Press Release
Silver A' Design Award in Architecture, Building and Structure Design Goes to Oat Wreath Equestrian Pavilion by Polina Nozdracheva
The international grand jury of the 2018 - 2019 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Polina Nozdracheva for architecture, building and structure design
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COMO, Italy, April 20, 2019 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Oat Wreath Equestrian Pavilion by Polina Nozdracheva, designed for ALPN Ltd./Architectural laboratory of Polina Nozdracheva Ltd., has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Architecture, Building and Structure Design category. The award was conferred within the 2018 - 2019 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 scored 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.
More About Oat Wreath Equestrian Pavilion
Equestrian pavilion is a part of the newly creating equestrian center. Object is located on the cultural heritage and protected by cultural area of the historical ensemble of the exhibition. Main architectural concept is the exclusion of massive capital walls in favor of transparent wooden lace elements. The main motive of the facade ornament is a stylized rhythmic pattern in the form of wheat ears or oat. Thin metal columns almost imperceptibly support the light rays of the glued wooden roof, which lifted up, with the completion in the form of a stylized silhouette of the horse's head.
About Polina Nozdracheva
Polina Nozdracheva - Architect, Founder and the Head of ALPN Ltd., Professor of IAA (IAAM, Eurasia). As the Chief architect, Polina creates different scale and level objects is realizing in accordance with international quality standards. Many projects are taking part in large-scale world professional exhibitions and competitions, has awarded in Russia, USA, UK, France, Italy, Spain, etc. High professionalism and obligation of respecting precious knowledgeable client`s time resources characterize her work process methods most closely.
Award Record
Polina Nozdracheva is a winner of 2 A' Design Awards, including this recognition. The awards span the editions from 2016 - 2017 to 2018 - 2019 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. 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
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://dezigners.org/76376
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/76376
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!76376
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/182384
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://bit.ly/2Uv3OdR
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Oat Wreath Equestrian Pavilion
- Function
- Equestrian Pavilion
- Category
- Architecture, Building and Structure Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture
- Colors
- Cornflower Blue, Gray, Dark Slate Gray, Rosy Brown and Dim Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- ALPN Ltd./Architectural laboratory of Polina Nozdracheva Ltd.
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Polina Nozdracheva
- Country
- Russian Federation
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2018 - 2019
- Design ID
- #76376
Credits
- Image Credits
- Oat Wreath. Total view of the Equestrian pavilion.; Oat Wreath. View from the open jumping field.; Oat Wreath. Fragment. Interior with two zones - Tribunes and Riding hall.; Oat Wreath. Details - architectural elements - stylized silhouette of the horse's head.; Oat Wreath. View from the main pedestrian line with facades elements reminiscent of wheat ears.
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- In the building frame eliminated the massive walls. Columns almost imperceptibly support light beams of glued wood and roof of minimum thickness. Riding hall volume hides a parade ground with a size of 20 x 60 meters. Wooden structure protects and allows to held training & competition throughout the year. Ground floor has spacious entrance with all necessary auxiliary, technical rooms and passages to tribunes. Entrance group is marked with an openwork visor serving as balcony of tribunes.
- Inspiration
- Main goal - organically inscribe a large-sized large-span structure in historical ensemble of pavilions built in 1954. Transparent wooden lace of outer walls designed for the dematerialization of the volume to dissolve it against the background of existing landscape. Main facades ornament motif resembles the thick of intertwined wood branches and ears stylized in the spirit of socialist realism, referring to genius loci of VDNKH (exhibition of national economy achievements) - object of cultural heritage and protect cultural zone.
- Research
- Historically: significant urban area of the city. The first buildings appeared on this site in 1937-39 as part of a large urban complex of the All-Union Agricultural Exhibition. They built of short-lived materials and by 1954 replaced by capital buildings - pavilions for various functional purposes. The existing stables, which are subject to reconstruction and restoration, for the full functioning require the creation of a new spectacular pavilion-arena.
- Challenge
- Conditions of construction on the territory of the object of cultural heritage excludes the possibility of construction of capital buildings and structures. This determined the overall architectural-spatial and constructive solution of the equestrian pavilion. The choice made in favor of creating a spatial structure from the environmental and renewable materials.
- Realization and Technology
- The building of the pavilion is a large-span structure covered with glued wooden beams. The end of the beam is an individual architectural element - a stylized silhouette of the horse's head. Facades - horizontal wooden boards, located in two transverse directions complex rhythmic pattern, reminiscent of wheat ears or oat. The surfaces of all structural and facing elements remain natural color, exposing the texture of wood.
- Operation and Interaction
- Pavilion as part of the newly established equestrian center of VDNKH (exhibition of national economy achievements) primarily intended to serve the development and promotion of equestrian sports and horse breeding, designed for training and competitions, as well as for various thematic programs, demonstrations and shows.
- Project Duration and Location
- 2015-2017, Moscow city, VDNKH, Russia.
- Specifications
- Total area of the Manage is 1585 sq.m. Total area of two levels tribunes is 1500 sq.m. Number of seats - 1000 people.
- Keywords
- equestrian, alpn, pavilion, sport, oat wreath, facade structure, horses, wheat, wooden structure, polina_nozdracheva
