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Alex Xu Receives the Silver A' Design Award for Shangrao Seazen Wuyue Plaza Nightscape Lighting Design in Lighting Products and Fixtures Design
The international grand jury of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Alex Xu of AlexXu&Partners for lighting products and fixtures design
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COMO, Italy, April 22, 2020 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Silver A' Design Award in the Lighting Products and Fixtures Design category for Shangrao Seazen Wuyue Plaza Nightscape Lighting Design by Alex Xu of AlexXu&Partners. 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 assessed 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 Shangrao Seazen Wuyue Plaza Nightscape Lighting Design
Shangrao Seazen Wuyue Plaza is a nightscape lighting design for a large commercial complex. The theme draws on the local water culture, the dragon culture and the character of the building facade. The curtain wall facade acts as the carrier, where points, lines, light and shadow are combined to form calm night views. Two operation modes are provided. The daily mode covers basic lighting and safety. The festival mode highlights celebrations. An intelligent control system, LED lamps and fluorescent lamps are used to limit energy use.
About Alex Xu
I am QingliuXu,I have over 13 years experience in lighting design, specializing in indoor and outdoor lighting design of international brand hotel buildings/large urban complex buildings. With overseas experience, I went to Singapore in 2007 to work as a project designer in Light Planners International Lighting Design studios. In 2009, Price Lighting Design Consultant Co., Ltd. was established and is currently the design director of Price Lighting Design Co. Over the years, I have created a legend of light for many hotels and urban projects. My idea: use the least light to achieve the best effect, to natural optics, to achieve the effect of invisible light.
About AlexXu&Partners
Alex Xu & Partners International Design Consultant Co.,Ltd (A&P) is an international architecture lighting design organization, which is committed to provide professional lighting consultancy and lighting proposal design. Besides, we offer
Award Record
With this recognition, Alex Xu of AlexXu&Partners is a winner of 2 A' Design Awards. The awards span the editions from 2018 - 2019 to 2019 - 2020 of the A' Design Award & Competition.
About the A' Lighting Products and Fixtures Design Award
The A' Lighting Design Award is an international lighting design competition recognizing good lighting designs by best lighting designers and brands worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to lighting designers, lighting architects, industrial design studios and lighting product manufacturers from all countries. Entries typically include chandeliers, pendant lights, wall sconces, table lamps, floor lamps and outdoor lights. Awarded lighting designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/lighting
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/98877
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/98877
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!98877
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/229560
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Shangrao Seazen Wuyue Plaza Nightscape Lighting Design
- Function
- Nightscape Lighting Design
- Category
- Lighting Products and Fixtures Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Furniture & Home and Electronics & Appliances
- Colors
- Cornflower Blue, Sky Blue, Steel Blue, Light Blue and Light Slate Gray
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Alex Xu
- Country
- China
- Brand
- AlexXu&Partners
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2019 - 2020
- Design ID
- #98877
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The urban main road, Fenghuang avenue, is on the north side of the project site, connecting Shangrao city and Shangrao county. The west and south sides of the site are the secondary urban main roads, Xuri avenue and Liuqi Road. And the east side is the planned branch road, Dongsheng road. With convenient transportation around the project, people can reach the core areas of the city quickly. The total site area is 137,377 square meters, the gross floor area is 607,749 square meters.
- Inspiration
- Base on the design concept of confluence of three rivers， the overall layout of Shangrao Wuyue Plaza displays geographical features of Shangrao river system and the combination of local architectural characteristics. We combine typical canola flower of Shangrao, elements refined from ancient residential building with modern fashion elements on the building façade perfectly. It just likes a dreamy field or countryside with miles of flowers, where people can wander around leisurely.
- Research
- Two modes of light operation Daily operation mode: refers to the lighting that meets the basic lighting and safety protection function. Festival operation mode: lighting that highlights festivals.
- Challenge
- Design theme Elements of Shangrao’s water culture, dragon culture and building façade are integrated into the nightscape lighting design of Wuyue Plaza. With curtain wall facade as the carrier, points, streamlines, light and shadow in different combination forms the enjoyable lighting, which makes up Jiangnan scenery of three rivers flowing together and Shangrao wandering in flowers.
- Realization and Technology
- Energy-saving measures for lighting Intelligent lighting control system is adopted to arrange and set the operation mode of the lighting scene and operate economically as required. Luminaire use environmental light sources, fluorescent lamp and LED lamp, with long service life and good luminous efficacy. In order to reduce energy consumption and the impact of temperature on the environment when lights get turned on, to avoid overlapping and wasting of light, we arrange the luminaire scientifically and reasonably with minimum quantity.
- Operation and Interaction
- Combined with the effect, investment, operation, maintenance and other comprehensive factors of luminaire, we choose cost-effective brand lamps to control the total cost reasonably.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in April 2017 in Shenzhen and finished in June 2019 in Shangrao.
- Specifications
- Use of luminaire: 18W LED spotlight, 70W metal halide underground light, 0.9W LED module, 0.9W led module, 15W LED linear wall washer and so on.
