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Feng Xi Metropolis Plot 5 Shopping Mall by LnP Architects Is Granted the Silver A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
LnP Architects acknowledged 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 Feng Xi Metropolis Plot 5 Shopping Mall by LnP Architects, designed for Xi'An Vanke, has been granted the Silver 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 reached 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.
About Feng Xi Metropolis Plot 5 Shopping Mall
Feng Xi Metropolis Plot 5 is a shopping mall in Xi An, China. The mall covers 100779 square meters on a site of 33601 square meters and reaches a height of 38.5 meters. A water curtain system forms a waterfall in the central atrium, and mist nozzles water the cascading plants. A catch pool serves as the water tank and is refilled as the plants are watered. Express escalators and glass lifts connect seven levels to an outdoor green roof. The skylight combines low emissivity insulating glass with aluminum baffles to reduce direct sunlight.
Award Record
LnP Architects is a winner of 2 A' Design Awards, including this recognition. The awards were granted in the 2020 - 2021 edition 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. 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/111537
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/111537
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!111537
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/283057
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://bit.ly/30e7F3I
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Feng Xi Metropolis Plot 5 Shopping Mall
- Function
- Shopping Mall
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Silver, Dark Gray, Rosy Brown, Light Gray and Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Xi'An Vanke
The Recognition
- Laureate
- LnP Architects
- Country
- Hong Kong (China)
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #111537
Credits
- Team
- GANG LI, MUENPONG SUWANKART, KRIS NI, KEDA YE, JAENES BONG, DAVID HO, DACHAO QIAN, XIANGKAI QIN, XIUYUN JIA and YANBO PENG
- Image Credits
- L&P Architects
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Located in Xi An, China, Xi An Metropolis Mall is a mega garden mall that offers 100000 sqm recreational retail platform that targets the young generation of Xi An professionals and families. At the central atrium, the natural and digital waterfall connects the multi level retail experience offering the family leisure, cultural activities and wellness. Through the central express escalator and glass lifts, visitors are invited to adventure the 7-storey deep atrium well to the outdoor green roof.
- Inspiration
- Metamorphosing the mall experience amongst the electronic commerce, the concept further extends to a journey of leisure and pleasure, ensuring that it is a paradisal destination mall. Inspired by the rising place of Monkey King, the mall atriums celebrate the adventurous journey to west. The main central atrium features the waterfall garden of Elbe. The other 2 atriums adopt the grimmest fairy wood and botanical valley that both extend to the central waterfall main arrival.
- Research
- The project is located in the middle of large residential complex with young professionals and family with kids. It is designed to be a destination mall that attracts the young consumers by increasing the presence of interactive spaces. Introducing a 3dimensionally connecting journey and injecting characteristic to each space nodes, the mall is no longer just a place to go shopping but also a place for diverse target user interaction, entertainment, leisure and immersive experience.
- Challenge
- The main challenge is to tie all the design language into a unique and creative direction together with all the different disciplines. Constant open and collaborative workshops are daily basis conducted between the branding manager, interior designer, architect and client marketing representative. Creating an optimal balance between cohesive design and business strategy is the main aim. The realization is always towards creating a mall that is more than just a shopping mall.
- Realization and Technology
- In the main indoor atrium, the waterfall is using the water curtain system and the cascading plant watering is using mist nozzle water spray system. The catch pool serves as the water tank. The ecosystem flow helps to maintain the pool clean by keep refilling it to water the plants. The skylight adopts low emissivity insulating glass combined with shading aluminum baffle, effectively reducing the direct sunlight to indoor atrium.
- Operation and Interaction
- Ensuring all arrival entrances are leisure impression and exciting destination. Through the central express escalator and waterfall elevator, visitors are invited to adventure the 7storey deep central atrium well to the outdoor green roof. Walking through different atriums, visitors explore the adventurous journey to west with the carefully studied visual connection to each shop.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project kicked off in September 2019 and it would be officially opened in early 2022 in Xi An, China.
- Specifications
- The site area of the project is 33601sqm, including a 38.5 meters high mall with area of 100779sqm. It has two main atriums; one is of 500sqm and the other is 19250sqm.
- Keywords
- Xian, Fengxi, Nature, Waterfall, Retail, Mall
