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Urban Renewal Exploration Centre Urban Renewal by Oval Design Ltd Receives the A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
Oval Design Ltd of Oval Design recognized for interior space and exhibition design by the international grand jury of the 2017 - 2018 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 14, 2018 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Urban Renewal Exploration Centre Urban Renewal by Oval Design Ltd of Oval Design, designed for Urban Renewal Authority, Hong Kong, has been granted the A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category. The award was conferred within the 2017 - 2018 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 assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
What the A' Design Award Means
The Iron A' Design Award is awarded to good designs that meet the rigorous professional and industrial standards set by the A' Design Awards. This recognition is reserved for works that demonstrate a solid understanding of design principles and show creativity within their execution. Recipients of the Iron A' Design Award are acknowledged for their practical innovations and contributions to their respective fields, providing solutions that improve quality of life and foster positive change. These designs are a testament to the skill and dedication of their creators, showcasing their ability to address real-world challenges through thoughtful design.
More About Urban Renewal Exploration Centre Urban Renewal
The Urban Renewal Exploration Centre casts the spotlight on Hong Kong’s housing problems and demonstrates the urban renewal efforts and their benefits to the community. It targets to a wide audience, ranging from primary and secondary students to local community. Digital technology and interactive multimedia such as iBeacon-enabled E-Tour Guide, Augmented Reality, Kinect Game, UR Info Hub integrated with life size mock up that convey the complex topics and diversified information to the public through a fun filled journey.
About Oval Design Ltd
Oval Design is a communication focused creative agency specializing in spatial design and production of high-end exhibitions, events, commercial interior design and multi-media installations. Built up over 25 years of continued growth, the team comprises highly creative designers, project executives with exceptional interpersonal skills, professional consultants and contractors to provide quality one-stop solutions. Dennis Wong has led the team to successfully integrate multi-disciplinary design elements with top-notch project implementation to achieve client’s objectives and even over their expectations.
About Oval Design
Founded by Dennis Wong and Dominic Kam, Oval Design is a collaboration-focused company renowned for its ability to integrate multi-disciplinary design elements and top-notch project implementation.
Award Record
This recognition makes Oval Design Ltd of Oval Design a winner of 4 A' Design Awards. The awards were granted in the 2017 - 2018 edition 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/62262
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/62262
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!62262
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/217563
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://urec.org.hk/urec/about/
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
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+39 031 4491953
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Urban Renewal Exploration Centre Urban Renewal
- Function
- Urban Renewal
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Black, Dark Gray, Dim Gray, Gray and Dark Slate Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Urban Renewal Authority, Hong Kong
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Oval Design Ltd
- Country
- Hong Kong (China)
- Brand
- Oval Design
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2017 - 2018
- Design ID
- #62262
Credits
- Team
- Dennis Wong, Dominic Kam, Steve Leung, Dilys Cheung, Dior Ki, Choco Leung, Eva Leung, Kai Cheng, Adrianne Chong and cccdi ltd.
- Image Credits
- Photo Credits: Oval Design Ltd., 2017 Video Credits: Oval Design Ltd., 2017
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The venue is divided into two areas, namely the exhibition area and activity room. The former one is dialogue friendly in design featuring multimedia facilities and various fun-based interactive multimedia games. Visitors experience the poor living environment of residents in old districts with the support of smart technology and gain hands-on urban renewal experience through playing the games and better understand the benefits that the projects have brought to the community. The activity room provides a stage and setting to facilitate the engagement activities.
- Inspiration
- The Urban Renewal Exploration Centre targets to a wide audience, ranging from primary and secondary students to local community with an objective to communicate the urban renewal efforts and their benefits. To translate the complex topics and diversified information to the public, high technology was adopted to present a real-life experience of dilapidated housing, mock ups and exhibitions to convey the information in a clear and orderly manner. The venue is also furnished with interactive multimedia games to add fun and allow the public to gain a deeper understanding of the topics.
- Research
- A questionnaire survey is conducted via ipad for each visitor to evaluate the effectiveness of the exhibition. By statistics, there are 5,515 unguided visitors and 1,197 guided visitors while there are total 57 guided tours since the opening of UREC on 30 October 2017 to 21 February 2018. 95.8% of the respondents gave 4 or 5 for the satisfaction rate. The overall rating of satisfaction is 4.55 out of 5. 97% of the respondents said UREC can enable their understanding on urban renewal.
- Challenge
- Urban Renewal Authority has implemented 69 projects benefitting some 40,000 people. Around 2,300 buildings have been benefitted from rehabilitation schemes and some 60 historical buildings have been preserved and revitalized. Their projects will be launched from time to time hence the design challenge is to design and build in equipment such that it can offer flexibility to accommodate updates, additions or alterations to the content of the projects easily and promptly without major cost implications.
- Realization and Technology
- iBeacon-enabled E-Tour Guide, Augmented Reality, Kinect Game, UR Info Hub which is a mobile application with database programmed up two multi-touch tables.
- Operation and Interaction
- Smart technology inspires visitors to understand and approach urban renewal issues from various perspectives and digital media allows easy updates. A systematic introduction of seven urban renewal projects is arranged. To control the flow of information, it is installed with the iBeacon-enabled E-tour technology, by which visitors can hold an iPad to obtain automatically feeded information while following the designated route for the tour so they understand the topics step by step and inspire them to think about the future development of the city before the end of tour.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project is commenced within one year. It is at H6 CONET located on the Ground Floor of The Center, Hong Kong.
- Specifications
- The Urban Renewal Exploration Centre is about 237 square meters with a 204 square meters conference room.
- Keywords
- exhibition, interior, multimedia, interactive, AR, urban development
