Press Release
Meishan Mining Smart Center by Saiwen Liu Wins the Silver A' Design Award in Architecture, Building and Structure Design
Saiwen Liu honored for architecture, building and structure design by the international grand jury of the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 20, 2023 /DesignNewswire/ Meishan Mining Smart Center by Saiwen Liu has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Architecture, Building and Structure Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The result belongs to the 2022 - 2023 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 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 Meishan Mining Smart Center
The Meishan Mining project is located in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, 13 kilometers away from the center of Nanjing. Its predecessor is Meishan Iron Mine, which was founded in October 1959, and resources are now close to exhaustion. The government plans to build it into an industrial heritage park, so the whole design is centered around the two goals of meeting the function of the existing mine wisdom command center and taking into account the overall effect of the site park.
Award Record
Saiwen Liu is a winner of 3 A' Design Awards, including this recognition. The awards were granted between the 2018 - 2019 and the 2022 - 2023 editions of the A' Design Award & Competition.
About the A' Architecture, Building and Structure Design Award
The A' Architecture Design Award is an international architectural design competition recognizing good architectural designs by best architects worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to architectural design studios, building contractors, structural engineering firms and architecture and design consultants from all countries. Typical entries include skyscrapers, museums, residential buildings, commercial complexes, educational institutions and religious structures. The awarded architectural projects are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/architecture
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/145628
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/145628
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!145628
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/236904
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Meishan Mining Smart Center
- Function
- Smart Center
- Category
- Architecture, Building and Structure Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture
- Colors
- Black, Dark Slate Gray, Light Steel Blue and Slate Gray
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Saiwen Liu
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2022 - 2023
- Design ID
- #145628
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The project is located at the Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, 13 kilometers away from the center of Nanjing. Its predecessor is Meishan Iron Mine, which was founded in October 1959, resources are now close to exhaustion. The government plans to build it into an industrial heritage park, so the whole design is centered around the two goals of meeting the function of the existing mine wisdom command center and taking into account the overall effect of the site park.
- Inspiration
- Meishan Mining smart center is an old plant reconstruction project, which is composed of three adjacent buildings, the original machine repair workshop, the parts warehouse and the warehouse. A group of hill-shaped corridors are added to the North facade of the three buildings to connect them as a whole. Inspired by the surrounding mountains,The corridors adopt Abstract mountain shapes and gray and white tones to highlight the beautiful style of white walls and black tiles Jiangnan architecture.