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Silver A' Design Award in Architecture, Building and Structure Design Goes to Xi An Vanke Feng Xi Metropolis Plot 5 Mixed Use by LnP Architects
The international grand jury of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes LnP Architects for architecture, building and structure design
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2021 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Silver A' Design Award in the Architecture, Building and Structure Design category for Xi An Vanke Feng Xi Metropolis Plot 5 Mixed Use by LnP Architects, designed for Xi'An Vanke. The result belongs to the 2020 - 2021 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 scored anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
About the Silver A' Design Award
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.
About Xi An Vanke Feng Xi Metropolis Plot 5 Mixed Use
Xi An Vanke Feng Xi Metropolis Plot 5 is a mixed use development in Xi An, China. The project combines a shopping mall of about 100,000 square meters with an office tower of about 34,000 square meters. The office tower is 126 meters high, and the mall has seven floors above ground and two below. The facade uses mild waves and pleats that recall silk and the history of the city on the Silk Road. A double layered curtain wall and low emissivity glass support energy efficiency. Entrances at several heights suit the sloping site and serve families.
Award Record
This recognition makes LnP Architects 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/111500
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/111500
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!111500
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/283057
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://bit.ly/33anIkM
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Xi An Vanke Feng Xi Metropolis Plot 5 Mixed Use
- Function
- Mixed Use
- Category
- Architecture, Building and Structure Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture
- Colors
- Dark Slate Gray, Black, Dim Gray, Gray and Dark Olive Green
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Xi'An Vanke
The Recognition
- Laureate
- LnP Architects
- Country
- Hong Kong (China)
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #111500
Credits
- Team
- Gang LI, Kris NI, Muenpong SUWANKART, Zerong LIN, Keda YE, Junhui YU, Yufei LIN, Huamei LIN, Dachao QIAN, Shuo HUANG and Davin HE
- Image Credits
- L&P Architects
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The Project is located in Xi An, one of the oldest cities in China. This commercial mixed use development offers a 100000 square meters mega green mall and 34000 square meters office tower. This development targets the young generation of professionals and families in Xi An. The design strategy is oriented towards sustainability to its surroundings and provides public space that connecting the outdoor and indoor space. The glass facade portion at the lower podium provides a gateway connection to shopping paradise.
- Inspiration
- The design of project stands as a symbol, it adopts the importance of the city as an ancient imperial capital and eastern departure point of the Silk Road. Silk has been the identity of city as an introduction gateway and image to the outside of the world. The mild wave and pleats are applied to be the facade expression symbolizing the silk itself. Reliable to gradually transparent blocks enhance the conviviality welcoming people into the green oasis of the shopping mall.
- Research
- A significant problem that designers need to solve of the project is to the massive height differences of the plot, so multi ground entrances with different height is introduced, people flow from all directions can enter to the mall conveniently. The design of the facade is integrated with traditional Chinese culture. Designers extract silk as a symbolic element for deconstruction and connecting the facade volumes with various ribbons like decorations.
- Challenge
- The hardest part of this project is to consider how to localize the commercial mall to this site, which should inherit local culture of Xi An. On the other hand, we want to give this mall one of the most essential functions to provide a shopping place that fit for whole family, especially for children who need playground and interesting education elements belong to the city. As a result, we design to emerge local culture and the function of family entertainments into this project.
- Realization and Technology
- The double layered facade that use a curtain wall system to encase the second layer of the featured facade creates a showcase style design element. Low emissivity glass is applied in the project as the primary glass material to increase the energy efficiency of the design. Landscape features such as green plants and waterfalls are introduced in the shopping mall interior to help create a quality air environment and passing cooling and heating systems that will assist in balancing the internal temperature.
- Operation and Interaction
- There were many rounds of communication and adjustment between the tower landing and the main interface of with the clients and the city authorities. We paid attention to the relationship between the public and private circulation, integrated with the urban street scale, and improved the microclimate environment of the building.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in Sep 2019 and finished construction drawing. It would be opened in 2022 in Xi An, China.
- Specifications
- The site area is 33601 square meters, with total floor area of 190831 square meters. The above ground floor area, with calculating the volume ratio is 134404 square meters, which including mall area of 100779 square meters. The 126 meters high office tower consist of 33625 square meters, with under ground floor area that not calculating the volume ratio is 56,427 square meters, including underground retail of 5158 square meters and vehicle garage of 51268 square meters. The 38 meters high shopping mall has 7 floors on the ground and 2 floors underground.
- Keywords
- Mixed use, shopping mall, office tower, communication hub, waterfront, double skin, children playing park, family entertainment
