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Ruba Tarazi Is Honored with the A' Design Award for Academy Offices in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
Ruba Tarazi honored for interior space and exhibition design by the international grand jury of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2021 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Academy Offices by Ruba Tarazi, designed for Architect Ruba Tarazi Office, has been granted the A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category. The recognition forms part of the 2020 - 2021 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 evaluated 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.
More About Academy Offices
Academy is an office interior designed for daily work, company events and training sessions. The entrance is lit by a hexagonal lighting fixture that reflects the chemistry background of the company. Glass partitions filled with gelatin capsules provide privacy and refer to the pharmaceutical industry. Casual seating areas, a cafe, a library and meeting rooms with graphics, interactive screens and information diagrams create an educational atmosphere. Warm wood, leather seats and dark blue walls complete the 650 square metre space, arranged on three equal floors.
About Ruba Tarazi
With over twenty years of experience, Architect Ruba Tarazi creates distinctive architectural compositions that complement their surroundings. Tarazi received her Bachelors degree in Architectural and Building Sciences from Jordan University of Science and Technology. She began her career path at the offices of renowned architect George Hakim, and later she worked with Haddad as a partner before founding her own firm. During those years before she set off on her own, she specialized in design, precision detailing and honed her talents through her work, on commercial, industrial and residential projects.
Award Record
With this recognition, Ruba Tarazi is a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
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://designers.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://designers.org/106252
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/106252
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!106252
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/276651
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Academy Offices
- Function
- Offices
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Rosy Brown, Dark Slate Gray, Dim Gray, Maroon and Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Architect Ruba Tarazi Office
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Ruba Tarazi
- Country
- Jordan
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #106252
Credits
- Team
- Architect Ruba Tarazi
- Image Credits
- Photographer Architect Ruba Tarazi, Variations, 2018.
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- An ergonomic yet educational and inspiring setting to serve company events and offices. The entrance is lit by hexagonal lighting fixture, designed to reflect the chemistry background of the company, as well as various glass partitions filled with gelatin capsules. To create an educational friendly atmosphere we introduced casual seating areas, a cafe and meeting rooms with graphics narrating the company story, multimedia interactive screens, a library, and information diagrams.
- Inspiration
- Inspired by the late founder words: "Education is not a philosophy it's our policy." We approached the project by introducing educational design concepts to create a multidisciplinary office and meeting space, taking the company history and growth and geographical reach mixed with the family culture to reflect on this simple yet modern and friendly open space design.
- Research
- We studied employees needs, spending time at the company to come up with valuable working methods that serves future growth as well as the ethical culture in the company. Selecting suitable quotes and posters to represent each meeting room as one of the company branches across the world was an eye opener to users, while filling the glass partitions with gelatin capsules to achieve privacy in some spaces add an elegant charm to the offices and emphasis the pharmaceutical industry.
- Challenge
- The main problem was the tight deadline that coincided with the company re-branding activities which created many constrains that were resolved by customizing many items on site. Also the onsite construction of the glass partitions with the capsules was challenging to produce consistent and void free aesthetic partitions.
- Realization and Technology
- The floating hexagonal formation of solid wooden frames and lights together with the exposed metallic ventilation system at the entrance represents the industrial pharmaceutical business of the company. The mixture of warm natural wood, leather seats, glass partitions and textile curtains gave the space a genuine look while the dark blue color walls and featured doors represent again knowledge and learning.
- Operation and Interaction
- Dynamic space allows employees to experience new concepts of work through learning in a positive and creative atmosphere and sense of belonging. A variety of working setups were introduced; benches, high desks, traditional desks, casual seating areas, interactive screens altogether to encourage performance in a productive and creative way. The space is used also to hold events, seminars and training sessions.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in May 2018 and finished in October 2018 in Amman Jordan.
- Specifications
- The project's total area is 650 metre square. Three equal floors 216.6 metres square each.
- Keywords
- Architecture, Interior, Office, Meeting rooms, Cafeteria, Lobby, Middle east, Jordan, design, architectrubatarazi
