Press Release
Smart Agriculture Demonstration Park by Hos Receives the Bronze A' Design Award in Urban Planning and Urban Design
The international grand jury of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Hos for urban planning and urban design
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COMO, Italy, April 28, 2022 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Bronze A' Design Award in the Urban Planning and Urban Design category for Smart Agriculture Demonstration Park by Hos. The award was conferred within the 2021 - 2022 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.
What the Bronze A' Design Award Means
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 Smart Agriculture Demonstration Park
Smart Agriculture is an agricultural demonstration park planned for a rural site in Pizhou, China. The park is positioned as a smart countryside and future field, with intelligence applied across the agricultural chain. Four core buildings recall seeds, the walkways suggest sprouting vines and the flower beds suggest new leaves. 5G technology, big data and machine technology support intelligent planting and processing. Digitization, prefabrication and 3D printing guide design and construction. Functions include an agricultural museum, a cultural exchange center and a smart farm.
About Hos
HOS was founded in the 1970s, and officially established in 1988. It has been focusing on the design sector for more than 30 years, with honesty, devotion, sharing and challenge as its four values. It insists on frankly expressing real thoughts and putting forward problems and solutions with a positive attitude, adopting simple approaches to resolve challenges, and throwing itself into profession, technology, comprehensive capability and innovation. With design innovation as the core, HOS provides clients with whole-process consulting services through comprehensive technical solutions, so as to create a high-quality living environment in the city.
Award Record
This recognition makes Hos 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/136210
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/136210
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!136210
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/327531
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
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+39 031 4491953
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Smart Agriculture Demonstration Park
- Function
- Demonstration Park
- Category
- Urban Planning and Urban Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Social Impact
- Colors
- Peru, Dark Olive Green, Black, Dark Khaki and Light Blue
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Hos
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2021 - 2022
- Design ID
- #136210
Credits
- Team
- Cui Peng and Cui Peng, Zhao Zimo, Zhu Yalun, Chen Xiao, Niu Dawei, Zhang Tifei
- Image Credits
- Niu Dawei, Zhao Zimo
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The design team gets involved in as a planner and proposes a positioning of "smart countryside, future field", which intends to reflect the core theme of "intelligence" throughout the industrial chain and development process related to the project. The buildings in the core area are like four seeds, the walkways in the park represent sprouted vines, growing towards the direction where the best lighting and air originate. And the landscape flowers are newborn leaves, symbolizing colorful life.
- Inspiration
- "Seed" becomes the inspiration for the design team to conceive the core architectural complex. The germination of seed becomes the design concept. Seed, containing enormous information on life, grows roots and sprouts in appropriate temperature, lighting and moisture condition. The wisdom of seed lies in every step of growing process. As to Pizhou, planning works as a starting point. A smart park will grow up and evolve in the way the seed does.
- Research
- Located at the border between north and south China, Pizhou is abundant in natural resources, vegetation, water systems and parks, with the world-renowned Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal meandering through it. To develop future-oriented smart agricultural project in the rural land of south Pizhou, advanced technology will be introduced to agricultural production and provide more employment opportunities. Moreover, it will attract more tourists and add vitality to local economy.
- Challenge
- At the beginning of design and construction, there is no clear design brief for guide. The design team is faced with an empty farm site, vague policy requirements, and uncertain investment progress. In response, the team finds the industrial direction of rural renewal for local government based on demand planning, and controls the investment scale with limited and controllable construction volume. Through flexible construction stages, the project gradually improves, and solves the challenge.
- Realization and Technology
- 5G technology, big data, and machine technology are adopted to achieve intelligent planting and processing. Digitization, parameterization & prefabrication and 3D printing technology are applied to realize intelligent design and construction. Immersive and interactive experience realizes intelligent display. Digital systematization and visualization facilitate smart management.
- Operation and Interaction
- Considering the different needs of people from agricultural industry, local residents, and people fond of agricultural tour and culture, the project combines the functions of future countryside experience area, tourist service center, agricultural museum, cultural exchange center, agricultural products processing experience center and lifted observation deck for panoramic view. These functions together constitute a technological and ecological pastoral complex.
- Project Duration and Location
- Started in April, 2021; Completed in 2023; Location: Pizhou, Jiangsu Province, China
- Specifications
- Plot area: 936271 sqm Gross floor area: 7258 sqm Function: Agricultural products processing experience center, agricultural museum, cultural exchange center, tourist service center, smart farm, and science education farm
- Keywords
- Rural revitalization, HOS, Technological field, Ecological complex, Smart agriculture
