Press Release
Kris Lin Receives the Golden A' Design Award for Jenga Community Public Building in Architecture, Building and Structure Design
The international grand jury of the 2023 - 2024 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Kris Lin for architecture, building and structure design
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COMO, Italy, April 26, 2024 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Golden A' Design Award in the Architecture, Building and Structure Design category for Jenga Community Public Building by Kris Lin, designed for Kris Lin International Design. 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.
About the Golden A' Design Award
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.
About Jenga Community Public Building
Jenga is a two-story public building located at the entrance of a residential community. The building covers 1200 square meters and holds four functions: commercial space, a community lobby, a property management office, and an equipment room. The irregular and limited site is addressed by stacking and reorganizing these four areas like toy building blocks. A steel structure forms the main body, while thin aluminum panels with rounded curves cover the outer walls. Light strips and glass surfaces reveal the interior functions.
About Kris Lin
2001 came to Shanghai and built “KLID Design Office” to work on the interior design for architecture.
Award Record
Kris Lin is a winner of 97 A' Design Awards, including this recognition. The awards were granted between the 2011 - 2012 and the 2023 - 2024 editions of the A' Design Award & Competition.
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/160775
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/160775
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!160775
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/111535
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://www.klid.com.cn
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Jenga Community Public Building
- Function
- Community Public Building
- Category
- Architecture, Building and Structure Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture
- Colors
- Dark Slate Gray, Light Steel Blue, Light Blue, Dim Gray and Black
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Kris Lin International Design
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Kris Lin
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Golden A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2023 - 2024
- Design ID
- #160775
Credits
- Image Credits
- Photographer: Chen Ming, 2022
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Functionality: The project is a 1200 square meter public building at the entrance of a residential community, comprising four main functions: Commercial, Community lobby, Property management office, and Equipment room. Disadvantage: The site is constrained due to setback requirements from neighboring buildings and proximity to boundary lines, located on an irregular plot, leading to limited space. The project features an integrated design of architecture, landscape, and interiors.
- Inspiration
- Inspired by childhood building blocks, a Jenga-style creative building is designed, with each block representing a function: 1.Commercial, 2.Lobby, 3.Community Office, 4. Equipment Room. The façade features a window display design to showcase the interior functionalities. These four spaces are interconnected through a curved surface, forming a cohesive and unified architectural image that enhances the sense of wholeness.
- Research
- 1.Design Goal: Leveraging steel for modular design and aluminum for aesthetics to create a standout modern building. 2.Community Enhancement: Revamping the conventional residential community entrance into a comprehensive, multifunctional hub that combines a clubhouse, property management office, community lobby, and utility rooms, among others. This transformation seeks to uplift the community's ambiance, boost resident convenience, and bolster communal services.
- Challenge
- Challenge: Faced with land limitations and location challenges, the Jenga design concept was employed cleverly to stack and reorganize the four main functional areas commercial space, lobby, community office, and equipment room like building blocks, making effective use of the tight space. Value: The imitation of building blocks in the creative design evokes childhood fun and warm emotional responses while presenting a new iconic building that attracts community residents, creating a practical and appealing community center.
- Realization and Technology
- In order to ensure that the project presents a lightweight and dynamic building blocks that can be stacked, the entire building adopts steel structure as the main body, and uses aluminum plate as the main material of the external wall due to its thin and bendable characteristics. At the same time, rounded curves are used to soften the outline of the building at the corner of the building.
- Operation and Interaction
- Using the inspiration of Jenga, the facade of the building is like four blocks, representing the four functional spaces in the interior, such as commercial, community lobby, property management office, and equipment room. This approach effectively deals with the land shortage through space stacking and reorganization, creates a landmark building, and enhances the image and interest of the entrance of the residential area.
- Project Duration and Location
- This project commenced in July 2021 in Jiangsu Province, China, and concluded on January 20, 2022.
- Specifications
- 1. Specifications: The whole construction area is 1200 square meters, creating a two-story community public space 2. Technical features: The combination of aluminum plate and LED light belt placed in the building facade presents a simple and smooth appearance and visual image under the interweaving of arc curve and transparent glass language. Under the background of internal and external lighting, the whole space is just like a delicate and rich window in the city.
- Keywords
- Community service space , public building space , architectural interior landscape integration design
