Press Release
Air Box Residential House by Mu Yuan Is Granted the Silver A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
Mu Yuan 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 Air Box Residential House by Mu Yuan, designed for Hangzhou Cansun Decoration Co., Ltd., has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category. The result belongs to 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 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.
About Air Box Residential House
Air Box is a residential interior design for a 275 square meter home in Hangzhou. A suspended box was built in the living room to divide the whole space into two parts. The unusual architectural form creates an indoor outside space, which becomes the main feature of the house. Black, white and gray tones give the rooms a pure and calm character. Marble flooring extends from the corridor to each area and adds a quiet texture. Lighting is used with restraint, and a simple glass door accompanies the wall.
About Mu Yuan
Mu Yuan, born in 1977, is the founder and design director of Hangzhou Cansun Decoration Co., Ltd. He graduated from the Brera Academy of fine arts of Milan Polytechnic University. He is a national registered senior interior architect, a member of interior design branch of CIID, and a member of Zhejiang Creative Design Association. Engaged in the design industry for nearly 20 years, has created many excellent works, and unanimously recognized by customers. He won a number of awards at home and abroad.
Award Record
This recognition makes Mu Yuan 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
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://designers.org/117249
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/117249
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!117249
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/298538
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Air Box Residential House
- Function
- Residential House
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Dim Gray, Gray, Dark Slate Gray, Rosy Brown and Light Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Hangzhou Cansun Decoration Co., Ltd.
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Mu Yuan
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #117249
Credits
- Image Credits
- Photographer Song Ye, Air Box, 2019.
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The designer built an air box in the living room and divided the whole space into two parts. The special interior architectural form makes it form an indoor "outside" space. The existence of this new creation has become the leading role of the whole house, which is an unexpected surprise for the owners. In the box, space, time and readers are eternal existence.
- Inspiration
- Different people have different feelings about color. In the colorful world, black, white and gray color presents more pure space. The small use of structuralism makes a clever arrangement for the light guidance. Even a piece of furniture, it is only for the space, tilting out the perfect response. The simple glass door is another kind of accompany of the wall.
- Research
- As a unique world cultural landscape heritage, Hangzhou West Lake has different scenery in four seasons. Living near the lake, the prosperity of the city is separated by a lake from the secluded world. Not far from the door is thetenfamousviewsoftheWestlake "Orioles Singing in the Willows". In your free time, you can walk around the West Lake, view the scenery of the lake and mountains, clean the mind.
- Challenge
- The ceiling is no longer stacked, and the background is not complicated. The use of lamps and lanterns is restrained and rigorous, illuminating every side of the space.
- Realization and Technology
- The marble on the ground, with its low-key and highly tensile texture, extends from the cloister to each area, indicating the temperature of the space.
- Operation and Interaction
- The first lamp in the house reflects the sense of returning ceremony.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in July 2018 in Hangzhou and finished in September 2019 in Hangzhou.
- Specifications
- The project covers a total of 275 square meters.
- Keywords
- Interior, Residential House, Modern, Simple, Pure, Minimalist, Air Box
