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Mingchun Hsu and WenYu Hsieh Receives the Bronze A' Design Award for Strolling House in Interior Space and Exhibition Design

The international grand jury of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Mingchun Hsu and WenYu Hsieh for interior space and exhibition design

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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2020 /DesignNewswire/ Strolling House by Mingchun Hsu and WenYu Hsieh, designed for Mojian Design, has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The award was conferred within the 2019 - 2020 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.

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.

Regarding Strolling House

Strolling is a residential interior design for a suburban house in Taipei. The layout is divided into three equal parts of 115 square meters each: a garden, a public ground floor and a private bedroom level above. The staircase marks the boundary between the public and private areas. The lower section of the staircase is made of marble to suggest rock and solidity, while the upper section is made of 9 millimeter U-shaped steel plates suspended from the ceiling. Scale, form, material and shadow are used to create a quiet and comfortable space close to nature.

About Mingchun Hsu and WenYu Hsieh

I work for design already 15 years. Firstly, I participated in big scale of architectural design then narrowing down the scale and area for concentrating on interior design. The reason why I chose interior design because the interaction between space and human just like a vivid story. The responsibility of designer is using the professional observation and design skills to tell each story about the space. Through listening, understanding, thinking, designing, communicating, practicing and giving feedback have aroused my curiously and exception.

Award Record

Mingchun Hsu and WenYu Hsieh is a winner of 1 A' Design Award, including this recognition.

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

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project
Strolling House
Function
House
Category
Interior Space and Exhibition Design
Discipline
Spatial Design
Industry
Architecture and Packaging & Retail
Colors
Silver, Dark Gray, Gray and Dark Slate Gray
Images
5
Client
Mojian Design

The Recognition

Laureate
Mingchun Hsu and WenYu Hsieh
Country
Taiwan (China)
Recognition
Bronze A' Design Award
Edition
2019 - 2020
Design ID
#88391

Credits

Team
MingChun Hsu and WenYu Hsieh
Image Credits
Photographer:MD Pursuit.

Design Details

Unique Properties
The design is trying to find the relationship between space and environment, thus they called Find In Between. 1/3 courtyard with 1/3 public space and 1/3 private space. The house is in suburb which has a natural and greenish courtyard. Through their intent concept and using diversity material, they try to communicated with nature to find an appropriate image can illustrate Nature. By using scale,form,material and shadow,people can feel thick,light,bright and deep when they are walking or seating in the house to enjoy a quiet and coziness space.
Inspiration
Nature is the main axis of the design. The design includes three different spaces :garden and public space in ground floor and personal bedroom in first floor. The design need to think about the relationship between people in space and in nature. The project is telling the difference between nature and people which they play a role in each space. Through the specific expressions of scale, shape, material and shadow, people can feel the thick, light, bright when they walking or lying in nature.
Research
The stairs was also a challenge for designer on structure system. The thickness of U-shaped steel plate is 9 millimeter, the longest suspension element of these has 5.3 meters. Handrail increased the stability and safety, it through many tests to find appropriate location.
Challenge
The stair is the main point in this project.It also play an important role divide public and private space.The stairs were made of two parts.It indicated the boundary about public and private area.The upper part is made by U-shaped steel plates which hang on from first floor celling:the lower parts is made by marble on the ground.They represent "light" and "heavy",the upper part seems like ribbon drop from sky compared with lower part is sedate and solid,even though they show different characteristic but have the commonality on form which is the dividing line.
Realization and Technology
In order to express the status between public of ground floor and the privacy of first floor, the designer chose two different materials to present both of them have difference via in materials. The lower half stairs used marble to present rocks,original and wilderness while the upper part illustrated light and penetrate which shows obvious difference and contrast. The stairs used suspension system to replace load bearing system or cantilever system which was also a challenge for designer.
Project Duration and Location
The project started in March 2018 and finished in October 2018 in Taipei.
Specifications
Ground floor : 115 square meters. First floor : 115 square meters. Garden : 115 square meters.
Keywords
Strolling, Communicate, Nature, Relationship

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