Press Release
Strata Springscape Beauty Salon by Moriyuki Ochiai Architects Is Granted the Silver A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
Moriyuki Ochiai Architects acknowledged for interior space and exhibition design by the international grand jury of the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 20, 2023 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Strata Springscape Beauty Salon by Moriyuki Ochiai Architects has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category. The award was conferred within the 2022 - 2023 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 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 Strata Springscape Beauty Salon
The Strata Springscape beauty salon is surrounded by a world of strata and springs. The entire space is embedded with elements inspired by strata, soil, springs, and water streams. Fragments of strata and spring motifs can be seen dancing on the ceiling next to floating fountain-like mirrors. The walls are finished with blue gradations that resemble water streams reflected in a fountain, and with a texture evocative of stone gravel in a geological formation. This creates an environment full of diverse rhythms of shadows and reflections, thereby magnifying the joy of those who pass through it.
About Moriyuki Ochiai Architects
Moriyuki Ochiai Architects that is active in architectural, interior, furniture,landscape and industrial design. The sources of their inspirations come from being captivated by the vivacious and lively beauty of nature or life. They can also feel the influence coming from the delicate sensitivity responding to the unique Japanese nature, which can be found in Japanese temples and gardens. They wish to continue creating works that fulfill people's dreams, become the energy for their lives, and then move on to a deeper dimension that exceeds life itself.
Award Record
This recognition makes Moriyuki Ochiai Architects a winner of 10 A' Design Awards. The awards were granted between the 2013 - 2014 and the 2022 - 2023 editions 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. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to interior designers, interior architects, architects and decorators from all countries. Typical entries include residential interiors, restaurants, hotels, offices, galleries and retail stores. The awarded interior designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/interior
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/148915
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/148915
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!148915
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/134842
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://moriyukiochiai.com/works/springscape
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Strata Springscape Beauty Salon
- Function
- Beauty Salon
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Dark Slate Gray, Midnight Blue, Dim Gray, Black and Dark Gray
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Moriyuki Ochiai Architects
- Country
- Japan
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2022 - 2023
- Design ID
- #148915
Credits
- Team
- Moriyuki Ochiai Architects (Moriyuki Ochiai, Jun Ueda), spea international, Aslego, Osamu Yamaguchi and Kayo Yokoyama (Koizumi)
- Image Credits
- Photo: Takehiro Kawamura
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The entire space is embedded with elements inspired by strata; soil; springs; and water streams. Fragments of strata and spring motifs can be seen dancing on the ceiling next to floating fountain-like mirrors. The walls are finished with blue gradations that resemble water streams reflected in a fountain; and with a texture evocative of stone gravel in a geological formation. The space is filled with the power and brilliance of nature, and visitors experience a world in which their bodies are enveloped by the ever-shifting landscape.
- Inspiration
- A beauty salon surrounded by a world of strata and springs. The location is surrounded by many hills and slopes that retain the contours of a former large hilly area, with parks centered on sites with natural springs filled with waterborne from unique and roughly exposed sections of geological strata. Conscious of the origins of such a landscape, these strata, soil, springs, and hills became the starting point of our design. We thus sought to bring these natural elements into fresh relief in a single flow to create a space imbued with their energy and strength.
- Research
- Please refer to inspiration and description.
- Challenge
- As we become enfolded by the changing manifestations of strata and springs, we find their image permeating the richly expressive materials reflected, stretched, and expanded by mirrors. This creates an environment full of diverse rhythms of shadows and reflections, shining like something organic and alive, thereby magnifying the joy of those who pass through it.
- Realization and Technology
- Please refer to project description.
- Operation and Interaction
- Please refer to inspiration
- Project Duration and Location
- located in Kanagawa , Japan
- Keywords
- hairsalon, hairsalondesign, beautysalon, beautysalondesign, salon, salondesign, design, spacedesign, interiorarchitecture, japandesign, interior, moriyuki ochiai,
