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Guoqiang Feng and Yan Chen Receives the A' Design Award for LH Shanghai Office in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
Guoqiang Feng and Yan Chen of Feng and Chen Partners Design New York recognized for interior space and exhibition design by the international grand jury of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2021 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category for LH Shanghai Office by Guoqiang Feng and Yan Chen of Feng and Chen Partners Design New York, designed for Feng and Chen Partners Design Shanghai. The result belongs to 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.
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.
More About LH Shanghai Office
LH Shanghai is an office interior created for a newly established investment company. The office covers 328 square meters. The design combines the character of a home with that of a gallery. A central corridor connects the rooms on both sides, and the reception area sits at the center of the plan. Five photographs from the owner's collection are displayed in the space. Simple lamps, plain furniture and woven carpets in cherry blossom colors complete the interior. The aim is a calm, friendly and relaxed workplace rather than a formal one.
About Guoqiang Feng and Yan Chen
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
This recognition makes Guoqiang Feng and Yan Chen of Feng and Chen Partners Design New York a winner of 6 A' Design Awards. The awards span the editions from 2017 - 2018 to 2020 - 2021 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/111303
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/111303
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!111303
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/194591
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://fengandchen.com
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- LH Shanghai Office
- Function
- Office
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Gainsboro, Dark Gray, Rosy Brown, Light Gray and Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Feng and Chen Partners Design Shanghai
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Guoqiang Feng and Yan Chen
- Country
- United States of America
- Brand
- Feng and Chen Partners Design New York
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #111303
Credits
- Team
- Yan Chen and Yicheng Feng
- Image Credits
- #1: Photographer Yicheng Feng, Reception Area, 2020 #2: Photographer Yicheng Feng, Waiting Area, 2020 #3: Photographer Yicheng Feng, Stuff Lounge, 2020 #4: Photographer Yicheng Feng, Owner Office, 2020 #5: Photographer Yicheng Feng, Meeting Room, 2020
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- This is a newly established investment company with a small office scale. The designers hope to design an artistic, elegant and relaxed office environment for clients, breaking the stereotype of investment companies - which typically appear to be too serious - and to design a company that is not like an investment company, one that is friendly, casual and comfortable impression.
- Inspiration
- Based on the fact that the chairman of the company a lady with character - friendly, low-key, simple, tasteful, and an art collector - the designers aimed to create an office space that meets the chairman's temperament, by giving the space the superposition of "a home" and "a gallery". She has also been friends with the designers for over a decade.
- Research
- The lease term for the office is only 5 years, and the lease term is relatively short. The client hopes to build this office with less investment. Therefore, the designer uses easy-to-construct materials, and furnitures from inexpensive furniture brands.
- Challenge
- Before the design, the client consulted a Feng Shui master, and the sectioning of spaces was already determined. The space was designed under such constraints in such a small area, and must meet the requirements of Feng Shui and the complex functional needs of the client. This was a challenge for the designers, but they were able to meet the requirements through consideration for every centimeter of the space, and used a lightweight design style to cleverly resolve the clutter in the space.
- Realization and Technology
- The space displays five photographs from the owner's collection, created by Yicheng Feng - an A'Design Award-winning photographer. The concise and modern photographs matches the temperament of this space; the pure and simplistic lamps are made by the Flos; the furnitures are made HAY - comfortable, simple, and homely; the PVC woven carpets are from BOLON - easy to clean and maintain. Since the company's main clients are Japanese, the carpets are specially selected with cherry blossom colors.
- Operation and Interaction
- The layout of the space is long and narrow, hence the designers decided to use the central corridor as a chain that connects the left and right sections of the office, as if each room is a key to solve a problem. People that work together more frequently have offices that are closer. The reception area is located in the center of the chain, where one can easily reach any room. An open staff lounge area provides a space for staff to relax, cleverly set up at a fire exit area.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project is located in Shanghai. Design started in July 2019 and completed in January 2020.
- Specifications
- The area of the office is 328 square meters and is rather limited. The designers have placed the air-conditioning pipelines above the corridor to fully ensure the sufficient floor height in rooms. Part of the walls uses glass to allow the interior of the room to open up. The corridor uses a hidden light strip in the ceiling, that runs the entire length of the corridor, making it clean, bright, and strongly oriented.
- Keywords
- Simple, Friendly, Relaxed, Comfortable, Home, Art, Office
