Press Release
Bronze A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design Goes to Close Horizon House Extension by Karla Andrea Aliaga Mac Dermitt
The international grand jury of the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Karla Andrea Aliaga Mac Dermitt for interior space and exhibition design
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COMO, Italy, April 20, 2023 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Close Horizon House Extension by Karla Andrea Aliaga Mac Dermitt, designed for Arqui-k SPA, has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category. The recognition forms part of the 2022 - 2023 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 evaluated anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
The Bronze A' Design Award Explained
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.
About Close Horizon House Extension
This project is practical, functional, and modern. It has a careful decoration concept that brings the exterior together with the existing architecture seen in the barbecue area, living room, and fireplace. It also blends into the landscape highlighting the two unique properties. When somebody is in the courtyard it will feel like being inside the house. The lighting allows for the two different projects to generating spaces for contemplation and functionality that will be comforting during the day and at night.
About Karla Andrea Aliaga Mac Dermitt
Karla Mac Dermitt, Architect and designer at a local and international level, the specialized press constantly publishes her creations and is considered a benchmark in the industry, both in Chile and abroad. Karla surprises with her works in exterior architecture, interior design and lighting. She is known for the order in her projects and the good use of materials, ergonomics as a differentiating concept in her work and always promoting the origins and roots of those who commission a work, are the nuances of an architect who defines herself as “distinct” as “creative”.
Award Record
Karla Andrea Aliaga Mac Dermitt is a winner of 3 A' Design Awards, including this recognition. The awards span the editions from 2016 - 2017 to 2022 - 2023 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/145579
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/145579
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!145579
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/177943
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://www.arqui-k.cl
Media Contact
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Close Horizon House Extension
- Function
- House Extension
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Dark Olive Green, Dark Slate Gray, Black, Sienna and Peru
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Arqui-k SPA
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Karla Andrea Aliaga Mac Dermitt
- Country
- Chile
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2022 - 2023
- Design ID
- #145579
Credits
- Image Credits
- Italo Arriaza Photographer
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- This project is an integration to the architecture that already exists, this way the new area will not affect or impact the architecture that was already there. The integration of different proposed spaces had to coexist in such a way that it did not affect the surroundings and as such, it was always an open spaces. This could be achieved by big windows that open up to the backyard, integrating it into the house, uniting the different family spaces, to mix in the environment and the house
- Inspiration
- When I visited the project, located in the hills of central Chile, I wanted to bring these natural materials and colours into this family space with the objective that the clients would feel that they were experiancing the natural world within their own internal space.
- Research
- Design research, a meticulous analysis of existing climate data, eg the sun and the shadow of the place, so that the bbq area and pool, were located in the best area. The tools used were SketchUp, Rhino and Autocad. The analysis of general lighting, both natural and artificial, was developed through the Lamp program. For the analysis of the land, we worked with the topographic plans of the place, in order to guarantee the sustainability of water and vegetation integrated into the house.
- Challenge
- The challenge was combining the natural surroundings, as there was only one important view that allowed this. Merging the garden via wide light openings with big gaps in a way that the garden has access to all the spaces. The difficulty of working on inner spaces, was to find a way to make these surroundings work without contrasting with each other by using various materials to differentiate each one of the projects without interfering with the architecture of the house and its materials.
- Realization and Technology
- Regarding the tecnology used, initially I used a sketch to imagine the spaces and organise the areas then all this information was transferred to Sketch up programme and then viewed in Podium, then finalised in Autocad for the development. The construction utilized the latest technology to improve the time for controlling remotely the automation of the utilities and applications in the house, such as heating, light, audio, security, etc.
- Operation and Interaction
- This project integrates different spaces by means of large continuous concrete floors where the spaces are differentiated by different coatings, the big challenge was to work on different heights in each area, this allowed making incredible ceilings with different heights that give a unique touch to each space. The opening of the windows allows the union between the spaces and the integration of the interior and the garden environment in a distictive and natural way.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started May 2019. Construction started July 2019. The project ended December 2020. Project located, Lo Barnechea, Santiago Chile.
- Specifications
- Exterior 390 square meters, Interior 160 square meters.
- Keywords
- Contemporary architecture, urban houses, swimming pool barbecue area, exterior dining, house extention
