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Feng Guoqiang and Chen Yan Receives the Silver A' Design Award for One Jiyang Lake Villa in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
The international grand jury of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Feng Guoqiang and Chen Yan of Feng and Chen Partners Design New York for interior space and exhibition design
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2020 /DesignNewswire/ One Jiyang Lake Villa by Feng Guoqiang and Chen Yan of Feng and Chen Partners Design New York, designed for Feng and Chen Partners Design Shanghai, has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The award was conferred within 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 evaluated anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
The Silver A' Design Award Explained
The Silver A' Design Award celebrates top-tier designs that embody excellence and innovation. This award acknowledges creations that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also highly functional, reflecting the designer's deep understanding and skill. Silver A' Design Award recipients are recognized for their contribution to raising industry standards and advancing the practice of design. Their work often incorporates original innovations and elicits a strong emotional response, making a notable impact on the improvement of everyday life.
Regarding One Jiyang Lake Villa
This is a private villa located in Southern China, where the designers takes the Zen Buddhism theory in practice to carry out the design. By abandoning the unnecessary, and the use of natural, intuitive materials and concise design methods, the designers created a simple, quiet and comfortable contemporary oriental living space. The comfortable contemporary oriental living space uses the same simple design language as the high-quality Italian modern furniture for the interior space.
About Feng Guoqiang and Chen Yan
Guoqiang Feng and Yan Chen are keen observers, patient explorers, and in-depth thinkers. They believe that design is a means of communicating between them and the world, and that everyone is a unique and valuable part of biodiversity. fengandchen | Feng and Chen Partners Design Shanghai, founded by them and partners in 2001, pays great attention to creating a space with a unique touch of personality, emotion, and humanity. They hope to convey love, truth, and beauty through their design, and let people feel happiness in the space.
About Feng and Chen Partners Design New York
Feng and Chen Partners Design New York, Founders Feng Guoqiang and Chen Yan are the winners of the Italian A'DESIGN AWARD and US IDA AWARD. They have a good reputation in the local area and have won great trust from customers.
Award Record
With this recognition, Feng Guoqiang and Chen Yan of Feng and Chen Partners Design New York is a winner of 5 A' Design Awards. The awards span the editions from 2017 - 2018 to 2019 - 2020 of the A' Design Award & Competition.
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. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to interior designers, interior architects, architects and decorators from all countries. Entries typically include residential interiors, restaurants, hotels, offices, galleries and retail stores. Awarded interior designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/interior
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/102596
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/102596
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!102596
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/194591
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://fengandchen.com
Media Contact
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- One Jiyang Lake Villa
- Function
- Villa
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Linen, Gainsboro, Rosy Brown, Tan and Dim Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Feng and Chen Partners Design Shanghai
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Feng Guoqiang and Chen Yan
- Country
- United States of America
- Brand
- Feng and Chen Partners Design New York
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2019 - 2020
- Design ID
- #102596
Credits
- Team
- Chen Yan, Feng Yicheng
- Image Credits
- All images by Feng and Chen Partners Design Shanghai.
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The property is a townhouse, therefore the buildings are very close to each other, and that the private garden space is limited, the building is a brick-concrete structure, and the possibility of further modification to the internal space is relatively small.
- Inspiration
- Dongdusi Temple was built in this city in memory of master Jian Zhen's successful boat trip Japan during the Tang Dynasty. He brought over Buddhism Dharma and other technical knowledge, which helped with the development of their culture. This had since become a part of this city's history too. This project is based on Zen Buddhism theories, where we removed all extra elements, and creating a modern spiritual residence that settles the heart, returns to nature, offering a sense of tranquility.
- Research
- The basement is the wine tasting area, guest room, living room, and small sunken garden. The first floor is the family public space with living room, dining room, tea room, kitchen and garden. The second and third floors are bedroom areas, which are the master bedrooms for the owner, owner's parents, and the children. The upper two floors are each equipped with as small outdoor gardens.
- Challenge
- There are many unreasonable aspects in the architectural design of the villa, which needed to be perfected by interior design. For example: this four-story villa was not designed for elevators, therefore we needed to remove the original stairs and add an elevator, as well as to design new staircase in the same space. We had to make use of every centimeter to achieve this functional requirement, while not losing the comfort and accessibility of the original stairs.
- Realization and Technology
- The main materials used are mostly made of natural materials, for simple and easy construction methods. For example, the exterior wall of the garden uses natural bamboo, and the interior wall is mostly white latex paint that is easy to construct and maintain.
- Operation and Interaction
- We designed a bamboo fence for the garden to block the view from the neighbors' homes, this is to meet the privacy needs of the owner and to create a spiritual world of insight. This way the area on the ground floor looks out into their own garden.
- Project Duration and Location
- This project initiated in June 2018, and was completed in January 2020. It is located at 1 Jiyang Lake, Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu Province, China.
- Specifications
- Interior: 535 square meters, Garden: 200 square meters
- Keywords
- Contemporary, Oriental, Zen, Peaceful
