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Iuan Kai Fang Is Honored with the Bronze A' Design Award for Optimal Care Residence in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
Iuan Kai Fang honored for interior space and exhibition design by the international grand jury of the 2023 - 2024 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 20, 2024 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Bronze A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category for Optimal Care Residence by Iuan Kai Fang, designed for K.E.A. Creative Inc.. The recognition forms part of the 2023 - 2024 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 evaluated anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
What the Bronze A' Design Award Means
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.
About Optimal Care Residence
Optimal Care is a residential interior design for a 186-square meter duplex penthouse. The renovated home holds a public area with a living room, dining room, relaxation area and Japanese-style tatami room, plus five bedrooms and four bathrooms. A two-story glass curtain brings natural light into the living room, and the open kitchen extends the shared space. Glass partitions link private rooms with public areas. Black, white and gray tones, wood and simple materials create a calm setting. Wide stairs and recessed handrails support the safety of the older residents.
About Iuan Kai Fang
K.E.A. Creative Inc. is a design team that focuses on life temperature, texture and humanistic spirit. Its design inspiration is based on the customer's personal use needs and site conditions, and follows the three core elements of lighting, space and interaction, covering professional fields such as architecture, interior, civil engineering, humanities and art, and responsible construction, to create personalized aesthetic space for customers.
Award Record
This recognition makes Iuan Kai Fang a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
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/158082
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/158082
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!158082
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/352134
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Optimal Care Residence
- Function
- Residence
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Dark Slate Gray, Dim Gray, Gray, Silver and Dark Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- K.E.A. Creative Inc.
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Iuan Kai Fang
- Country
- Taiwan (China)
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2023 - 2024
- Design ID
- #158082
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The designer is tasked with planning multiple comfortable living spaces in this limited area. The public area on the first floor is the main living area of parents, and the living room enjoys a two-story glass curtain to introduce abundant natural light outdoors.The kitchen space opens up to form a spacious common area with the living room, and the one-shaped line introduces bright light and flowing air atmosphere.
- Inspiration
- 3 siblings want to provide their parents with the comfortable home. Therefore, the old house was renovated into a bright space, retaining the elevated area and combining the extension of clean lines to extend the view to the outdoors. the penetration of glass compartment is applied to connect the closed room with public area, extending the space scale,forming an open view and creating a comfortable home.
- Research
- On the second floor, a library corridor is created and connected to the rest area with floor-to-ceiling windows, which can satisfy the residents to relax, read, drink coffee or look at the scenery and enjoy a peaceful time. As there are many members in the family, they hope to maximize the storage function and achieve aesthetic feeling and practical function; while the use of hidden cabinets and floor depth into the storage, such as TV wall and book corridor decorative wall, and room under the space and storage room, comprehensively improve the efficiency of space.
- Challenge
- In consideration of the safety of the elderly, the width of the steps of stairs is widened, and the embedded handrails with the depth of walls are combined. Moreover, it is equipped with different lighting designs, in particular, indirect lighting is arranged on the stairs, steps and walls of the spatial transition, with vertical movement lines. It is also designed with lamp posts and track lights to meet the lighting needs of different heights and angles, while transforming the diversified residence style.
- Realization and Technology
- A large number of linear divisions are adopted on the walls of the two floors to create a clean and modern texture. In a bid to create a quiet and stable quality of life for the elders, with black, white and gray as the tone, the selection of wood, water mold paint and other simple materials, combined with external windows, and glass compartments, to create a comfortable breathing atmosphere of the mansion. In the public spaces, we use metal pipes that have been electroplated for increased durability, serving as both decorative wall accents and cabinet handles.
- Operation and Interaction
- In an effort to strengthen the mobility of the whole field and maintain personal privacy, glass is used to construct the appearance of the bedroom of two brothers on the second floor. The penetrative compartment allows interaction between vertical and parallel fields, creates a facade connected with public and private fields, and comprehensively enhances the emotional interaction and dialogue of residents. On the second floor, through the open circular walkway, the spatial sense forms a diversified living experience.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project tooks 18 months to finished in Taiwan.
- Specifications
- This project is a 186-square meter second-hand duplex penthouse.This includes a spacious public area with a living room and dining room, a relaxation area, a Japanese-style tatami room, and a private area with five bedrooms and four bathrooms.
- Keywords
- Taiwan, K.E.A. CREATIVE INC.,Residential, Interior, Renovation
