Press Release
Silver A' Design Award in Architecture, Building and Structure Design Goes to Hill House Private Residence by Edoardo Milesi - Archos srl
The international grand jury of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Edoardo Milesi - Archos srl for architecture, building and structure design
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2021 /DesignNewswire/ Hill House Private Residence by Edoardo Milesi - Archos srl has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Architecture, Building and Structure Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The result belongs to 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 evaluated anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
What the Silver A' Design Award Means
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.
About Hill House Private Residence
Hill House is a residential building with two low-energy housing units. The design follows the morphology and topography of the site and forms part of a project for the re-naturalisation of the green area. A cantilevered structure and slender metal pilotis allow the units to rest on the ground at different heights. The two units share service areas on the ground floor and offer different ways of living. The dry construction uses natural and recyclable materials, including exposed coloured concrete, larch wood and pre-oxidised zinc-titanium sheet.
About Edoardo Milesi - Archos srl
Edoardo Milesi studied at the IUAV University of Venice and graduated in 1979 from the Polytechnic University of Milan with Franca Helg. He is an expert in the field of landscape and environmental protection, he has achieved specialization in numerous fields, including ecology in architecture, religious architecture and garden art. In 1990, he founded Archos studio, with which he carries out design activities spanning different areas and sizes, and which is characterized by consistent methods and constant research into environmental, social and construction aspects of architecture.
Award Record
This recognition makes Edoardo Milesi - Archos srl a winner of 3 A' Design Awards. The awards were granted in the 2020 - 2021 edition of the A' Design Award & Competition.
About the A' Architecture, Building and Structure Design Award
The A' Architecture Design Award is an international architectural design competition recognizing good architectural designs by best architects worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to architectural design studios, building contractors, structural engineering firms and architecture and design consultants from all countries. Typical entries include skyscrapers, museums, residential buildings, commercial complexes, educational institutions and religious structures. The awarded architectural projects are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/architecture
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/122876
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/122876
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!122876
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/303739
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://www.archos.it
Media Contact
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Hill House Private Residence
- Function
- Private Residence
- Category
- Architecture, Building and Structure Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture
- Colors
- Olive Drab, White Smoke, Saddle Brown, Dark Olive Green and Dark Khaki
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Edoardo Milesi - Archos srl
- Country
- Italy
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #122876
Credits
- Team
- Edoardo Milesi, Giulia Anna Milesi, Roberto Belotti, Sebastiano Moioli (structures) and Enrico Zambonelli (plants)
- Image Credits
- Photographer Andrea Ceriani
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The two low-energy residential units, characterised by modularity, are designed to accommodate the morphology and topography of the site, part of a project for the re-naturalisation of the green area on which they rest.
- Inspiration
- The design is inspired by the relationship with the landscape, the natural course of the land has strongly contributed to the morphological and compositional choice. Aimed at preserving their authenticity, the housing boxes find the best way to rest on the ground at different heights thanks to the cantilevered structure and the precise aid of slender metal pilotis.
- Research
- The orientation determined most of the choices, trying to shade the two houses as little as possible, thus obtaining different and disconnected views. The elevations, diversified from each other by material composition and structural choices, marked by different types of openings, are always in close relationship with the landscape and with the solar orientation. All the glazed parts are suitably set back and shielded to avoid glare and reflections of any kind in the landscape. The two houses are separated from a direct access to the park, but the structure, developing like the crown of a tree, is integrated into the foliage.
- Challenge
- A construction that takes quality and ecological commitment into high consideration. The harmonious integration into the surrounding landscape guided the formal and functional choices.
- Realization and Technology
- A low-energy "dry" type construction building, in line with the eco-sustainable design to respond to the desire to live in a house in the green without wasting natural space, made with natural and recyclable materials: exposed colored concrete in textured paste for the structural part; larch wood left to natural oxidation; matt and pre-oxidized zinc-titanium sheet.
- Operation and Interaction
- The project involves the development of two housing units that share the common service areas (garage, technical rooms, cellars) on the ground floor. The two units, however, propose different ways of living, as they are developed differently to the local countryside.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in April 2015 and finished in October 2016. The construction has begun in Ponteranica (Bergamo) in December 2016 and finished in January 2018.
- Specifications
- The total volume of the intervention is equal to 1205.55 cubic meters. The heights of the fronts of the buildings do not exceed 8.50 m above ground. The construction was carried out using two distinct construction techniques: the underground and structural parts made with the traditional technique in concrete and masonry; the wooden infill panels were assembled dry following pre-assembly.
- Keywords
- Edoardo Milesi, Giulia Anna Milesi, House, Architecture, Studio Archos
