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Qirui Ma, Zhiyu Long and Pengxiang Lin Receives the Golden A' Design Award for The Lighthouse Of Wishes Art Installation in Fine Arts and Art Installation Design
The international grand jury of the 2023 - 2024 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Qirui Ma, Zhiyu Long and Pengxiang Lin for fine arts and art installation design
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COMO, Italy, April 24, 2024 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that The Lighthouse Of Wishes Art Installation by Qirui Ma, Zhiyu Long and Pengxiang Lin, designed for Aranya International Cultural development Co.,Ltd., has been granted the Golden A' Design Award in the Fine Arts and Art Installation Design category. The result belongs to the 2023 - 2024 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.
The Golden A' Design Award Explained
The Gold A' Design Award is granted to designs that demonstrate a high level of innovation and a significant impact on their intended audience. Recognized as a major achievement by the A' Design Awards, these designs are characterized by their visionary approach and the exceptional skill of their creators. Winners of the Gold A' Design Award are noted for their ability to push the envelope in art, science, design, and technology, delivering solutions that not only meet but exceed expectations. These designs serve as benchmarks for excellence, encouraging further innovation and inspiring future generations of designers.
More About The Lighthouse Of Wishes Art Installation
The Lighthouse of Wishes is an art installation built on the coastline of the Aranya Community in Beidaihe, Hebei Province, China. The structure stands 12 metres tall and rests on a steel skeleton with a heavy steel base plate, so no foundation had to be dug into the sand. The facade is made of translucent polycarbonate panels, painted by members of the public with their wishes for the new year. Daylight passes between the inclined layers by day, while internal lighting reveals 204 painted panels at night. The steel and the panels can be recycled or reused.
About Qirui Ma, Zhiyu Long and Pengxiang Lin
He is a young design student from China. He is a we-media blogger with a total of 200,000 followers. In addition to documenting his volunteer teaching experience in rural China, he also documented his campus life and architectural practice. He cares about the connections between people in modern communities and wants to use the power of design to reshape neighborhood relationships. They also emphasize the use of recyclable, environmentally friendly materials. And try to achieve low carbon environmental protection design means in the process of construction, recycling and so on.
Award Record
With this recognition, Qirui Ma, Zhiyu Long and Pengxiang Lin is a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
About the A' Fine Arts and Art Installation Design Award
The A' Fine-Art Design Award is an international fine-art design competition recognizing best fine-art works by leading fine-art artists and creators worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to artists, painters, sculptors and ceramicists from all countries. Typical entries include sculptures, paintings, installations, photographs, drawings and mixed media works. The awarded art designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/fine-art
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/158604
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/158604
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!158604
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/353182
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- The Lighthouse Of Wishes Art Installation
- Function
- Art Installation
- Category
- Fine Arts and Art Installation Design
- Discipline
- Communication Design
- Industry
- Arts
- Colors
- Dark Slate Gray, Black, Dark Olive Green, Dim Gray and Rosy Brown
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Aranya International Cultural development Co.,Ltd.
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Qirui Ma, Zhiyu Long and Pengxiang Lin
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Golden A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2023 - 2024
- Design ID
- #158604
Credits
- Team
- Ma Qirui, Long Zhiyu and Lin Pengxiang
- Image Credits
- Arch-Exist; Long Zhiyu
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- On the picturesque coastline of Aranya Community, Beidaihe,you’ll find the Lighthouse of Wishes situated in adjacence to Vector Architect’s Seashore Library. This is a special project made possible after its selection as the “best new years eve architectural proposal” by the community’s residents in an open poll. After two months of design refinement and construction, it was officially completed and inaugurated on December 31, 2022, in preparation for the arrival of 2023.
- Inspiration
- The concept of Lighthouse of Wishes began with an idea : architects retreating to the background, inviting people to participate in the process of architectural design, creating a one-of-a-kind New Year’s Eve installation structure. The entire facade of the Wishing Beacon was painted by the public. On New Year’s Eve, the final empty canvas on the Lighthouse fills with colour, and at midnight, the entire structure was illuminated.
- Research
- The concept of Lighthouse of Wishes began with an idea : architects retreating to the background, inviting people to participate in the process of architectural design, harnessing civic energy through the process of “co-creation, co-construction, and co-owning”, to create a one-of-a-kind New Year’s Eve installation structure. The entire facade of the Wishing Beacon was painted by the public. On New Year’s Eve, the final empty canvas on the Lighthouse fills with colour, and at midnight, the entire structure was illuminated. During the following period of New Year’s celebration, it continues to offer new aesthetic experiences to locals and visitors.
- Challenge
- We are a team of three students, both current and recently graduated, and this is our first real encounter with on-site construction. With only a hundred thousand（RMB） budget for construction, we had just one month to design from scratch and erect a 12-meter high lighthouse by the winter seaside. The structure needed to withstand the Pacific winter sea breezes without damaging the beach, so digging a foundation to ensure stability was not an option. Additionally, a significant portion of our budget was allocated to the cost of the polycarbonate panels required for the semi-transparency we desired.
- Realization and Technology
- Polycarbonate sheets were selected as the material for the facade for its translucency, enabling the lighthouse to exhibit varied effects under varying lighting situations, expressing the complete interaction between time and nature. Each layer of polycarbonate boards is inclined at a 5 angle towards the ground using triangular softwood wedges attached to the steel structure using dovetail nails. During the course of the day, natural light penetrates through the spaces between the layers, allowing visitors to see the passage of time through extraordinary visual experiences.
- Operation and Interaction
- After its initial illumination, the Lighthouse of Wishes will present two distinct personalities depending on the time of day. During the day, the lighthouse has a smooth, translucent appearance and sits modestly within its context. Through the facade, sunlight illuminates the semi-transparent panels, which shimmer with vibrant hues. The lighthouse is supported by a central pillar and its base opens in all directions, presenting a gesture of welcome that invites people to enter and admire the artwork. At night, the internal lights of the lighthouse glimmer like a living, breathing “container” that displays 204 unique “wishes”.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in December 2022 and in Hebei Province, China.
- Specifications
- The primary structure of the lighthouse is a 12-meter-tall steel structure. The steel skeleton and foundation ballast steel plate were built in local factories before being transported and installed by a crawler crane that could navigate the sandy beach. Iterative optimizations resulted in the selection of 8-cm-thick solid steel plates to minimise interference with the existing site and maximise recycling potential.
- Keywords
- Art Installation, Collaborating With The Community, Lightweight Construction Strategies, Recyclable Construction Methods, Ephemerality And Perpetuality
