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Vitor Almeida Is Honored with the Silver A' Design Award for C R Apartment in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
Vitor Almeida honored 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/ C R Apartment by Vitor Almeida, designed for Eu.Sei.Que.Vou.Te.Amar, has been granted the Silver 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 decided through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who assessed 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 C R Apartment
C R is an apartment interior design completed in Lisbon, Portugal. The apartment occupies the former social floor of a building first built as a Hotel Particulier, where eleven rooms shared a single bathroom. The original mural and ceiling paintings were preserved and restored by artisan painters. Five new bathrooms, along with bedrooms and a kitchen, were added by means of structural furniture and partitions in glass, mirrors, stainless steel and brass. Velvet and marble follow the original colors, joining 18th and 21st century design.
About Vitor Almeida
Vitor Almeida is an architect based in Porto, the city where he was born on May 5th, 1974. In 1999 he completes his architectural degree in FAUP, the Architecture School of Porto’s University and begins his professional career, both as a guest professor at FAUP and as an independent architect. His path as an architect starts by developing private and institutional projects but early on a passion for sophisticated and tailored spaces drives him to also focus in Interior Design. In 2003, Vitor Almeida starts his new office and brand eu.sei.que.vou.te.amar…
Award Record
Vitor Almeida is a winner of 1 A' Design Award, including this recognition.
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/122785
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/122785
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!122785
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/303362
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- C R Apartment
- Function
- Apartment
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Dark Gray, Gray, Rosy Brown, Silver and Dim Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Eu.Sei.Que.Vou.Te.Amar
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Vitor Almeida
- Country
- Portugal
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #122785
Credits
- Image Credits
- Photographer Ricardo Oliveira Alves, 2020
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The apartment is integrated into a building originally designed as a Hotel Particulier in what was originaly the social floor. The focus of the design program was on the maintenance and restoration of the architectural heritage of the property, whilst transforming it to cater to the new family, adding 5 bathrooms to the only existing one. The intervention needed to be silent, and therefore, timeless 21st furniture pieces were chosen to effortlessly blend with the 18th-century original grandeur.
- Inspiration
- The main goal was for the interventions to be silent, so much so that they should go un-noticed and not dispute the attention for the pre-existing details. The history of the home is communicated through the preserved design details and extravagant touches, whilst the story of the residents and their preferences are subtly integrated into the apartment through their modern and minimalist updates.
- Research
- To start the architect did a carefull research of the building's history as well as the architecture era it illustrates. He also needed to understand the client's needs as well as her family's dynamics in order to better design their ideal home. Then came the design process that involved designing new areas and ways in which these could be integrated in the original layout. The furniture pieces were each carefully researched and selected to create a seamless blend of the design of two different times, 18th and 21st centuries.
- Challenge
- The most challenging part of this project was to be able to preserve the rich mural paintings and historic aspects of the property and still introduce new areas that are key to family living, such as more bathrooms and bedrooms.
- Realization and Technology
- Artisan painters were brought in to restore the mural and ceiling paintings. For the new intervention, structural furniture and partitions were created in glass and mirrors, stainless steel and brass. We also find various shades of velvet and diferent marble stones that play with the original colours of the apartment.
- Operation and Interaction
- The original area that this apartment now ocupies was a social floor of a Hotel Particulier with eleven living rooms and one bathroom. These ample rooms were adorned with colourful mural and ceiling paintings that the architect wanted to preserve. The adjustment to a residencial program meant bedrooms, bathrooms and a kitchen would need to be integrated in the existing areas. In order to acomplish this in a discreet manner that would not interfeer with the rich decor of the walls and ceilings, structural furniture and partitions were added to create these new spaces, with the adition of materials that only accentuated the existing colors.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in May 2019 and was completed in June 2020 in Lisbon, Portugal.
- Specifications
- Gross Area is of 315 m2.
- Keywords
- refurbishment, historic property, blending styles, luxurious interiors,
