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Gushu Fire Station by Zhong Zhong, Ma Yue and Zhong Botao Is Granted the Bronze A' Design Award in Architecture, Building and Structure Design
Zhong Zhong, Ma Yue and Zhong Botao acknowledged for architecture, building and structure design by the international grand jury of the 2023 - 2024 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 14, 2024 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Gushu Fire Station by Zhong Zhong, Ma Yue and Zhong Botao, designed for Suidar, has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Architecture, Building and Structure Design category. The award was conferred within the 2023 - 2024 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.
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.
More About Gushu Fire Station
The design employs various approaches such as materials contrast, block insertion, and folding panel combinations to visualize an integrated and compact building form and express the relationship between architectural function and form. Additionally, elements such as facade openings, partly elevated floors, sky gardens, and grilles are used to adapt to Lingnan's hot and rainy weather. The square and forceful architectural form portrays the Gushu Fire Station as a solemn and calm guard.
About Zhong Zhong, Ma Yue and Zhong Botao
Founded in 1984, the Institute of Architecture Design & Research of Shenzhen University is a comprehensive class-A design firm. It mainly works on architectural design, urban master planning, residential community master planning, interior & exterior decoration design and landscape design, and also offers prior-construction consulting, master planning research and construction techniques consulting services. The institute's completed projects can be found in ten large and medium-sized cities nationwide.
Award Record
Zhong Zhong, Ma Yue and Zhong Botao is a winner of 3 A' Design Awards, including this recognition. The awards were granted between the 2022 - 2023 and the 2023 - 2024 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/157273
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/157273
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!157273
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/334336
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://suiadr.com/
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Gushu Fire Station
- Function
- Fire Station
- Category
- Architecture, Building and Structure Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture
- Colors
- Midnight Blue, Dark Slate Gray, Dark Slate Blue and Dim Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Suidar
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Zhong Zhong, Ma Yue and Zhong Botao
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2023 - 2024
- Design ID
- #157273
Credits
- Team
- Zhong Zhong and Zhong Zhong, Ma Yue, Zhong Botao, Zhang Yidi, Zhong Haihuan, Yao Yuan, Meng Meili, Wei Xianqiong, Li He, Hou Jian, Wang Hongyue, Guo Hao, Liu Zhongping, Wang Weifang, Liu Mu, Tang Jin
- Image Credits
- Inter_mountain
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The project shall be designed according to the research results of the 2014 Shenzhen Fire Station Standardization Design Workshop, Guidelines for Shenzhen Fire Station Standardization and Individualization Design, and Fire Station Standardization Research Documentation. The project is a new standardized fire station with a concentrated layout.
- Inspiration
- The project site is to the northeast of the intersection of Gushu 2nd Road and Guxing Road in Bao’an District, Shenzhen, China. On the east and west sides of the project site are lands designated for planned factories, while the north side for multi-functional public facilities. Meanwhile, the site is surrounded by a great deal of industrial buildings, which causes a strong oppressive feeling and brings stressful firefighting challenges.
- Research
- The design responds to the future demand for a large number of fire station constructions in Shenzhen, and it also serves as an exemplar for domestic fire station construction. The design caters to the needs of fire stations for responding instantly and safely to any emergency requests, training, recreation, and daily life while keeping in mind the possibility of future professionalization. It also highlights the importance of moderate opening to the community and fire safety culture transmission.
- Challenge
- Layout: The limited plot area. Based on the special site conditions, the task is to develop a scientifically rational layout that makes the most out of the cramped space available. Site conditions: The site is surrounded by a great deal of industrial buildings, which causes an strong oppressive feeling and brings stressful firefighting challenges.
- Realization and Technology
- Standardized design: A uniform column network of 8.4m x 10.2m is used with standardized floor heights: 6 meters for fire engine garages, and 3.9 meters for duty rooms and business rooms. Centralized layout: With a limited plot area, the fire station adopts a typical centralized and compact layout. Green design: A garden has been created on the rooftop orchard. Concave green area is set for rainwater absorption, storage and infiltration, to effectively control the rainwater runoff within the site.
- Operation and Interaction
- Regarded as the guard of the industrial area, Gushu Fire Station is a grade-1 fire station that can accommodate up to 8 fire trucks. It is a typical fire station with a centralized layout in an industrial zone. With a standardized design approach, the project adapts to local conditions and achieves characterized appearances.
- Project Duration and Location
- Project design time: November 2017 Project completion time: August 2020 Location: the northeast of the intersection of Gushu 2nd Road and Guxing Road in Bao’an District, Shenzhen, China
- Specifications
- The square-shaped plot covers a gross floor area of 5,120.87sqm, with a land area of 3,963.11sqm. The floor area above ground is 3,991.27sqm, accommodating a four-story main building and a seven-story training tower. The basement covers a floor area of 1,129.6sqm. The project has a plot ratio of 1.007. The project is a grade-1 fire station, which can accommodate 8 fire trucks.
- Keywords
- Grade-1 fire station, Standardization Design, Centralized layout, Exit near the street, Research workshop, SUIADR, Z&Z STUDIO
