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Alexander Yonchev - Simple Architecture Receives the Silver A' Design Award for Villa Bianca Private House in Architecture, Building and Structure Design

Alexander Yonchev - Simple Architecture recognized 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/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Silver A' Design Award in the Architecture, Building and Structure Design category for Villa Bianca Private House by Alexander Yonchev - Simple Architecture, designed for Simple Architecture. 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 evaluated anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.

About the Silver A' Design Award

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 Villa Bianca Private House

The project consists of partial reconstruction and complete visual transformation of an existing house built in pseudo-traditional style. The main idea has been to achieve the exactly opposite effect: to have a contrasting, memorable, minimalistic and contemporary architecture. The biggest challenge of the project has been to reduce the cluster of geometries and to emphasize the constructive principle of the building by making some spatial and organizational improvements of the interior.

About Alexander Yonchev - Simple Architecture

For Simple Architecture the simplicity of decisions and shapes reflects a more global philosophy of life. One that every person of the team shares and applies in every activity they undertake: deeply understanding a given task, extracting and synthesizing the most important information, and transforming it into a simple final result. Thus, reaching simplicity is an extremely complex process. However, Simple Architecture's team believes that exactly by achieving simplicity, one can reach the real nature of beauty.

Award Record

This recognition makes Alexander Yonchev - Simple Architecture a winner of 1 A' Design Award.

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. The competition 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. Entries typically include skyscrapers, museums, residential buildings, commercial complexes, educational institutions and religious structures. Awarded architectural projects are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/architecture

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

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project
Villa Bianca Private House
Function
Private House
Category
Architecture, Building and Structure Design
Discipline
Spatial Design
Industry
Architecture
Colors
Gainsboro, Light Gray, Silver, Dark Gray and Light Slate Gray
Images
5
Client
Simple Architecture

The Recognition

Laureate
Alexander Yonchev - Simple Architecture
Country
Bulgaria
Recognition
Silver A' Design Award
Edition
2022 - 2023
Design ID
#151423

Credits

Team
Alexander Yonchev
Image Credits
Photographer Assen Emilov

Design Details

Unique Properties
The project consists of partial reconstruction and complete visual transformation of an existing house built in pseudo-traditional bulgarian style. It included many overlapping architectural elements, and several pitched roofs, with a multitude of materials both on the facades and in the interior. The main idea for this project has been to achieve the exactly opposite effect: to have a contrasting, memorable, minimalistic and contemporary architecture.
Inspiration
The guiding idea of this project has been to create a light, elegant and ethereal atmosphere, dominated by the sea view and the constantly changing colours of the surrounding nature. Both the interior and the exterior have been decided in nuances of the white with the only colourful touch being the works of art present in the house.
Challenge
The biggest challenge of the project has been to reduce the cluster of geometries of the existing house and to emphasize the constructive principle of the building by making some spatial and organizational improvements of the interior.
Realization and Technology
The house is made of concrete structure and brick walls. Exterior cladding is done entirely in one material: large format white tiles. Light grey tiles are used for the exterior pavement. The interior pavement is done in microcement.
Operation and Interaction
In terms of organisation, the three story house, has one big common area, which includes a living room, a kitchen and a dining room. There are also four bedrooms, four bathrooms, two toilets as well as storage and service rooms. The furnishing with its plastic, abstract and non-standard forms has been carefully selected to create the overall feeling of being into an art gallery.
Project Duration and Location
The project started in September 2021 in Sozopol and finished in June 2022.
Specifications
Total built area: 540m2 Total land area: 817m2
Keywords
seaside villa, all white house, minimalist house, white interior, white exterior, house with sea view, summer house, house in Bulgaria

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