A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design Goes to White Box House by Tomohiro Araki

The international grand jury of the 2023 - 2024 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Tomohiro Araki for interior space and exhibition design

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COMO, Italy, February 14, 2024 /DesignNewswire/ White Box House by Tomohiro Araki, designed for REPLUS Co,Ltd, has been granted the A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The award was conferred within the 2023 - 2024 A' Design Award & Competition and was determined 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.

The A' Design Award Explained

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.

Regarding White Box House

White Box is a private residence built on a narrow site measuring four meters wide and twenty meters deep. The interior is modeled after a small museum and has an inorganic yet elegant character. Privacy is protected by reducing the number of windows, while a skylight above the stairway hall brings natural light into the family library, the living area and the ground floor. All walls are painted white, so light is diffused even through small gaps. Indirect line lighting on the walls and ceiling adds depth, and doors that reach the ceiling make the long space appear larger.

Award Record

Tomohiro Araki 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. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to interior designers, interior architects, architects and decorators from all countries. Entries typically include residential interiors, restaurants, hotels, offices, galleries and retail stores. Awarded interior designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/interior

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/153768
A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/153768
Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!153768
Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/347588
Further Information from the Laureate: https://re-pl.us/

Media Contact

Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
Designers.Org
Via Leone Leoni 32, 22100 Como, Italy
press@designers.org
+39 031 4491953

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project: White Box House
Function: House
Category: Interior Space and Exhibition Design
Discipline: Spatial Design
Industry: Architecture and Packaging & Retail
Colors: Dark Gray, Silver, Dark Slate Gray, Gray and Dim Gray
Images: 5
Client: REPLUS Co,Ltd

The Recognition

Laureate: Tomohiro Araki
Country: Japan
Recognition: A' Design Award
Edition: 2023 - 2024
Design ID: #153768

Design Details

Unique Properties: This is a private residence planned on a narrow site with a width of 4m and a depth of 20m. An important aspect of this building plan was to bring in plenty of light into the interior spaces while ensuring privacy. Although it is a private residence, the space is modeled after a small museum, making effective use of the long land, creating an inorganic yet elegant space. This building uses ideas and design to create a more attractive residential space on an unfavorable site.
Inspiration: For the client, who prefers inorganic spaces, it was important that the building not look like a wooden building. Privacy is ensured by minimizing the number of windows, and skylights ensure brightness inside. Indirect line lighting on the walls and ceiling creates a sense of depth. By painting all the walls white, light is diffused even in small gaps, ensuring brightness in the room.
Research: Unsold land because the frontage is narrow and the land is long. Because designing a normal house is difficult. A traditional Japanese tenement house has been completed. It's full of ideas for making your physical space look larger.
Challenge: We had a hard time securing lighting that met Japanese building standards. The living room is brightly lit by a skylight above the stairs. The inside of the store is long and narrow, but the overall color is white. The high doors that extend all the way to the ceiling successfully make the space appear larger. Line lighting placed on the ceiling amplifies this effect.
Realization and Technology: A skylight was installed on the ceiling of the stairway hall, creating a bright space in the family library on the second floor. Natural light from the skylight enters the LDK and guides the light to the first floor. Produces soft light and creates a bright space even with a small opening.