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Golden A' Design Award in Architecture, Building and Structure Design Goes to Yuexiu Hanyang Starry Winking Showroom by Shanghai PTArchitects
Shanghai PTArchitects recognized for architecture, building and structure design by the international grand jury of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2021 /DesignNewswire/ Yuexiu Hanyang Starry Winking Showroom by Shanghai PTArchitects has been granted the Golden A' Design Award in the Architecture, Building and Structure Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The award was conferred within the 2020 - 2021 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 evaluated 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.
More About Yuexiu Hanyang Starry Winking Showroom
Yuexiu Hanyang Starry Winking is a sales center designed to be converted into a kindergarten after the selling period ends. The building is located in the Hanyang District of Wuhan, China, near the Yangtze River. The design concept draws on the natural landscape and the water culture of Wuhan. A modular facade with rhythmic changes suits the units of the future kindergarten and forms a playful surface. Prefabricated glass-fiber reinforced cement panels were assembled on site to reduce visible joints and ease cleaning. Water flows from the building into the surrounding landscape.
About Shanghai PTArchitects
Founded in 2003, Shanghai PTArchitects is a member of PT Design China Institution, a top foreign architectural design brand in China, and also a Chinese cooperating institution of Australia Peddle Thorp Architects (Melbourne), a world famous architectural design company. We currently have more than 10 subsidiaries and have assembled over 1,000 excellent designers, with the regional distribution covering cities like Shanghai, Chengdu, Beijing, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Wuhan, Zhengzhou, Qingdao, Guangzhou and Chongqing, etc.
Award Record
This recognition makes Shanghai PTArchitects 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. 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/107721
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/107721
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!107721
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/281006
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://sourl.cn/NprbrY
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Yuexiu Hanyang Starry Winking Showroom
- Function
- Showroom
- Category
- Architecture, Building and Structure Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture
- Colors
- Cornflower Blue, Dark Slate Blue, Dark Slate Gray, Steel Blue and Dim Gray
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Shanghai PTArchitects
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Golden A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #107721
Credits
- Team
- Xue Jia, Xu Lei, Wang Xun and Wu Jihong, Lu Bin, Qiu Chenxi, Wang Dinghui, Wang Bo, Zhou Hongyu, Lin Ning, Zhang Ge, Li Chong, Shi Youbin, Chen Yangmo
- Image Credits
- Schran Images
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Formerly as a sales center, the project would be transformed into a kindergarten after the selling period is over. So the design difficulty lies in how to shift the same building between two kinds of architectural types. The architects selected the modular surface with rhythmic change to build the facade, which could not only satisfy the use of every unit in the kindergarten, but also create a playful architectural surface.
- Inspiration
- The project is built by the Yangtze River and is located around the Yangsigang Yangtze River Bridge. With the location as its first consideration, the project's design concept derives from natural landscape and cultural elements of water exclusive to Wuhan. A progressive spatial layout ensures that visitors could ever-changing landscape while walking step by step.
- Research
- By using both the modern design language and design method of spatial narrative, the urban landscape and historic memory slowly unfold before the changing spaces of the building. The natural landscape and cultural implications of the city become one and work together to evoke people's desire for a poetic life through its fours parts: entrance space, central demonstration space, transition space, and waterscape space.
- Challenge
- The design difficulty lies in how to shift the same building between two kinds of architectural types. The architects selected the modular surface with rhythmic change to build the facade, which could not only satisfy the use of every unit in the kindergarten, but also create a playful architectural surface. The facade is designed in a modern elegant style with simple champagne-colored metal frame and yellowish stone-like aluminum panels to highlight the building's grace.
- Realization and Technology
- We chose the prefabricated GRC (glass-fiber reinforced cement) for building materials. They were transported as a whole and were pieced together on site so as to reduce the cracks on the facade due to a large amount of assemblage and make it appear more complete. Besides, GRC is easy to clean, so the building could continuously maintain a better appearance.
- Operation and Interaction
- Water is a major element in the project. Cascading from the building to the landscape space, it ultimately merges into the landscape. The design team carefully builds the spaces that change rhythmically, and exquisitely creates the scenery that varies while visitors walking so as to make a demonstration area where visitors could have unique experiences. The main building is simply decorated in a pure design language that highlights the simplicity of its shape.
- Project Duration and Location
- Location:Hanyang District, Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China Project Duration: December 2017-July 2019
- Specifications
- Technical: Use modulus and regular section to satisfy different functional demands of kindergarten and sales center Area: 2700sqm Type: sales center
- Keywords
- Demonstration area, GRC, Kindergarten, Shanghai PTArchitects, Sale center, Water Element
