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Cuneyt Dari Is Honored with the A' Design Award for Yoga House Sustainable Building in Sustainable Products, Projects and Green Design

Cuneyt Dari acknowledged for sustainable products, projects and green design by the international grand jury of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition

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COMO, Italy, April 22, 2022 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Yoga House Sustainable Building by Cuneyt Dari, designed for Cüneyt Darı, has been granted the A' Design Award in the Sustainable Products, Projects and Green Design category. The recognition forms part of 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.

About the A' Design Award

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.

More About Yoga House Sustainable Building

Yoga House is a sustainable house designed as a passive solar earth shelter. The building covers 224 square meters and is made of natural and upcycled materials. Thermal mass construction and natural ventilation regulate the indoor temperature. Solar panels and wind turbines supply electricity, while rainwater is harvested and stored for long term use. An organic garden allows food to be grown on site. The mainly single story layout is freely oriented on the terrain to preserve all existing trees and to open favorable views.

About Cuneyt Dari

He was born in Alanya/Turkey in 1983. He is highly skilled and able to see projects through from design to completion. He does his job with love to undertake different projects in many parts of the World. It gives him a pleasure to develop his work professionally. He believes the best architecture comes from a synthesis of a couple of qualities: The character of the building; the structure that holds it up; the quality of natural and artificial light going through it; the way people move through and around it; the last but not the least, its ability to lift the spirits. He thinks outside traditional boundaries.

Award Record

With this recognition, Cuneyt Dari is a winner of 1 A' Design Award.

About the A' Sustainable Products, Projects and Green Design Award

The A' Sustainable Product Design Award is an international design competition recognizing good sustainable products by leading designers and brands worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to sustainable product designers, green product manufacturers, eco-friendly product brands and industrial designers from all countries. Typical entries include sustainable projects, environment friendly designs, recycled, upcycled and bio-degradable products. The awarded sustainable product designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/sustainable-product

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

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project
Yoga House Sustainable Building
Function
Sustainable Building
Category
Sustainable Products, Projects and Green Design
Discipline
Industrial Design
Industry
Sustainability
Colors
Steel Blue, Dark Olive Green, Dim Gray, Dark Slate Gray and Gray
Images
5
Client
Cüneyt Darı

The Recognition

Laureate
Cuneyt Dari
Country
Turkiye
Recognition
A' Design Award
Edition
2021 - 2022
Design ID
#139178

Credits

Team
Ekaterina Teksez, Seher Kulaç

Design Details

Unique Properties
Earthship structures are intended to be off-the-grid ready homes, with minimal reliance on public utilities and fossil fuels. The building is constructed to use available natural resources, especially energy from the sun and rainwater. They are designed with thermal mass construction and natural gross ventilation to regulate indoor temperature, and the designs are intentionally uncomplicated and mainly single story. Special attention is paid to landscape and visual analysis and the ability to adjust the angle of placement of the building to open the most favorable view prospects.
Inspiration
Earthship is a passive solar earth shelter that is made of both natural and upcycled materials. Earthship is predicated upon the idea that. There are six human needs that can be addressed through environmentally sustainable building design.
Research
Eco-friendly technology made from long-stemmed wheat straw. Natural and upcycled materials, environmentally friendly Energy, thermal or solar heating and cooling, solar and wind electricity.
Realization and Technology
Nature, the use of a foundation that involves minimal earthwork. Use of prefabricated universal wooden trusses as load-bearing Structures, preservation of all existing trees due to the variable orientation of the structure and the perforated deck. Garbage management, reuse, and recycling built into construction and daily living. Shelter, building with natural and recycled materials. Clean water, water harvesting, and long term storage Food, in-home organic food production capability.
Operation and Interaction
Wind turbines wind electricity, solar panels solar electricity, system pipes, rainwater harvesting, organic garden, growing natural product
Project Duration and Location
Vale de moses,Portugal
Keywords
Environmentally sustainable, Nature first of all, Greenhouse, Organic garden

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