Press Release
Sunshine Villa Residence by Yanlai Xiao Is Granted the A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
Yanlai Xiao acknowledged for interior space and exhibition design by the international grand jury of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2020 /DesignNewswire/ Sunshine Villa Residence by Yanlai Xiao, designed for Gucang Design, has been granted the A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The result belongs to the 2019 - 2020 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 scored 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.
About Sunshine Villa Residence
Sunshine Villa is a residential interior design for a three-floor house that faces a street. The interior area covers 300 square meters and the garden covers 261 square meters. The staircase was moved to the street frontage, so the living room and bedrooms face the inner garden. The new layout reduces the effect of the noisy street on the living spaces. Soundproof glass along the staircase and a large floor-to-ceiling glass door increase natural light. The living room connects to the garden in several places, and the garden holds two recreational areas.
About Yanlai Xiao
Yanlai Xiao, designer of Chongqing Gucang Decoration Design Engineering Co., Ltd., has engaged in interior design for about 12 years. In each stage of her career, she develops more deep understanding toward design. She holds the view that design is no longer obsessed with exaggerated means of expression. Now, she shows fantastic love for a more artistic way of expression and she is more willing to explore each client's preferences and habits to plan the entire space in an all-round way to really achieve the standard of customarized design.
Award Record
Yanlai Xiao 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
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://dezigners.org/94418
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/94418
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!94418
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/261718
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://t.cn/AiBSuHnX
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Sunshine Villa Residence
- Function
- Residence
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Black, Dark Gray, Light Gray, Midnight Blue and Silver
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Gucang Design
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Yanlai Xiao
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2019 - 2020
- Design ID
- #94418
Credits
- Team
- Xiao Yanlai and Zhang Shi
- Image Credits
- Photographer: Jiang Chuan
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The designer reconstructs the original architectural space and makes the interior space layout more reasonable by moving the original staircase position, which circumvents the disadvantages of street architecture and greatly enhances the overall value of the villa.
- Inspiration
- The young couple, owners of the villa, love nature and sunshine, hoping to create a living room in a garden. The designer unifies planning of the living room and the rear garden, connects the living room with three walls, and sets up two recreational areas in the garden, which makes the garden and living room fully integrates in space and function, creating a natural living environment in a city.
- Research
- Spatial planning and transformation of street architecture. Reconstruction of spatial layout through interior transformation. Reasonable layout of spatial motion trend and residential functions. Integration of living space and outdoor natural environment. Optimizing natural lighting of the living environment.
- Challenge
- The building faces the street with noisy outdoor environment, so the privacy and living comfort in the house are greatly affected. However, the structure of the building cannot be changed, which requires the designer to reconstruct the spatial layout through interior transformation. By relocating the stairs, the designer changes the spatial plan and adjusts all the main living space to face the backyard, therefore the function layout becomes more reasonable, even enhance the value of the villa.
- Realization and Technology
- The design focuses on solving problems such as spatial planning of the street architecture. The design idea is to help users integrate with the natural environment as much as possible in a state of sufficient privacy to create a sunny and natural living environment, including: Firstly, reasonable spatial planning: the designer moves the interior staircase to the street frontage, and the living room and bedroom are adjusted to the landscape facing the interior garden, thus minimizing the impact of the outdoor environment on the living space. Secondly, improvement of interior lighting: the exterior walls along the staircase is transformed into soundproof glass.
- Operation and Interaction
- Interior space planning has a huge impact on the lifestyle of the occupants. The designer makes unified planning on the interior space and the backyard garden. The interior and exterior synchronization design connects the living room and the garden in multiple places. The large-scale open design makes the interaction between people and nature more thorough, and also makes the living conditions of the owner's family more healthy and close to nature.
- Project Duration and Location
- Project Design Period: February 2018 - April 2018 Project Construction Project Period: March 2018-September 2018 Project Completion: 10 September, 2018 Project Location: Country Garden Community, Enshi City, Hubei Province, China
- Specifications
- The interior area for the project is 300 square meters. The garden area for the project is 261 square meters. There are three floors in total.
- Keywords
- Interior, design, structural transformation, space, lighting, stairs
