Press Release
Sliding Door House by Masaki Suzuki Is Granted the A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
Masaki Suzuki acknowledged for interior space and exhibition design by the international grand jury of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 22, 2022 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category for Sliding Door House by Masaki Suzuki. The award was conferred within the 2021 - 2022 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 A' Design Award Means
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.
Regarding Sliding Door House
Sliding Door is a renovation project for an apartment in Chiba, Japan. Ten continuous sliding doors were installed in place of a wall. The doors run on two rails, so the connection between the corridor and the rooms can be adjusted. Natural light reaches the corridor, which is often dark in Japanese apartments. A workspace enclosed by glass sliding doors was added in the living area. The doors, the desk and the television board are made of the same plywood. The plan allows work, rest and family life within a limited space.
About Masaki Suzuki
Masaki Suzuki has experience in projects of various scales from small-scale interior design to large-scale urban development in Tokyo. He creates new ways and interpretations of the architectural design with the historic sensibility of each place and situation of all projects. He believes that his mission is to gradually create a new good future that we have not yet seen. And he pursues universal comfort and design for a place where people naturally gather regardless of the scale and use of the architecture.
Award Record
This recognition makes Masaki Suzuki 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. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to interior designers, interior architects, architects and decorators from all countries. Typical entries include residential interiors, restaurants, hotels, offices, galleries and retail stores. The awarded interior designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/interior
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/126210
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/126210
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!126210
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/309873
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://www.suzukiarc.com/housewithslidingdoors-en
Media Contact
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Sliding Door House
- Function
- House
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Dark Olive Green, Dim Gray, Rosy Brown, Gray and Saddle Brown
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Masaki Suzuki
- Country
- Japan
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2021 - 2022
- Design ID
- #126210
Credits
- Image Credits
- Photographer: Koji Okumura / Forward Stroke Inc.
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- This is a renovation project for an apartment house with modern use of Japanese traditional sliding doors. Sliding doors have long been used in Japan to control how they connect with nature and people. The 10 continuous sliding doors were inserted instead of a wall. As a result, the space has a high degree of freedom, allowing natural lighting to the corridor and usage according to the various situations. Even in a limited space, the way of living where you can relax and work at home was realized.
- Inspiration
- COVID-19 changed our lifestyle completely. At-home work has rapidly become widespread with online meetings and students also needed to take online lessons. However, housing space is limited, and if you have small children, you need an environment to watch over them. Such difficult situations inspired us to utilize the Japanese traditional door style for the new style of living. By devising the sliding doors, people can gather in a large room and stay in a private room even in a limited space.
- Research
- As a result of researching a lot of Japanese apartments, there were many cases where the inner corridor was dark and the space had a cold impression. Therefore, it was considered a method of incorporating natural lighting into the corridor inside the dwelling unit. By researching traditional Japanese architecture and using sliding doors, it was succeeded in incorporating natural lighting from the bedroom into the corridor.
- Challenge
- A challenge was how to beautifully incorporate natural lighting into the center of the dwelling units in the already built apartments. Through research from various perspectives and studies of numerous proposals, a solution called continuous sliding doors was derived. At the construction site, fine adjustments were made so that the continuous sliding door could move smoothly on the existing structure that was slightly distorted.
- Realization and Technology
- To realize a beautiful and warm space, the continuous sliding doors, the desk of the workspace and the TV board were made of the same plywood matched with bright flooring. And the glass sliding doors’ wood frames were brought closer color to the owners’ furniture. By finishing the corridor floor with the tiles that are continuous from the entrance, creating a spacious and open space like a Doma floor which is a soil floor in a traditional Japanese townhouse was aimed.
- Operation and Interaction
- The 10 sliding doors ride on two rails and the degree of connection between this side and the other side can be controlled. The children's room can be separated by sliding doors so that small children can have their own room in the future, and the shelves can be used from the corridor. The boundary between the room and the corridor got to be ambiguous. A workspace partitioned by glass sliding doors was set up in the living as they can control how to connect with the family.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in February 2020 and finished in July 2020 in Chiba prefecture, Japan.
- Specifications
- Total Floor Area: 83.78sqm / Structure: RC / Floor: Tile, Wood flooring / Wall & Ceiling: Painted Plaster board / Sliding doors: Plywood
- Keywords
- Apartment, Condominium, Japan, Interior, Door, House, Architecture
