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Kevin Chu Is Honored with the Silver A' Design Award for Time Corridor Residential Apartment in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
Kevin Chu 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/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Time Corridor Residential Apartment by Kevin Chu, designed for Kevin Chu Interior Design Studio, has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category. The recognition forms part of the 2019 - 2020 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.
Regarding Time Corridor Residential Apartment
Time Corridor is a residential apartment interior completed in March 2019 in Taiwan. The home covers about 130 ping in a building with a long, narrow layout, bulky beams and columns and poor air quality. A mirror ceiling visually expands the limited floor height, while decorative materials, balanced colors and visual transfer reduce the effect of the heavy structure. An energy recovery ventilation system was installed to bring in fresh air. Marble, quartz tiles, iron, engineered wood flooring and wallpaper complete the calm modern setting.
About Kevin Chu
A home is more than a place to live; it is a way of life that requires cultivation. It tells a story we all yearn for, one that makes daily living more engaging. Interior design extends beyond circulation and function; it is about meeting human needs and emotions, creating a space where family members feel inspired to return and connect. A home reflects the soul and represents the art of living, embodying sincerity and emotion while revealing both the essence of life and the unique character of each space. Free from rigid stylistic boundaries, the design builds subtle layers between the tangible and the intangible.
Award Record
Kevin Chu is a winner of 4 A' Design Awards, including this recognition. The awards span the editions from 2017 - 2018 to 2019 - 2020 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. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to interior designers, interior architects, architects and decorators from all countries. Entries typically include residential interiors, restaurants, hotels, offices, galleries and retail stores. Awarded interior designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/interior
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/99722
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/99722
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!99722
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/217613
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Time Corridor Residential Apartment
- Function
- Residential Apartment
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Black, Dark Slate Gray, Gray, Dim Gray and Dark Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Kevin Chu Interior Design Studio
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Kevin Chu
- Country
- Taiwan (China)
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2019 - 2020
- Design ID
- #99722
Credits
- Image Credits
- Photographer Li De Kai, Time Corridor, 2019.
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The experience of life leads people to move on, and converts into the power moving forward. This design project proposing time corridor as the design idea coheres every wonderful moment of residents. The mirror ceiling properly decorated brilliantly expands the limited height of floor that the depiction of simple modern style assimilates the characteristics of majestic subtle luxury.
- Inspiration
- Great music has the faintest notes, and great form is without shape explains the highest state of art and beauty that admires natural artistry. That the application of oriental humanity, the thinking of logic and the intuitive involvement of sensibility have united and integrated skills and arts that create a home focusing on material and spiritual elements, where is so called the state of coexisting with nature, and of the unity of heaven and human beings.
- Research
- With regard to construction materials, the designer decorated the house with marbles, quartz tiles, iron pieces, natural brushed veneers, specific Japanese paints, engineered wood flooring, imported wallpapers, etc.
- Challenge
- This design project proposing time corridor as the design idea coheres every wonderful moment of residents. The mirror ceiling properly decorated brilliantly expands the limited height of floor that the depiction of simple modern style assimilates the characteristics of majestic subtle luxury.
- Realization and Technology
- In the initial phase of design project, though the 130-ping residence in the SRC building has great view, the layout was long and narrow, the beams and columns were bulky, and the air quality was poor, all of which were of huge issues. To solve the problem of poor air quality, the designer deliberately installed an energy recovery ventilation that effectively improved ventilation with fresh air. To solve the problem of bulky beams and columns, the designer skillfully applied decoration materials, reconciliation of colors and visual transfer that worked out the original lower height of indoor space.
- Project Duration and Location
- Finished in March 2019 in Taiwan.
- Specifications
- With regard to construction materials, the designer decorated the house with marbles, quartz tiles, iron pieces, natural brushed veneers, specific Japanese paints, engineered wood flooring, imported wallpapers, etc. The application of oriental humanistic aesthetics, with phenomenal craftsmanship and smooth arrangement of space, creates a happy home satisfying sensory and mental needs, thus outlining the resonance of life between people and space, where the family starts a wonderful life.
- Keywords
- Ｍirror ceiling, specific Japanese paints
