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Harmonious Forest Landscape by Fu Chu Hsu Receives the A' Design Award in Landscape Planning and Garden Design
Fu Chu Hsu recognized 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 confirmed the A' Design Award in the Landscape Planning and Garden Design category for Harmonious Forest Landscape by Fu Chu Hsu, designed for G Design. The recognition forms part of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition and was determined 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.
About the A' Design Award
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 Harmonious Forest Landscape
Harmonious Forest is a landscape design for a site of 5300 square meters in Taichung. The layout is based on three elements: axes, blank space and layers. Layers of greenery and simple geometric lines are interwoven to reflect the aesthetic of eastern brush painting and calligraphy. A welcoming trail is lined with Taiwan pines, camphor trees, Madagascar almonds and bald cypresses. Grass, a small bridge, a flowing stream, blooming trees and a pond at the gate form a rustic scene. Windows frame the garden like a painting that changes with the seasons.
About Fu Chu Hsu
G Design was found in 1998, at the era of real estate reconstruction right after the 921 Earthquake. We provide real professional design for the major service, over 20 years of participation in real estate of development, in the position of market trends. We have been creating glamorous and high quality habitat, upgrading public housing lifestyle. More importantly, we take great care of natural environment for company's core value. Meanwhile offers ours professional services to the maintenance and preservation of local cultural buildings. G Design has a scale of 40 employees, covers a range of talented and creative people in the field of architect, landscape, interior and art base.
Award Record
With this recognition, Fu Chu Hsu is a winner of 12 A' Design Awards. The awards span the editions from 2019 - 2020 to 2020 - 2021 of the A' Design Award & Competition.
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. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to landscape designers, urban planners, garden designers and municipalities from all countries. Entries typically include landscape designs, public parks, residential gardens, urban plazas, campus designs and green roofs. Awarded landscape designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/landscape-design
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/119973
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/119973
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!119973
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/271123
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://www.gdesign.tw
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
Designers.Org
Via Leone Leoni 32, 22100 Como, Italy
press@designers.org
+39 031 4491953
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Harmonious Forest Landscape
- Function
- Landscape
- Category
- Landscape Planning and Garden Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Sustainability
- Colors
- Black, Dark Olive Green, Dark Slate Gray and Silver
- Images
- 5
- Client
- G Design
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Fu Chu Hsu
- Country
- Taiwan (China)
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #119973
Credits
- Team
- Fu-Chu Hsu
- Image Credits
- Photographer Chi-Min Wu, Harmonious Forest, 2018.; Photographer Hsi-Shan Wang, Harmonious Forest, 2018.
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- This project aims to create a mutualistic interaction for man and nature. Different layers of green and concise geometric lines stacking and interweaving fuse into a harmonious unity, where the aesthetic of eastern brush painting and calligraphy is presented.
- Inspiration
- The overall layout focuses on three elements: axes, blank space, and layers. The deliberately left blank small spaces connect and become a complete scenic recreation site.
- Research
- The design team applies a traditional Chinese garden design philosophy, by using the window as a frame, the view outstand becomes a painting of nature, and in different season comes a different view. The blank space lets the light and shadow have their moment and brings the greenery outside in. To live is to conformity with nature, and with a residence changes with time, the residents can live in comfort and ease.
- Realization and Technology
- The front yard is an open area. To build a gentle landscape field, the design team brings greenery elements in and plays with light and shadow, with design technique such as multilayer rendering to create a rich, various green filed. Through the seamless combination of the playful public art installation and simple wall with the project name Harmonious Forest imprinted, alongside the rich, delicate greenery, the beauty of simplicity among the space is highlighted.
- Operation and Interaction
- The green grass on the front yard, the small bridge and flowing stream, the blooming flowers and trees, and the calming pond at the gate that helps moderate the temperature all together constitute a rustic picture, just like a banquet of literati in ancient China. On the sides of the welcoming trail extending along the axis stand a row of Taiwan pines, camphor trees, madagascar almonds and bald cypresses, spreading their branches like a welcoming host.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project finished in August 20119 in Taichung.
- Specifications
- The project is 5300 square meter.
- Keywords
- Landscape, Garden Design, Design, Space, Planning
