Press Release
Ching-I Wu Receives the Platinum A' Design Award for Impression of Railway Park in Urban Planning and Urban Design
The international grand jury of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Ching-I Wu for urban planning and urban design
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2021 /DesignNewswire/ Impression of Railway Park by Ching-I Wu, designed for S.D. Atelier Design and Planning, has been granted the Platinum A' Design Award in the Urban Planning and Urban Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The recognition forms part of 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 Platinum A' Design Award
The Platinum A' Design Award is recognized for honoring designs that stand at the forefront of creativity and innovation. It is the highest accolade bestowed by the A' Design Awards, acknowledging works that blend remarkable innovation with impactful societal contributions. These designs not only showcase exceptional artistic and technical proficiency but also highlight their creators' commitment to advancing the boundaries of art, science, design, and technology. Recipients of this award are celebrated for their role in shaping the aesthetics and trends of our time, contributing significantly to the enhancement of quality of life and promoting sustainable development.
About Impression of Railway Park
Impression of Railway is an urban park developed around Taichung Railway Station in Taiwan. The park covers 15287.57 square meters and was completed in February 2020. Closed railway facilities are converted into a public recreational area, including an eco-museum devoted to railway heritage. A green corridor for pedestrians links historical and cultural sites in the central, western, eastern and southern parts of the city. Four themed half-day routes start from the station. The plan preserves local history and improves public facilities.
About Ching-I Wu
S.D. Atelier Design and Planning was found in 1998, at the era of real estate reconstruction right after the 921 Earthquake. We provide real professional design for the major service, over 20 years of participation in real estate of development, in the position of market trends. We have been creating glamorous and high quality habitat, upgrading public housing lifestyle. More importantly, we take great care of natural environment for company's core value. Meanwhile offers ours professional services to the maintenance and preservation of local cultural buildings. S.D.
Award Record
This recognition makes Ching-I Wu a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
About the A' City Planning and Urban Design Award
The A' Urban Design Award is an international urban design competition recognizing good urban plans and designs by best urban planners and architects worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to urban planning designers, urban architects, city planners and urban designers from all countries. Entries typically include masterplans, zoning proposals, infrastructure designs, landscape blueprints, public space concepts and urban renewal projects. Awarded urban plan designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/urban-planning
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/120319
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/120319
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!120319
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/301870
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://www.gdesign.tw/
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Impression of Railway Park
- Function
- Park
- Category
- Urban Planning and Urban Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Social Impact
- Colors
- Dark Slate Gray, Dim Gray, Gray, Dark Olive Green and Light Slate Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- S.D. Atelier Design and Planning
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Ching-I Wu
- Country
- Taiwan (China)
- Recognition
- Platinum A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #120319
Credits
- Team
- Fu-Chu Hsu
- Image Credits
- 2: Photographer His-Shan Wang, Railway of Impression, 2020.; 5: Photographer Chi-Ming Wu, Railway of Impression, 2020.
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The development of this project awakens the local citizens to preserve history and culture. The government, meanwhile, hopes to renovate the image of city with the magnificent cultural assets. Believe to make Taichung, a city full of culture and life, rise again.
- Inspiration
- Taichung, a city born by the construction of railways. Since the opening of Taiwan Trunk Line has opened to traffics in Taichung in 1908, the development of entire city has emerged accordingly. The development of Taichung City is linked to the growth of railways. The heart of Taichung, after centuries, is changing through the developments and constructions in other areas, discovering the role of the old city of Taichung in the future urban plan.
- Research
- Taichung Railway Station symbolizes the origin of Taichung city. Its surrounding area is exclusive in historical significance. After the railways are being elevated and transformed into the rapid transit systematization, the areas under the viaducts and surrounding the station are redeveloped by implementing the flagship plan that, based on stitching the urban space and preserving the city’s historical features, connects the historical and cultural assets in the central, western, eastern, and southern Taichung City, as well as the urban stitching plan.
- Challenge
- Green corridor, as a medium, will attract numerous people and bring them to different historical sites. There will be four different themes of half-day sightseeing tours, including art exhibition, Japanese-style dormitory, plain life along Green River, and cycling. Every need of sightseeing can be satisfied by visiting here. All these four routes of sightseeing start from Taichung Railway Station. Different routes may have different spots, every route nevertheless has one essential place where tourists can experience the local culture and food. The final spot of each tour is accessible to other business districts in Taichung City.
- Realization and Technology
- The designers integrated areas around Taichung Railway Station with urban environment, land utilization, industries development, urban image and cityscapes. The integration reorganizes the resources, reforms the surrounding environment and improves the quality of public facilities with the cultural and pedestrian-friendly urban corridor, which enriches the cultural development of the city centre.
- Operation and Interaction
- This urban development strategy, as a crucial municipal construction based on public participation, was initiated by people advocating the preservation of the old railway afterwards implemented by municipality, thus presenting a new paragon of landscape urbanism. The Eco-Museum composed of the century-old heritage of railway culture renovates the closed railway facilities into an urban recreational area with diverse features of ecology, culture, life, etc.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project finished in February 2020 in Taichung, Taiwan.
- Specifications
- The project is 15287.57 square meter.
- Keywords
- Urban Landscape, Planning, Design, Park, Public Facility
