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Inrestudio Is Honored with the Silver A' Design Award for The Kaleidoscope Office and Residence in Architecture, Building and Structure Design
Inrestudio acknowledged for architecture, building and structure design by the international grand jury of the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 20, 2023 /DesignNewswire/ The Kaleidoscope Office and Residence by Inrestudio, designed for Hoang Long Mineral JSC, has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Architecture, Building and Structure Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The award was conferred within the 2022 - 2023 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.
About the Silver A' Design Award
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.
More About The Kaleidoscope Office and Residence
The Kaleidoscope is an office and residential building located at a factory site in central Vietnam. The building stands between a hill and the sea, and frames diverse views in different directions and at different times of day. The roof follows the form of the Non La, a traditional Vietnamese farmer's hat that blocks sun and rain while letting wind pass underneath. V-shaped solid walls create triangular private rooms and larger shared spaces between them. Custom perforated precast concrete blocks provide privacy and natural ventilation.
About Inrestudio
Kosuke Nishijima, born in 1983 in Tokyo, studied architecture at the University of Tokyo and Technical University of Lisbon. In 2011, he moved to Vietnam and joined Vo Trong Nghia Architects (renamed VTN Architects). In 2016, he established Inrestudio, his own architectural practice, in Ho Chi Minh City. Since then, he has aimed at discovering a new architectural typology specific to Vietnam with his international perspective.
Award Record
Inrestudio is a winner of 1 A' Design Award, including this recognition.
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/142543
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/142543
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!142543
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/332885
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://www.inrestudio.com/the-kaleidoscope
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- The Kaleidoscope Office and Residence
- Function
- Office and Residence
- Category
- Architecture, Building and Structure Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture
- Colors
- Dark Olive Green, Olive Drab, Dark Slate Gray, Light Steel Blue and Dark Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Hoang Long Mineral JSC
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Inrestudio
- Country
- Viet Nam
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2022 - 2023
- Design ID
- #142543
Credits
- Team
- Nguyen Quynh Han and Vo Hanh Nhan
- Image Credits
- #1: Photographer Hiroyuki Oki, non-title, 2022 #2: Photographer Hiroyuki Oki, non-title, 2022 #3: Photographer Hiroyuki Oki, non-title, 2022 #4: Photographer Hiroyuki Oki, non-title, 2022 #5: Photographer Hiroyuki Oki, non-title, 2022
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The Kaleidoscope is the living and working building located at a factory site in central Vietnam. The surrounding region is well known for its severe climate: a hot wind blows in the dry season and typhoons and floods during the rainy season. The building is placed between the hill and the sea, and frames a series of diverse (kaleidoscopic) views in directions and times. The project aims at creating a protected space from the harsh tropical climate, and enhancing the user’s contact with nature.
- Inspiration
- The characteristic roof of the building inherits the idea of Non La, a Vietnamese traditional farmer’s hat made of palm leaf, that a large conical surface shuts out sunlight and rain while allowing for the wind underneath. In order to enhance the natural ventilation, solid walls are arranged perpendicularly to the roof periphery. These form a series of V-shapes to cut out triangular private rooms while defining a large in-between space that is used for the public functions.
- Research
- In Vietnam, there are many office buildings that only import the style of modern office buildings but fail to adapt it to the local climate. These buildings apply large glass surfaces on their flat facade and, as is often the case, office workers close the blinds throughout working hours to block the strong sunlight. The Kaleidoscope is one of a series of projects called Tropical Office Projects, which aims at discovering location-specific design languages for modern office buildings.
- Challenge
- The project was realized after a 5-year long process in an outlying region of Vietnam. The construction was carried out by a mixed team of experienced builders from Saigon, the largest city in Vietnam, and local barely experienced farmer-builders. The process was characterized by numerous moments of deliberate procedures and impromptu solutions, contributing to the evolution of the local workmanship and offering a window into the potential of rural construction.
- Realization and Technology
- Perforated ventilation blocks are common building elements in tropical regions to moderate environmental factors. Custom precast ventilation blocks compose the outer surfaces of the solid volumes to provide privacy to the inner rooms. These fiber-reinforced concrete blocks have larger dimensions (500 x 500mm) than usual (200 x 200mm), and match the grand scale of the surrounding backdrop. The hollow precast blocks were interlocked on site by pouring concrete into their cavities.
- Operation and Interaction
- Located in a remote area, the building provides both living and working spaces for the users. Under a single roof, various functions of the building are organized by seven triangular volumes that defines private and common spaces. The inside of the volumes accommodates closed functions such as bedrooms and private offices, while the space between the volumes holds gathering functions such as the central office and parlors.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project design was started in 2017 in Saigon and the construction was completed in 2022 in Quang Binh, Vietnam.
- Specifications
- The roof plan fits into a 32,330mm diameter circle, while the building measures 15,250mm high. Major specifications are listed below. Roof: trowel-finished mortar Ceiling: exposed concrete (public spaces) / paint (private rooms) Exterior wall: trowel-finished mortar, fiber-reinforced concrete block Interior wall: stucco (public spaces), paint (private rooms) Exterior floor: terrazzo (2F) / washout concrete (1F) Interior floor: solid wood, terrazzo (public spaces) / ceramic tile (private rooms)
- Keywords
- Vietnamese architecture, tropical architecture, rural architecture, concrete architecture, sustainable architecture, office building, residential building, open building, passive energy, non la
