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Early Spring and Poetry Residence by Yu-Da Wang Wins the A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design

Yu-Da Wang 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/ Early Spring and Poetry Residence by Yu-Da Wang, designed for Gerzhi Interior Design, has been granted the A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The award was conferred within 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.

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.

About Early Spring and Poetry Residence

Early Spring and Poetry is a residential interior design based on a traditional Hakka house. The layout follows the Hakka spatial arrangement. The main hall, study room, kitchen and guest room combine Hakka elements with oriental ink painting. A gray-scale color scheme gives the rooms a calm and poetic character. A half-moon pond, once used for water storage and fire fighting, closes the view at the entrance plaza. Part of the walls use algae earth to purify the air and adjust humidity. The interior area is 992 square meters.

About Yu-Da Wang

The name of Gerzhi Interior Design is based on an important concept of Confucianism, which means people gain knowledge through research. Design follows the same track of this idea; designers need to be comperible with the ability of doing research and solving problems, helping people by understanding their inner needs. Creativity - Gerzhi urge to think and try as ultimate as they can, and create the delicate possibility between people and space. Enjoy - Gerzhi consider and design differently based on the different environment, purposes, and clients. In regard to the differences, Gerzhi propose new thinkings to life, space, and environment. Sense - People is to space what space is to people.

Award Record

With this recognition, Yu-Da Wang 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. 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://designers.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

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project
Early Spring and Poetry Residence
Function
Residence
Category
Interior Space and Exhibition Design
Discipline
Spatial Design
Industry
Architecture and Packaging & Retail
Colors
Black, Dark Slate Gray, Dark Olive Green, Dim Gray and Chocolate
Images
5
Client
Gerzhi Interior Design

The Recognition

Laureate
Yu-Da Wang
Country
Taiwan (China)
Recognition
A' Design Award
Edition
2020 - 2021
Design ID
#115545

Credits

Team
Yu-Ta Wang and Nails-Cheng Hsu
Image Credits
5: Photographer Moooten Studio, Early Spring and Poetry, 2017.

Design Details

Unique Properties
The interior space continues the layout of Hakka elements. The main hall, study room, kitchen, guest room, etc., incorporate Hakka elements into oriental ink painting. The space has more culture and aesthetics. The gray-scale color scheme makes the space poetic and calm.
Inspiration
This project is a traditional Hakka architecture, with a space that is simple, rich in color, and combines traditional and modern oriental literature as the design focus.
Research
Part of the wall uses algae earth to purify the air and adjust the humidity to make the room more comfortable. Furthermore, a carbonized heat-treated wood board is used to dry the wood so that the moisture content reaches 0%. At this time, the wood’s insects, carbohydrate and starch It will be taken away together, and all fungi and molds will be killed, and finally the moisture content of the wood will be reduced to 7%, so that the wood has the characteristics of insect resistance, moisture resistance and corrosion protection.
Challenge
The artistic conception in the works of the painter Wu Guan-Zhong expresses the scenery of the south of the Yangtze River, such as the fresh green in the early spring, thin mist, waterside villages, black tiles and white walls, harmonious and fresh colors, tranquil and light state, making the picture a lyrical poetry the appeal is the direction of design transformation.
Realization and Technology
The indoor air conditioner is a heat pump system with a heat storage device, which can provide the heat energy generated by the air conditioner as hot water, and a rainwater recovery system is installed under the turf to separate domestic wastewater and rainwater. After collection, it can be used for green spray tanks.
Operation and Interaction
In front of the plaza, there is a half-moon pond, which was used for water storage and fire fighting in the old days. It was combined into a half-moon shape by the combination of double circles and integrated into the end view of the entrance of the plaza. The connection between plaza and the main hall, using a combination of a fictitious and a real combination of the Hakka square hall and the Hakka square well, represents the meaning of family prosperity.
Project Duration and Location
The project finished in January 2017 in Miaoli, Taiwan.
Specifications
992 square meters for interior design; 662 square meters for landscape design.
Keywords
Residential, House, Interior Design, Space, Home

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