Press Release
Warehouse 20 21 22 23 Historical Workshop Renewal by Willy Yang Architects and Planners Receives the Silver A' Design Award in Cultural Heritage and Culture Industry Design
The international grand jury of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Willy Yang Architects and Planners for cultural heritage and culture industry design
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COMO, Italy, April 22, 2022 /DesignNewswire/ Warehouse 20 21 22 23 Historical Workshop Renewal by Willy Yang Architects and Planners, designed for Cultural Affairs Bureau, Yilan County, Taiwan, has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Cultural Heritage and Culture Industry Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The result belongs to the 2021 - 2022 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 Warehouse 20 21 22 23 Historical Workshop Renewal
As an appreciation to the historical structure, the purpose of Historical Workshop Reappearance design was not only to preserve but also to spotlight the structure by drawing attention to the historical element. The architect uses new steel frames that outline the space protects the original structure, and with lighting design also exhibits the structure, making the space an exhibition for the industrial architecture itself. The project brings a modern characteristic to the space that creates an overlapping relationship between modern and industrial.
About Willy Yang Architects and Planners
Originated from several different professional backgrounds, and with wide range of experiences, Willy Yang Architects & Planners specializes not only in architecture and interior planning but also in design, execution, and supervision of the construction process. The firm is committed to study and explore the correlation between local and modern architecture and how it affects the environment both directly and indirectly. They believe that architecture is not limited by the visual aspect of the design, instead, the cultural elements of the region plays a major role in the design process.
Award Record
Willy Yang Architects and Planners is a winner of 1 A' Design Award, including this recognition.
About the A' Cultural Heritage and Culture Industry Design Award
The A' Cultural Heritage Design Award is an international design competition recognizing good designs that preserve, protect, and promote cultural heritage. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to cultural heritage designers, culture industry professionals, cultural heritage specialists and museum designers from all countries. Entries typically include cultural heritage projects, cultural conversation, preservation and restoration and protection projects. Awarded cultural heritage designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/cultural-heritage
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/126398
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/126398
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!126398
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/310249
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Warehouse 20 21 22 23 Historical Workshop Renewal
- Function
- Historical Workshop Renewal
- Category
- Cultural Heritage and Culture Industry Design
- Discipline
- Communication Design
- Industry
- Arts and Social Impact
- Colors
- Dark Gray, Silver, Gray, Dim Gray and Dark Slate Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Cultural Affairs Bureau, Yilan County, Taiwan
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Willy Yang Architects and Planners
- Country
- Taiwan (China)
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2021 - 2022
- Design ID
- #126398
Credits
- Team
- Tsung Wei, Yang, Tzu Hsiang, Lin, Janmichael Antoni and Zi Ling, Wei
- Image Credits
- Photographer / Tsung Wei Yang, Janmichael Antoni
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- As an appreciation to the historical structure, the purpose of the design was not only to preserve but also to spotlight the structure by drawing attention to the historical element. The new steel frames that outline the space protects the original structure, and with lighting design also exhibits the structure, making the space an exhibition for the industrial architecture itself. The design brings a modern characteristic to the space that creates an overlapping relationship between modern and industrial.
- Inspiration
- The site is located in the Zhongxing Cultural and Creative Park; once home to a paper manufacturing company in Taiwan. When it was operational, these warehouses were workshops for metal and woodwork of the factory, thus the structures were specifically designed for the workshop, which gives the warehouse distinctive features. The purpose of this renewal project is to redesign the place into a historical exhibition and promote the historical value of the paper factory that once existed.
- Research
- Revealing Lighting Design The most significant feature of the building is the unique steel structure; from the column to the beams. The team put together the historical structure with the lighting design, to emphasize the beauty of the industrial-era architecture, and also to define the spatial characteristics of the design. The lighting design is focused on three areas: 1.The upper steel structures: H-beam light hanged above the ceiling to illuminate the upper steel structure of the historical building. 2.The hollow steel columns: lighting inside the steel column illuminates from the inside, creating a depth perception and to draw attention on the historical structure.
- Challenge
- The hardest part of this design is how to input new design elements into a historical space, for the elements of old and new to co-exist without decreasing the historical value.
- Realization and Technology
- Industrial Materials, Steel Frames, Glass Bricks, Translucent Polycarbonate.
- Operation and Interaction
- The balance of Industrial Imagery Due to the budget reasons, the materials used on the design were mostly industrial. One of which, in order to improve the transparency of the space, lightweight and simple materials were used, such as; steel bars, polycarbonate panels, and glass block; materials that have least structural joints, to bring softer elements into the historical space.
- Project Duration and Location
- Project duration : 5 months The project is located in Yilan County, Taiwan.
- Specifications
- Total Area : 801 msquare
- Keywords
- Historical Workshop Renewal, Industrial Architecture, Historical Exhibition, Cultural Heritage
