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Bronze A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design Goes to Diemme Multifunctional Academy by Edoardo Gherardi
Edoardo Gherardi recognized 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/ Diemme Multifunctional Academy by Edoardo Gherardi, designed for Gherardi architetti, 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 2021 - 2022 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.
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 Diemme Multifunctional Academy
Diemme is a coffee roasting company based in Padua and very active worldwide. Its research and qualities are expressed in the concept of the Academy, a completely new structure that condenses different souls: at the same time a showroom, a certified training school for operators and a place for research on coffee. The goal was to create a space with many contents. The project is structured in work areas divided by some wooden totems and glass walls, with different degrees of introspection The high level of technological systems has been deliberately hidden to make coffee the protagonist.
About Edoardo Gherardi
Gherardi architetti deals with the architectural project at different scales, from urban masterplans to industrial design. The firm follows projects of multiple scales and uses, both in Italy and abroad, in various countries including Switzerland, Luxembourg and the Middle East. Gherardi architetti has received several awards including the German Design Awards, the Iconic Awards and the In-Arch Award, both for architecture and product design. In 2021 he participated in the Venice Architecture Biennale with the exhibition entitled "Escapology".
Award Record
This recognition makes Edoardo Gherardi a winner of 2 A' Design Awards. The awards span the editions from 2020 - 2021 to 2021 - 2022 of the A' Design Award & Competition.
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/140289
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/140289
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!140289
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/289259
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://www.gherardiarchitetti.it/
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Diemme Multifunctional Academy
- Function
- Multifunctional Academy
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Dark Slate Gray, Dim Gray, Black, Gray and Rosy Brown
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Gherardi architetti
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Edoardo Gherardi
- Country
- Italy
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2021 - 2022
- Design ID
- #140289
Credits
- Team
- Monica Martini and Stefania Albanese
- Image Credits
- Photo Marco Zanta Images Gherardiarchitetti
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Diemme Caffè is a coffee roasting company in Padua, very active worldwide. Its research and product development qualities are expressed in the concept of Diemme Academy, a completely new structure that condenses different souls. It is at the same time a showroom for customers and a worldwide certified training school for operators in the sector. At the same time it is a place for research on coffee and the world of food.
- Inspiration
- The Academy is organized in a sequence of spaces, which have at their center the world of coffee and the equipment for its processing. The project has a very strong technical component, even if not revealed, to make way for clean volumes rather than an exhibited technology. The space was organized through lacquered wood totems that act as technical knots. With the exception of them, the different work areas have been divided with glass walls and integrated furniture.
- Research
- The goal was to create a space with many contents that would allow the Diemme roaster to best express its research character in the quality of coffee and as a global operator. For this reason, a space full of meanings was imagined, organized around a central path, which tells the story of the company, which is a place of aggregation and exhibition and from which all the work areas can be seen. In fact, the project is structured in work areas divided by glass walls, with different degrees of introspection (bartender room, brewing room, roasting room, automatic machine room, packaging room, food & beverage room).
- Challenge
- The Academy is located inside the company headquarters, on the first floor. Gherardiarchitetti intervened in advanced rough, the curved facade and the floors had already been built. The project has a very strong technical component, which is not exhibited. For this reason, the false ceiling was conceived as a complex technological system, in which all the systems are inserted. The space is divided by glass walls and opaque wooden totems, which place the work space at the center.
- Realization and Technology
- The project integrates the technological systems through the wooden totems and the false ceiling. The latter was conceived as a complex element, in which the various systems are inserted: lighting, sound, gas detection, fire, audio-video, alarm and air conditioning. The video installations at the entrance and along the path are integrated into the furnishings and are an important communication tool, together with the graphics specially designed for the Academy. The project materials are three: wood for the furnishings and totems, glass for the partitions, metal for the worktops and the internal patio.
- Operation and Interaction
- The Academy is a complex space, which gathers many functions: professional training, showroom, international competitions and the core of the company. For this reason the spaces are multifunction: the bartender room and the brewing room can be used together or separated by a retractable glass wall; the roastery room houses the Gisen roaster, but it can be completely darkened and illuminated by a red light to analyse the coffee; the central space tells the story of the company, but is also a commercial and a meeting place.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in May 2018 and ended in February 2019
- Keywords
- Steel, Metal, Wood, Stone, Glass, Interior
