Press Release
Bronze A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design Goes to Dragon Child Studio Workplace Interior Design by Zhe Zhang
Zhe Zhang recognized 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 confirmed the Bronze A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category for Dragon Child Studio Workplace Interior Design by Zhe Zhang, designed for Dragon Child Studio. 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 evaluated anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
What the Bronze A' Design Award Means
The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.
About Dragon Child Studio Workplace Interior Design
Dragon Child Studio is a workplace interior design created for a music company in Beijing. The 250 square metre space sits on a site shaded by a former two-story bridge, so the facade is treated as a metal box inserted into the original masonry wall. Brushed stainless steel panels and translucent sunshine panels share one grey tone with different textures. Acrylic light boxes mark the metal volume and light the outdoor terrace. Inside, warm orange contrasts with the cool materials, while wide floor-to-ceiling windows make the space visible from the street.
Award Record
Zhe Zhang is a winner of 1 A' Design Award, including this recognition.
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/124201
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/124201
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!124201
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/305572
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://www.withinbeyond.com/
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Dragon Child Studio Workplace Interior Design
- Function
- Workplace Interior Design
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Dark Slate Gray, Black, Saddle Brown, Dim Gray and White
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Dragon Child Studio
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Zhe Zhang
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #124201
Credits
- Team
- Cheng Lyu, Qiaolian Li
- Image Credits
- Images: Photographer Weiqi Jin
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Stainless steel panels and sunshine panels repeatedly appear on the facade and interior, as the main material of the space, setting the futuristic tone. On the basis of the above two cold materials, the interior adds warm orange to form contrast with the cold outside, and enhance the attractiveness of the interior space from the outside.
- Inspiration
- The client is a music company dedicated to the promotion and production of avant-garde music, and its business is mainly for young people. The client 's demand is to inject a vibrant entrepreneurial spirit (independent, avant-garde, and active) into the space while meeting basic office needs. Therefore, we position the project style as active and technological.
- Research
- The main facade material of the project is brushed stainless steel plate and translucent sunlight plate. The two collage materials are the same gray color tone yet have different textures, the cold stainless steel VS the ambiguous sunlight plate, creating harmonious and rich texture. Acrylic light boxes with different proportions adorn the metal massing everywhere, play as an different element other than the stainless steel and acrylic active highlights. And at the same time, provides lighting for the outdoor terrace activities area.
- Challenge
- The façade facing the main road retains the original architectural design to the maximum extent, only changing the window frame and local wall surface to dark gray metal material, At the same time, the main facade elements located on the side are extended to the street as an extension of the overall facade design.
- Realization and Technology
- Stainless steel panels,sunshine panels, transparent acrylic panels
- Operation and Interaction
- The designer imagined the facade of the project as an “outsider” who did not belong here, and intervened in the form of “plug-in”: inserting a metal box with a strong contrast with the original masonry wall in the original site, and inhabiting under the outdoor bridge in the attitude of an outsider.. Its recognizable shape and wide and transparent floor to ceiling windows increase the exhibitionability and iconicity of the space.
- Project Duration and Location
- The site is located in Xidian Memory Innovation Park，Beijing. The main entrance and facade are not facing the main road, and are shrouded in the shadow of the former two-story bridge. Yet according to relevant regulations of the innovation park, the façade facing the main road cannot be changed. As a result of which, how to maximize the exhibitionability and iconicity of the space becomes a challenge for this project.
