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Jasmin Yi-Chu Shih Is Honored with the Bronze A' Design Award for 24 Frames of Lightwell Rebirth Experiential Retail Store in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
Jasmin Yi-Chu Shih acknowledged 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/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Bronze A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category for 24 Frames of Lightwell Rebirth Experiential Retail Store by Jasmin Yi-Chu Shih, designed for Lightwell. The recognition forms part of 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 assessed 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.
About 24 Frames of Lightwell Rebirth Experiential Retail Store
24 Frames of Lightwell is an experiential retail store in a renovated 50-year-old building in Taipei, covering 353 square meters. Commerce, fashion, art and nature are brought together in one space. A subtractive design approach limits the environmental impact of the renovation. Existing materials are reinterpreted to highlight the texture of the old building. Modern terrazzo panels are used in the select shop, and the original terrazzo staircase is restored. A lightweight treatment of the lightwell and facade creates 24 frames that shape the interior and how visitors sense the surroundings.
About Jasmin Yi-Chu Shih
Jasmin Yi-Chu Shih received a master degree of landscape architecture from University of Pennsylvania in the USA and a bachelor degree of architecture from Tamkang University in Taiwan, furthermore spent one year researching in digital architecture in National Chiao Tung University. With rich work experiences in multidisciplinary design and computing project and design-tech teach experience in New York, Shanghai and Taiwan, she is now doing creative multidisciplinary work and research and focusing on combining the new and the old technology as well as design performance.
Award Record
Jasmin Yi-Chu Shih is a winner of 1 A' Design Award, including this recognition.
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/119723
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/119723
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!119723
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/299697
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://www.jycstudio.com
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- 24 Frames of Lightwell Rebirth Experiential Retail Store
- Function
- Rebirth Experiential Retail Store
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Dark Gray, Dim Gray, Silver, Gray and Gainsboro
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Lightwell
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Jasmin Yi-Chu Shih
- Country
- Taiwan (China)
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #119723
Credits
- Team
- Eileen Ueng, Ping-Tao Lee, Zihting Lin, Wei Ren Chen and Tak-Leong Kou
- Image Credits
- Photographer Dean Cheng, Lightwell, 2020; Photographer Dean Cheng, Facade, 2020; Photographer Lewis Lee, Geometry, Light and Shadow, 2020; Photographer Lewis Lee, Concrete Texture, 2020; Photographer Lewis Lee, The Inner Layer of the Frames, 2020
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- "24 Frames of Lightwell" is an experiential space bringing commerce, fashion, art, and nature together in a renovated 50-year-old building in Taipei. The project offers solutions to old walkup-apartment renovation through material selection and subtractive design operation with minimal environmental impacts. The lightweight approach is applied to the entire lightwell and facade for the creation of "24 Frames" that influence the interior environment and magnify how visitors sense the surroundings
- Inspiration
- Currently most of the implemented plans for urban regeneration and development in Taipei are being carried out by reconstruction. The newly built tall walls block the surrounding environment and cut off the urban fabric. In contrast, this project offers another solution to walkup-apartments renovation with minimal environmental impacts, which is to create the "24 frames" as a framework of the space allowing client to integrate various fields together perfectly in a 50-year-old building.
- Challenge
- As the project aiming to conserve the urban fabric and offer potential renovation solutions, the biggest challenge during construction is to figure out the restoration method since the building was originally built in 1967. For instance, "Goose yellow terrazzo staircase", "scattered wood-patterned concrete ceiling", "neon green mini tiles" are common building materials and techniques in 60’s- 80’s in Taiwan as well as the housing typology of "walk-up apartment", but cannot be found nowadays.
- Realization and Technology
- In terms of material selection for generating a newborn atmosphere in the old building, the project uses reinterpretation of the existing material to highlight the texture of the old building. For instance, "modern terrazzo panels" are used in the select shop while the existing "terrazzo staircase" are restored by oil-painting. The biggest challenge during construction is to figure out the restoration method since the building was built in 1967 and many material and technique was lost.
- Operation and Interaction
- Through the "24 frames", playful interactions are created among surroundings, visitors and the artworks.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in April 2019 and built in May 2020 in Taipei
- Specifications
- 353 m2 of the space area
- Keywords
- rebirth, renovation, old building, experiential retail, retail, select shop, gallery, lightwell, frames, taipei
