Press Release
A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design Goes to Rui Fu Villa by Guoqiang Feng and Yan Chen
The international grand jury of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Guoqiang Feng and Yan Chen of Feng and Chen Partners Design New York for interior space and exhibition design
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2021 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Rui Fu Villa by Guoqiang Feng and Yan Chen of Feng and Chen Partners Design New York, designed for Feng and Chen Partners Design Shanghai, has been granted the A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category. The award was conferred within 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 scored anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
What the A' Design Award Means
The Iron A' Design Award is awarded to good designs that meet the rigorous professional and industrial standards set by the A' Design Awards. This recognition is reserved for works that demonstrate a solid understanding of design principles and show creativity within their execution. Recipients of the Iron A' Design Award are acknowledged for their practical innovations and contributions to their respective fields, providing solutions that improve quality of life and foster positive change. These designs are a testament to the skill and dedication of their creators, showcasing their ability to address real-world challenges through thoughtful design.
About Rui Fu Villa
Rui Fu is an interior design for a four-floor villa located near Beijing, China. The design is inspired by the Zen concepts of visible matter and the invisible spiritual world. Barriers between rooms and floors are opened to improve movement and spatial flow. A corridor links the two ends of the original U-shaped plan and forms a foyer, while a new staircase sits on the diagonal of the square plan. A white tone is used throughout, skirting is removed and wall corners are shaped as curves. The intent is a quiet and comfortable family space.
About Guoqiang Feng and Yan Chen
Guoqiang Feng and Yan Chen are keen observers, patient explorers, and in-depth thinkers. They believe that design is a means of communicating between them and the world, and that everyone is a unique and valuable part of biodiversity. fengandchen | Feng and Chen Partners Design Shanghai, founded by them and partners in 2001, pays great attention to creating a space with a unique touch of personality, emotion, and humanity. They hope to convey love, truth, and beauty through their design, and let people feel happiness in the space.
About Feng and Chen Partners Design New York
Feng and Chen Partners Design New York, Founders Feng Guoqiang and Chen Yan are the winners of the Italian A'DESIGN AWARD and US IDA AWARD. They have a good reputation in the local area and have won great trust from customers.
Award Record
This recognition makes Guoqiang Feng and Yan Chen of Feng and Chen Partners Design New York a winner of 7 A' Design Awards. The awards were granted between the 2017 - 2018 and the 2020 - 2021 editions of the A' Design Award & Competition.
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/122315
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/122315
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!122315
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/194591
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://fengandchen.com
Media Contact
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Rui Fu Villa
- Function
- Villa
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Gainsboro, Silver, Light Gray, White Smoke and Dim Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Feng and Chen Partners Design Shanghai
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Guoqiang Feng and Yan Chen
- Country
- United States of America
- Brand
- Feng and Chen Partners Design New York
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #122315
Credits
- Team
- Yan Chen and Yicheng Feng
- Image Credits
- All images by Feng and Chen Partners Design Shanghai.
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The designer focused on creating a sense of fluency of space, opening up barriers between spaces and floors, aiding traffic flow and spatial penetration. The villa originally had a U-shaped layout, and traffic flow does not conform to people's living habits, so they added a corridor linking the tips of the U-shape at the entrance as a foyer, extending the space. A new staircase is also added, placed at the diagonals of the square floor layout, which helps with vertical traffic between floors.
- Inspiration
- The design of this villa is inspired by Zen's concept of Rupa (meaning all visible and tangible matter), and Sunyata(meaning the invisible spiritual world), and is a located on the outskirts of Beijing. The designers are adhering to their consistent design concept of Do Not Overdo, using the most concise technique, abandoning complicated decorations, and creating a quiet and comfortable family space, allowing for people to better receive spiritual nourishment.
- Research
- Initially, the designers envisioned the project to be simple, natural and artistic. As influenced by Zen Buddhism, people need a quiet living space to heal their souls in this fast-paced era. They looked for inspiration in classic Zen literatures: the Heart and Diamond Sutra, and Western minimalist architecture. They wanted a design that joins the essence of Eastern and Western culture, and introduces nature and art. Hence greenery, sunlight and artworks are all crucial elements in the space.
- Challenge
- As the basement lacks natural lighting, the designers opened a skylight allowing light to enter the library, making the space feels less like a basement. At the same time, the floor-to-ceiling windows above the lighting well on the second floor was extended towards the courtyard, and incorporated the lighting well into the interior to form a shared interior space, increasing the interaction and fun between the lower and upper spaces. The extension also helped add a terrace for the third floor bedroom.
- Realization and Technology
- The interior uses a white tone, and the usual decorative techniques such as skirting and end molds are eliminated, instead the wall corners are all made into curves. The designers call this a natural transition, which makes eliminates the sense of spatial separation. In order to achieve a natural spatial flow, they use Italian white resin paint the decorative finish for the floor, wall and ceiling surface, fully realizing the design concept of removing boundaries.
- Operation and Interaction
- Due to the topography of the building, the main entrance of this villa is on the second floor, hence the spaces for family activities are on this floor. Since the first floor leads to the garden, the bedrooms for children and elderlies are on this floor allowing for easy access. The third floor consists of the master bedroom and baby room. The basement includes family library and entertainment spaces. This layout allows the family to have both private spaces, and areas for family gathering.
- Project Duration and Location
- This project initiated in November 2019, and was completed in January 2021.It is located at Beijing, China
- Specifications
- The villa has a total area of 1,600 square meters and consists of four floors. The back garden has an area of 700 square meters.
- Keywords
- Contemporary, Oriental, Zen, Peaceful
