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Lagonaki Mountain Eco Resort Master Plan by Dina Dridze Wins the Bronze A' Design Award in Urban Planning and Urban Design
Dina Dridze of RTDA Architects acknowledged for urban planning and urban design by the international grand jury of the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 20, 2023 /DesignNewswire/ Lagonaki Mountain Eco Resort Master Plan by Dina Dridze of RTDA Architects, designed for Rtda, has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Urban Planning and Urban Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The award was conferred within 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 scored anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
About the Bronze A' Design Award
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 Lagonaki Mountain Eco Resort Master Plan
Lagonaki Mountain Eco Resort is a master plan for a mountain resort in the Republic of Adygea, Russia. The plan places hotels, a cable car station and public infrastructure within a compact area of changing elevations and rocky hills surrounded by relict trees. Valuable natural features were mapped and preserved, and view axes and observation platforms were planned. Tourist routes prevent unauthorized access to protected natural areas. Building forms follow traditional Adyghe houses, with a stone base, a wooden roof and a gallery around the house.
About Dina Dridze
The RTDA architectural bureau (ex. BRT RUS) was founded in 2004 as a joint venture established by INTECO Group and the German architectural bureau BRT Architekten to develop residential and commercial real estate projects. In 2018, due to the company's diversification, a decision was made to change the brand name to RTDA (RTDA LLC). The new name more accurately covers all aspects of the company’s activity: Research. Territory development. Architecture. Our mission is to create comfortable living conditions by creating a favorable environment for people and society.
About RTDA Architects
The name RTDA Architects accurately covers all aspects of the company's activities: Research. Territory development. Architecture. The company is headed by CEO Marina Lepeshkina. The chief architect is Dina Dridze.
Award Record
With this recognition, Dina Dridze of RTDA Architects is a winner of 2 A' Design Awards. The awards span the editions from 2017 - 2018 to 2022 - 2023 of the A' Design Award & Competition.
About the A' City Planning and Urban Design Award
The A' Urban Design Award is an international urban design competition recognizing good urban plans and designs by best urban planners and architects worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to urban planning designers, urban architects, city planners and urban designers from all countries. Entries typically include masterplans, zoning proposals, infrastructure designs, landscape blueprints, public space concepts and urban renewal projects. Awarded urban plan designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/urban-planning
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/148125
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/148125
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!148125
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/221608
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Lagonaki Mountain Eco Resort Master Plan
- Function
- Master Plan
- Category
- Urban Planning and Urban Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Social Impact
- Colors
- Gainsboro, Silver, Floral White, Dark Gray and Dark Slate Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Rtda
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Dina Dridze
- Country
- United States of America
- Brand
- RTDA Architects
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2022 - 2023
- Design ID
- #148125
Credits
- Team
- Anton Petukhov, Ivan Astafurov, Maxim Makarov, Roman Gritsay-Bogdanov, Ivan Dubrovin, Polina Balysh, Ksenia Kashina, Ekaterina Vlasenko and Irina Yamashkina
- Image Credits
- Image # 1 RTDA LLC Image # 2 RTDA LLC Image # 3 RTDA LLC Image # 4 RTDA LLC Image # 5 RTDA LLC
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The Lagonaki Mountain Eco Resort is situated in a truly unique environment with incredible landscapes, so the development is designed to ensure the preservation of natural diversity, much attention is paid to the development of hiking eco-tourism and acquaintance with the local culture and ethnicity. It provides for the construction of hotels, a cable car station with related public infrastructure facilities within a compact area terrain characterized by changes in elevation and rocky hills, and surrounded by relict trees located.
- Inspiration
- The Lagonaki Mountain Eco Resort Concept was inspired by the mix of gorgeous nature and rich culture of the region, which is the area of the Adyghes. The general strategy for the massing and layout solutions of hotel buildings respects the typical Adyghe housing, that is a stone bottom (core house), a wooden top (roof) and a canopy gallery around the house. For the manifestation of the identity of the place and culture of the region, it is possible to use typical ornaments in the painting of roof overhangs, as well as in interiors.
- Research
- As part of the development of the master plan, a socio-economic justification for the location of the resort was prepared and measures were developed aimed at preserving the UNESCO World Natural Heritage Site and adjacent specially protected areas.
- Challenge
- The main factor influencing the design solution was the unique natural context. The team faced a challenge to create the resort identity based on the culture of the Adygs - the indigenous people of the North Caucasus.
- Realization and Technology
- Various programs were used while integrating the project into the difficult terrain based on geology and forest inventory data. It was important to identify and preserve valuable natural objects: relict trees, ravines, rocky hills. Based on the landscape and visual analysis, view axes were planned, locations of observation platforms were determined.
- Operation and Interaction
- The resort development involves strict regulation of adjacent natural areas, ensures their monitoring and protection. The project defines development zones considering the impact on the natural context. The project provides for the creation of tourist routes that exclude unauthorized access to protected natural areas. The buildings are equipped with resource-saving equipment (thermostats, LED lighting, smart lighting control systems, rainwater collectors and water recycling systems etc). It is based on the so-called “3R = Reduce + Reuse + Recycle” approach.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in November 2021 and will be finished in Q4 2024. The project is located at Dakhovskoye village, Maikop district, Republic of Adygea, Russia
- Specifications
- Ski cluster area - 1698.7 ha Upper Village area - 63.8 ha, including building area of 151,191 sqm, including hotels and apartments, service facilities and utilities, buildings for emergency and technical services.
- Keywords
- sustainable, eco-friendly, with a unique identity, innovative, recreational
