Press Release
Heito 1909 Urban Park by ECG International Landscape Consultants Wins the Silver A' Design Award in Urban Planning and Urban Design
ECG International Landscape Consultants acknowledged for urban planning and urban design by the international grand jury of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2021 /DesignNewswire/ Heito 1909 Urban Park by ECG International Landscape Consultants, designed for Pingtung County Government, Pan Men-an, has been granted the Silver 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 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.
The Silver A' Design Award Explained
The Silver A' Design Award celebrates top-tier designs that embody excellence and innovation. This award acknowledges creations that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also highly functional, reflecting the designer's deep understanding and skill. Silver A' Design Award recipients are recognized for their contribution to raising industry standards and advancing the practice of design. Their work often incorporates original innovations and elicits a strong emotional response, making a notable impact on the improvement of everyday life.
Regarding Heito 1909 Urban Park
Buildings and lands have been constantly removing and rebuild in this era, every project is a bit of “Tabula Rasa”. Transformation of Heito 1909 is a rare project of adaptive reuse, instead of being obsessed with iconic buildings, everything in the park is designed inside out as the extension of the ruins. The unique design creatively incorporates the ruins and damaged structures into the urban facilities for citizens to experience. Significantly, the park provides a place for people to engage in quality natural environments within a metropolitan city.
About ECG International Landscape Consultants
Terra Arch Design Studio is a design team based in Taipei. The design goals are not just for aesthetic value but also for social impact, and they are famous for the adaptive reuse landscape project. The studios diverse projects range from landscape and architecture design to commercial and graphic design. The studio mainly cooperates with the city government and real estate developers.
Award Record
With this recognition, ECG International Landscape Consultants is 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/122644
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/122644
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!122644
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/277795
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Heito 1909 Urban Park
- Function
- Urban Park
- Category
- Urban Planning and Urban Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Social Impact
- Colors
- Lavender, Light Gray, Dim Gray, Lavender Blush and Dark Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Pingtung County Government, Pan Men-an
The Recognition
- Laureate
- ECG International Landscape Consultants
- Country
- Taiwan (China)
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #122644
Credits
- Team
- Ju-Yii Joseph Lee, David Chen, Chen Yen Hsu, Sih-ci Yueh, Kai ting Hu, Po-Wei Wu, Xuan Yi Wang, Pin Rong Lai, Szu&Yu Design and Research Office, Chih-Chieh Wang, Takamoto Yukikazu, Li-Yun Hsu, J.A. Brennan Associates, Hsiehchang civil engineering consulting company, Chen-Shuo Chang, Ping Nan Construction Co.,Ltd, Yao-Ching Construction Co.,Ltd, Xin Yi Sheng Steel CO.,Ltd. and Bolin Timber Structure Co.,Ltd.
- Image Credits
- Yi-Hsien Lee and Associates
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Heito 1909 is an urban park base on an abandon factory, the ruins of factories can trace back few important era, colonists era, world II, post war industrial era. The park is a first industrial landscape, adaptive reuse project in Taiwan. The project transforms an abandoned industrial ruin into an urban recreation space, also reform industrial polluted river, into natural habitat.
- Inspiration
- During the excavation of the historical remains, stories of the place been reviled, we realize there is gaps in our history that’s being erased. Because historical building can’t be capitalized, so majority always been demolished. What was destroyed not just a building, but also multiple period of history, and that we were merely one tiny portion of this era that made this decision.
- Research
- During the excavation we discover the project had a rich history, but it was kept secret for a century, so a lot of research needed. The variety of historical research from US Nay WW2 record, and Japan colonist archives, industrial sugar factory documents. Just to find out the function of the historical remains, the stories had happened here. The story of this place gives us design a starting point, a way to juxtapose with the city that has become, and continue the story for the future.
- Challenge
- The ideal of historic preserved of an industrial park, is not popular for the public and public sector. Since it's old and ugly, lack of commercial value and highly maintained. So it took a while to come out with a scheme to be acceptable. Because what's left is all underground, it's difficult to anticipate every detail before excavation, so its constant revise the design solution, and experiment different approach of construction methods.
- Realization and Technology
- In the excavation we use "point cloud laser scanning" for precise mapping of historical remains, point cloud produce precise data for historical documentation and precise 3D drawing. For the historical remains we build pavilions in parametric design, and use (Rhino ,Grasshopper, sketchup ,Vectorwork ) for construction drawing, it helps with create gradual sequence. And Ecotect Environment analysis for urban planning.
- Operation and Interaction
- The project had an expected date to be finished, due to the uncertainty of what's underneath. It's difficult to finish in date with normal process. So it's Design and historical research while excavation, it's an overlap process constant modify the outcome.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project is based in Pingtung, Taiwan. And had two phases of design and construction, first started in June 2018 finished in 2020 January, excavation and landscape infrastructure. The second are the historical site reuse, from 2020 July finished in 2021 January.
- Keywords
- Taiwan, Pingtung, Landscape, Historical, Urban Design , cultural, waterfront
