Press Release
Mohamed Shabana Is Honored with the A' Design Award for Foundry Commercial in Architecture, Building and Structure Design
Mohamed Shabana acknowledged for architecture, building and structure design by the international grand jury of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2020 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the A' Design Award in the Architecture, Building and Structure Design category for Foundry Commercial by Mohamed Shabana, designed for Sapa Investment Group. The result belongs to the 2019 - 2020 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 assessed 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.
About Foundry Commercial
Foundry is a mixed-use commercial building designed for a community near a downtown area. The exterior combines original historic brick with a metal frame glass greenhouse of geometric shapes. The interior includes a multi-purpose event hall, restaurants, coffee shops, meeting rooms and an art space. Reused and recycled materials are applied, including reclaimed wood, bricks and copper plates on the facades. Interior finishes include stucco, reused metal panels, wood floors and local interlocking stone. The design repurposes an established property and links past and present.
About Mohamed Shabana
The Architect is ambitious and talented. Also, his passion in hand drawings from his childhood supported him a lot to improve his career. Furthermore, he has always believed in looking to get more knowledge and learning from different countries with different cultures to understand the conceptual distinction between these two curriculum models is critical in architectural.
Award Record
With this recognition, Mohamed Shabana is a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
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/90530
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/90530
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!90530
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/237596
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://behance.net/mshabana
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
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+39 031 4491953
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Foundry Commercial
- Function
- Commercial
- Category
- Architecture, Building and Structure Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture
- Colors
- Gainsboro, Dark Gray, Gray, Dim Gray and Black
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Sapa Investment Group
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Mohamed Shabana
- Country
- United States of America
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2019 - 2020
- Design ID
- #90530
Credits
- Team
- Mohamed Shabana, Mai Nguyen
- Image Credits
- Mohamed Shabana, 2019
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The main concept of the exterior is a complete contrast from the ethereal dreamlike state of the interior. The exterior merges the history of the building and modernism. The original historic brick and the geometrical shapes used in the glass greenhouse to adds modernism to this historic design. And the interior design is a community space that blends the needs of all under one roof. The building consists of a multi-purpose event hall, a greenhouse, restaurants, outdoor space, coffee shops, meeting rooms, and art space. However, the possibilities that this space could evolve into are endless.
- Inspiration
- The combines history and modernism to repurpose an established property near the downtown area and to be sustainability is a theme throughout the design by using reused and recycled materials. Also, the contrast is another theme used throughout the project from inside. Multiple designs and concepts merge seamlessly throughout the design. So, this dreamlike state is the main concept throughout the interior’s design like moving from one space to the next introduces a new concept.
- Research
- The research on this concept design focused on merging between several concepts in one space under one roof from the Art vision and Architecture perspective.
- Challenge
- The challenge was to create a piece of art and present it to the world while retention and respect, on the current situation and the zone history with achieving the designer vision.
- Realization and Technology
- Reused and recycled materials, such as the use of reclaimed wood, bricks and copper plates on facades as well as geometric shapes used in the metal frame glass greenhouse. Also, the interior finishes are stucco and reused metal panels, then repainted, wood floors, natural concrete texture and local interlocking stone. CMU used to be the whole restaurant structure system according to the existing case and be renovated.
- Operation and Interaction
- Foundry emphasizes the strong relationship between the past and present. through the sharp geometry added to the old elements and textures. When you step inside, enjoy different kinds of environments and traditional materials escorted a different kind of music to promotes the psychological comfort of various spirituality under one roof. Also, opening doors takes you to more doors and completely new spaces with a new experience.
- Project Duration and Location
- Design Date: March / 2019 - August / 2019. Project expected to be finished by the first quarter of 2021. Location: State Street, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
- Specifications
- Total property area 32,626.77 Sq.ft and construction area 21,073.78 Sq.ft
- Keywords
- Architecture, multi-inspiration, Restaurant, Interior, Contemporary, Architectural design, Art
