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Renovation Of Belight Camp House Shower And Coffee by Kefeng Sun Receives the A' Design Award in Architecture, Building and Structure Design
Kefeng Sun recognized for architecture, building and structure design by the international grand jury of the 2023 - 2024 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 16, 2024 /DesignNewswire/ Renovation Of Belight Camp House Shower And Coffee by Kefeng Sun, designed for Belight Manor, has been granted the A' Design Award in the Architecture, Building and Structure Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The result belongs to the 2023 - 2024 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 scored 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.
Regarding Renovation Of Belight Camp House Shower And Coffee
Renovation of Belight Camp House is a campsite service center in Jingshan town, Hangzhou, China. Two small former forest protection houses were rebuilt to hold changing rooms, showers and a shared commercial space with a partial glass ceiling. The suspended second floor is wrapped in brushed wavy stainless steel plates, which reflect the colors and shapes of the surroundings. The first floor uses a cage wall filled with pine wood from the nearby forest. The intact roof and main structure were preserved, and all trees on the site were kept.
About Kefeng Sun
Dr. Kefeng Sun is an associate professor, master's supervisor, and national first-class registered architect at the School of Architecture and Art, China Academy of Art. Since 2004, he has been engaged in teaching and practical work in the field of architecture. Throughout his career experience, he has been exploring architectural design strategies based on local Chinese architecture and traditional Chinese culture.And a series of design practices and teaching research have been carried out around this subject.
Award Record
Kefeng Sun 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. The competition 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. Entries typically include skyscrapers, museums, residential buildings, commercial complexes, educational institutions and religious structures. Awarded architectural projects are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/architecture
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/158559
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/158559
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!158559
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/351986
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://www.caaladi.com/products/shop_300_1.html
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Renovation Of Belight Camp House Shower And Coffee
- Function
- Shower And Coffee
- Category
- Architecture, Building and Structure Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture
- Colors
- Light Sky Blue, Dark Slate Gray, Light Blue, Dark Olive Green and Cornflower Blue
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Belight Manor
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Kefeng Sun
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2023 - 2024
- Design ID
- #158559
Credits
- Image Credits
- Photo credits: Situxiangyin
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Two white small houses are located at the foot of a pine forest and once used as forest protection houses. With the gradual formation of surrounding camping bases, the houses have also changed its role and will be used as a supporting service room for the camp, becoming the center for various events that occur in the camp. We reconstruct the internal space, while meeting future functional requirements, to further generate some vivid and interesting internal spaces.
- Inspiration
- The houses are wrapped in brushed wavy stainless steel plates. The brushed and folded stainless steel skin can abstractly reflect the the surrounding colors and shapes. The building skin is like an Impressionist painter, recording natural light and shadow through self-expression and real-time translation, depicting the changes in weather and seasonal colors of cedar trees, The abrupt nature of the stainless steel skin can also create a good dialogue with the surrounding environment.
- Research
- The house was originally used for forest protection. Although the site environment is beautiful, it is close to abandonment. With the gradual formation of surrounding camping bases, the house has also changed its role and will be used as a supporting service room for the campsite, becoming the center of various events in the campsite. Through our renovation, it has not only become a comfortable campsite support for campers to shower, drink coffee, swim, and more.
- Challenge
- The original houses are two-story unorthodox traditional Chinese style buidings, which are previously used as an agricultural building. The space, function, and architectural style were not suitable for use as a camping service center. Compared to the beautiful natural environment around, the architectural design and materials appear more rigid and abrupt. The roof and main structure of the buildings are very intact and will be preserved during the renovation design, making the design have very little room for creativity.
- Realization and Technology
- The houses are 700 square meters and consists of two floors. The roof and main structure of the house are very intact and should be preserved. The second floor of the building, suspended on the ground, is wrapped in brushed wavy stainless steel plates. The surface form of the first layer of facade rooted in the ground uses a cage wall, which is filled with pine wood from the surrounding pine forest, combined with a stainless steel mesh to form an external skeleton. As a transition between architecture and the site, the use of log material creates a common boundary between architecture and nature.
- Operation and Interaction
- The first thing we need to do is to reconstruct the internal space, while meeting future functional requirements, to further generate some vivid and interesting internal spaces. The first floor of the small white house is designed for external use, and larger buiding is equipped with camp service spaces such as men's and women's changing and showers. The smaller buiding occupies a smaller area. We integrated the open space between the large and small buildings with the first floor of the smaller building into a whole, creating a comprehensive commercial space with a partial glass ceiling.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started design in early 2022 and was completed in December 2022 in Jingshan town, Hangzhou,China.
- Specifications
- The first floor of the small white house is designed for external use, and larger buiding is equipped with camp service spaces such as men's and women's changing and showers. The smaller buiding occupies a smaller area. We integrated the open space between the large and small buildings with the first floor of the smaller building into a whole, creating a comprehensive commercial space with a partial glass ceiling. Combined with an outdoor swimming pool and an external platform, it becomes the core activity space of the campsite service center.
- Keywords
- Renovation, Impression, Enviroment, Local
