Press Release
Shimao Bright Xihu Landscape by Randi Design Is Granted the Silver A' Design Award in Landscape Planning and Garden Design
Randi Design honored for landscape planning and garden 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 Shimao Bright Xihu Landscape by Randi Design has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Landscape Planning and Garden Design category. The award was conferred within 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 assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
What the Silver A' Design Award Means
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 Shimao Bright Xihu Landscape
Shimao Bright Xihu is a landscape design located in Pingtan county, Fujian, China. The project covers 56849 square meters in the local central business district. The layout follows a central axis, integrating traditional gate court etiquette and courtyard culture into the spatial sequence. Coherent circulation routes enrich the site experience and improve connectivity. Materials include imitation stone boards, imitation stone tiles, metal decorative strips and stone, unified with the marble and metal of the architecture. Song Dynasty aesthetics inspired the concise modern form.
About Randi Design
Based in Shanghai and with a branch in Chengdu, China, Randi Design is a comprehensive professional design practice, which offers high-quality integrated solutions for landscape design. Since its establishment in 2009, Randi Design has been constantly making breakthroughs in the industry with an attitude of "being forever young". Showing extraordinary design ability, diverse aesthetics and innovation, it has been certified by dozens of professional design awards in industry. It has established long-term and friendly cooperative relations with many well-known developers at home and abroad.
Award Record
With this recognition, Randi Design is a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
About the A' Landscape Planning and Garden Design Award
The A' Landscape Design Award is an international landscape design competition recognizing good landscape designs by leading architects and designers worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to landscape designers, urban planners, garden designers and municipalities from all countries. Typical entries include landscape designs, public parks, residential gardens, urban plazas, campus designs and green roofs. The awarded landscape designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/landscape-design
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/109323
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/109323
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!109323
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/284137
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Shimao Bright Xihu Landscape
- Function
- Landscape
- Category
- Landscape Planning and Garden Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Sustainability
- Colors
- Steel Blue, Cadet Blue, Dim Gray, Dark Slate Gray and Dark Gray
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Randi Design
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #109323
Credits
- Team
- Zhu Shuang
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- In the landscape structure, the traditional gate court etiquette and courtyard culture are subtly integrated into it, together with rich and coherent spatial circulation, to enrich the site experience and enhance connectivity. The landscape space, palette and elements echo and unite with the architecture, forming an overall comfortable space and presenting the spirit of the place.
- Inspiration
- Inspired by the essence of Song Dynasty aesthetics of architecture, the landscape design extends the eon-oriental architectural form, integrates the ancient and the present, adopts the method of simplicity to shape the dimension of the park that is made by humans, emphasizing the modern and concise artistic conception space and rebuilding the value of the oriental garden.
- Research
- The design team believes that the landscape is not a single individual, but it is based on the project's architectural and regional advantages. In consideration of the unity of the project, through the construction method of integration and strengthening, it finds the most suitable landscape expression for the site.
- Challenge
- The main challenge is the limited construction time.The three parts of designer, client and construction team cooperated with each other effectively. The design team sent professionals to the site to guide and control the construction process to ensure the implementation of the project. With the concerted efforts, the project was finally completed; the sculpture production process is more complicated, and the size and materials have been repeatedly selected and deliberated. In addition, due to the poor surrounding conditions of the project site, after completion, the surrounding landscape was beautified accordingly.
- Realization and Technology
- The landscape structure follows the ritual sequence of the Eastern artistic conception, and adopts the ritual sequence of the central axis of enlightenment and transformation. The design theme is dreamland with the haze on hillside. The landscape creates a scene of four images on one axis. The materials adopted are some imitation stone pc board, imitation stone tiles, metal decorative strips and stone. The main materials on the facade are unified with the building, with marble tiles and metal decoration.
- Operation and Interaction
- The design focused on how to create a new Chinese landscape temperament and unique landscape style in line with the aesthetic orientation of the times. Expressing the relationship between the spirit of human settlement and the natural environment with a strong artistry, the project learns from nature, introduces the tranquil and graceful gardens into the site, conveying the artistic essence of Chinese classical gardens.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project is designed in January 2020 and finished in June 2020 in Pingtan county, Fujian, China.
- Specifications
- With a total area of 56849 square meters, the project is located in Pingtan county in the eastern part of Fujian province in China. The site is formed by 126 islands, which features rich marine resources in a subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forest zone. The project site is the core area of the local central business district. With unique natural and social resources, it has a promising future. In modern oriental style, the overall project features an integrated design in interior, architecture and landscape, reflecting the Chinese artistic conception.
- Keywords
- landscape, design, modern, oriental, nature
