Press Release
Bronze A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design Goes to Remembrances in Light Funeral Home by You Ruei Lin
The international grand jury of the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes You Ruei Lin for interior space and exhibition design
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COMO, Italy, April 20, 2023 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Bronze A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category for Remembrances in Light Funeral Home by You Ruei Lin, designed for Rz Interior Design. The award was conferred within the 2022 - 2023 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 evaluated anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
About the Bronze A' Design Award
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.
More About Remembrances in Light Funeral Home
Remembrances in Light is a two-story funeral home built next to a traditional crematorium. Funeral cubicles are arranged in a rectangular configuration, opening the front and rear views to the outside. The interior follows contemporary aesthetics rather than traditional Chinese styles. Light is used as a medium to symbolize the rebirth of life. A dark gray metal grille and floor-to-ceiling glass form the facade. The foyer combines a white marble floor with white arc walls and hidden lighting, creating a bright and solemn reception area.
Award Record
You Ruei Lin is a winner of 1 A' Design Award, including this recognition.
About the A' Interior Space, Retail and Exhibition Design Award
The A' Interior Design Award is an international interior design competition recognizing good interior designs by interior designers and architects worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to interior designers, interior architects, architects and decorators from all countries. Typical entries include residential interiors, restaurants, hotels, offices, galleries and retail stores. The awarded interior designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/interior
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/142911
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/142911
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!142911
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/334444
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://pse.is/4t297n
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Remembrances in Light Funeral Home
- Function
- Funeral Home
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Sienna, Gray, Saddle Brown, Rosy Brown and Peru
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Rz Interior Design
The Recognition
- Laureate
- You Ruei Lin
- Country
- Taiwan (China)
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2022 - 2023
- Design ID
- #142911
Credits
- Team
- LIN YOU-RUEI
- Image Credits
- Hey! Cheese photography team. Larry Chen film editor.
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- This two-story funeral home is built next to a traditional crematorium. Funeral cubicles are placed in a rectangular configuration, displaying the front and rear views towards outside. The overall design exhibits trendy, contemporary aesthetics instead of ancient and traditional Chinese styles. This space uses light as a medium to symbolize the rebirth of life, bringing an end to a long farewell.
- Inspiration
- The variations of lights and shadows paint the horizon between life and death, earth and heaven. The zero hour passes by in a quiet and solemn space. The design technique utilizes linear visuals and touches of nature to create the illusion of an intermediary realm between earth and heaven. The dim, penetrating rays simulate light in the moment of walking towards daybreak and the fire of the netherworld. Under this threshold, people’s hearts illuminate in hope and reminiscence.
- Research
- As the main farewell venue, the interior of the upper floor contains an open waiting area and ceremonial spaces of various sizes. Light comes in from the entire wall of windows allowing mourners to wait in a bright and natural environment while reminiscing deeper memories. With a Zen-like design, one witnesses a farewell to life, marking a starting point of a new journey.
- Challenge
- Cold metal frames, polished marble beneath, and a wall engraved with horizontal lines and interweaving bricks in the back, all come together with the dimming light from the bottom, highlighting a multifaceted and multidimensional vision in the space. This area is can also be used as a large-scaled farewell venue. On which life beliefs and achievements can be hung, holds a condensed life story to be honored in this room, transforming memories into the most sincere blessings.
- Realization and Technology
- Tile, Ceramic plate, Super wear-resistant wood floor, Natural veneer, Imported wallpaper, Smart, Iron, Mirror and glass.
- Operation and Interaction
- The dark gray metal grille is combined with a floor-to-ceiling glass at the building facade to create a modern appearance, simple and neat. Stepping into the foyer, one appreciates the white marble floor connected to white arc walls. Concealed in the intersection of the walls and ceilings, the hidden light creates a bright and solemn vibe in the reception area, painting a clean and rich entrance like that of an art gallery.
- Project Duration and Location
- The beginning of contact was April 5, 2021. The construction time was July 15, 2021. The completion time is December 25, 2021.
- Specifications
- 1F is 115 square meters. 2F is 380 square meters.
- Keywords
- Rz Interior Design, Remembrances in light, GoldKirin, lights, LIN YOU-RUEI
