an activity-based working model. The number of fixed desks is reduced and a variety of work settings is added, including open meeting spaces and private zones. A central hub joins the cafeteria with a large open discussion area across three floors, connected by a void that brings in natural light. The design concept, named Funky Town, reflects the brand stories of the company. An old building was transformed to host 1000 staff instead of 800.
About Adp
ADP is the pioneering and leading workplace design & build company in Vietnam. We aim to shape a better Vietnamese workplace by creating unique and inspiring offices that embrace the client's differences and drive business performance. With 250 members, we have designed and built more than 780 offices for top multinationals and big companies in Vietnam, including Apple, Microsoft, Unilever, Axon, Nestlé, Puma, Schlumberger, Bosch,….
Award Record
With this recognition, Adp is 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/119442
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/119442
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!119442
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/285126
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://www.adparch.com/en/
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
Designers.Org
Via Leone Leoni 32, 22100 Como, Italy
press@designers.org
+39 031 4491953
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Unilever Homebase Office
- Function
- Office
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Silver, Saddle Brown, Dark Gray, Sienna and Light Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Unilever
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Adp
- Country
- Viet Nam
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #119442
Credits
- Image Credits
- ADP, 2020
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Unilever Homebase Vietnam is a unique agile workplace that immerses the brand stories of Unilever to create a context where employees can feel and live with the brand. The workspace concept is ‘Funky Town’ which enables staff to connect and collaborate in a dynamic way. One unique area in the Unilever office is the central hub with the cafeteria surrounded by a large open discussion area on three floors of Unilever and connected by the void that makes use of the natural light and brings people together.
- Inspiration
- Unilever is one of the biggest consumer goods in the world, which owns a huge number of brands. ADP wants to create a space that can reflect the diversity of Unilever and inspire their staff with the brand they are working for. ADP decides to apply the activity-based working model for the new office.
- Challenge
- ADP turned the old-constructioned building into a new modern workplace that embraces the agile working model to empower staff to work and be inspired better.
- Realization and Technology
- ADP applied the new working model for Unilever Homebase - Activity-based working that means we reduce the number of fixed desks and increase a variety of other work settings such as open meeting space, private zone to amplify collaboration.
- Operation and Interaction
- ADP transformed the old building into the new Unilever Homebase with the activity-based working model to empower staff to work better. The new workspace also helps Unilever to better optimize the space as increasing the headcount from 800 to 1000 in the same area.
- Project Duration and Location
- The Unilever Homebase project started in August 2019 and finished in January 2020 in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
- Specifications
- The designed office area is 9000sqm
- Keywords
- Office Design, Funky, Agile, Young, Dynamic
