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Essencare Aesthetic Medical Clinic by Yawen Liu and Wenche Chen Wins the Bronze A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
Yawen Liu and Wenche Chen honored for interior space and exhibition design by the international grand jury of the 2024 - 2025 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 21, 2025 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Essencare Aesthetic Medical Clinic by Yawen Liu and Wenche Chen, designed for Underroof, has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category. The award was conferred within the 2024 - 2025 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.
What the Bronze A' Design Award Means
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 Essencare Aesthetic Medical Clinic
The Aesthetic Medical Clinic in Taoyuan, Taiwan, reimagines industrial heritage by drawing inspiration from historical flour factories. Its design features large columns and lush greenery, fostering harmony between humanity and nature. A central patio allows sunlight to create a vertical forest ambiance, reflecting seasonal changes. The entrance's Water Ripple Device and mechanical light tubes produce an underwater effect. This design creates an organic, migratory space where visitors can find sanctuary amidst urban memories, blending past narratives with a harmonious future.
About Yawen Liu and Wenche Chen
The designer make architecture under roof. The designers believe space should return to a state yet to be defined, a realm of imagination untouched; from this purity, they embark on a journey—establishing a new order from prototypes. UNDER ROOF originated from the block experiment Siacuu. Since 2016, they have collaborated with NGOs to revitalize idle spaces through community engagement. In 2021, UNDER ROOF are founded to deconstruct contemporary modes of living, which led to the development of three types of spatial design initiatives.
Award Record
With this recognition, Yawen Liu and Wenche Chen is a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
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/161642
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/161642
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!161642
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/341802
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://bit.ly/underroofNC
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Essencare Aesthetic Medical Clinic
- Function
- Aesthetic Medical Clinic
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Dark Gray, Silver, Dark Slate Gray, Rosy Brown and Dim Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Underroof
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Yawen Liu and Wenche Chen
- Country
- Taiwan (China)
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2024 - 2025
- Design ID
- #161642
Credits
- Team
- Yawen Liu and Wenche Chen
- Image Credits
- Photographer YHLAA, NC, 2024.
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- To encapsulate the urban memory of Taoyuan, an industrial hub in Taiwan, this project "reimagines" the essence of industrial remnants within the space, specifically referencing a historic flour factory with large columns, reflective of the city’s past landscape. By integrating a strategic patio, sunlight floods the interior, transforming it into a vertical forest that embodies the rhythms of the seasons and the passage of time.
- Inspiration
- Emerging trends in medical aesthetics have reshaped East Asia, intertwining futuristic narratives of the "post-human" with daily life. This design draws from the concept of the "post-human era," envisioning how a medical aesthetic clinic in a post-industrial city can evoke the collective memory of its surroundings, turning the clinic into a prologue for post-human exploration.
- Research
- In the context of the "post-human era," aesthetic medical clinics must prioritize the creation of immersive spatial experiences. This project not only preserves the memory of an industrial city but also redefines it through a new narrative, constructing a hyper-realistic environment that resonates with urban heritage.
- Challenge
- The primary challenge lies in crafting an organic migratory experience within a constrained space. While it is essential to "reproduce" the cylindrical form emblematic of industrial ruins, this must be achieved without overt visual prominence. Each area will present a distinct landscape, facilitating free movement and exploration, allowing individuals to discover hidden spaces that resonate with their inner moods.
- Realization and Technology
- At the entrance, a Water Ripple Device features a metallic plate that refracts light and shadow, creating an ethereal underwater ambiance. Inside, expansive "mechanical water ripple light tubes" simulate cascading waterfalls, immersing visitors in a transcendent aquatic experience.
- Operation and Interaction
- This project juxtaposes two distinct forms of industrial remains. The first, the "large column," serves as a sanctuary for rest and privacy, while the second, the "small column," is enlivened by the encroachment of wild flora. This dichotomy invites a dialogue on the harmonious coexistence of humanity and nature within the narrative of the post-human era.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in July 2024 and finished in November 2024 in Taoyuan.
- Specifications
- The long side of the site is 20.5 meters long and 7.4 meters wide, with a total area of 140 square meters.
- Keywords
- Medical Beauty Clinic, Post-Human, Industrial Ruins, Coexistence with Nature, Hyper-Reality
