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Hecang Training School by Yan Fang Shen Is Granted the Bronze A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design

Yan Fang Shen acknowledged 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/ Hecang Training School by Yan Fang Shen has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. 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 scored anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.

What the Bronze A' Design Award Means

The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.

More About Hecang Training School

Hecang is a film and television training school located in Changsha, China, with a building area of 670 square meters. The interior uses gray and light wood tones, which recall the color of a grain harvest and the idea of a granary. A staggered-floor structure places the gym room, photographic room and studio on the higher levels and the classrooms on the lower level. The gym room sits in the central space and is enclosed with glass, so parents can watch the training. Inclined walls combined with glass bring daylight into the passage and the reception area.

About Yan Fang Shen

Yan Fang Shen is the founder and design director of Magic Square Interior Design Studio asn a partner of Lomany soft furnishing gallery. She has studied at the New Renaissance Institute of the University of Florence,graduated from the top Italian art design workshop. And she also the executive director of Changsha Mulan Association. Doing design with attitude is her unique design philosophy aimed at creating more beautiful projects.

Award Record

This recognition makes Yan Fang Shen a winner of 1 A' Design Award.

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

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project
Hecang Training School
Function
Training School
Category
Interior Space and Exhibition Design
Discipline
Spatial Design
Industry
Architecture and Packaging & Retail
Colors
Chocolate, Gray, Silver, Rosy Brown and Peru
Images
5

The Recognition

Laureate
Yan Fang Shen
Country
China
Recognition
Bronze A' Design Award
Edition
2020 - 2021
Design ID
#114278

Design Details

Unique Properties
This case is a film and television training school located in the city of Changsha, Hunan Province, with a building area of 670 square meters. The training of students is like sowing seeds, and the school has a high expectation in graduation rate, as if sowers harvest the rice into the granaries in autumn. So the school is named Hecang granary, giving a sense of bumper crop.
Inspiration
The designer takes granary as the source of inspiration, and upgrades the experience of space with a low budget, to create a space atmosphere in line with the corporate culture. The space mainly applies the gray and log tones. The log color, similar to the color of grain harvest, perfectly embodies the idea of granary.
Research
Considering the dim light mostly in the middle of the building and the good display function of the gym room, the designer puts the gym room in the central space and uses glass to increase the transparency, while the parents may have the convenience to see the training of their children. The reception area next to it is one meter lower than the gym room in floor height to keep the privacy of the gym room.
Challenge
To solve the lighting problem in the passage and reception area, the combination of wall and glass is adopted in the space. While solving the lighting problem, the wall is designed as an inclined structure to increase the sense of hierarchy. The passageway connecting the multimedia classrooms applies inductive linear lighting, which adds a sense of future to the space.
Realization and Technology
Harmonized by gray color, it looks warm and magnificent, manifesting the enterprise temperament. Through a staggered-floor spatial structure, the designer puts the gym room, photographic room and studio in the higher floors, and the classroom in the lower floor in design of the functional areas.
Operation and Interaction
The arc-shaped C design of the lobby echoes with Hecang (granary), the enterprise name. The treasure bowl decoration also overlaps with the granary in function. The reception area is separated from the passage by a sculpture and screen. The gym room can be seen above the reception area.
Project Duration and Location
The project was located in Chang Sha, China. It was finished in 2019.
Specifications
The interior courtyard applies wooden grain floor tiles which extend from the ground to the ceiling, creating a sense of affinity and a transition between the indoor and outdoor spaces. The household waterscape is completed by nature itself, as the tilted glass on the ceiling allows natural rain to flow down the glass in rainy days, creating the effect of water curtain wall and adding fun to the lotus pond.
Keywords
Education, School, Granary, Warm, Interior

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