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Vicky Chan Is Honored with the Bronze A' Design Award for Yan Garden Heritage Park in Landscape Planning and Garden Design
Vicky Chan acknowledged 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/ Yan Garden Heritage Park by Vicky Chan, designed for Avoid Obvious Architects, has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Landscape Planning and Garden Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The result belongs to the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition and was decided 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 Bronze A' Design Award
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 Yan Garden Heritage Park
Yan Garden is a heritage park in Dongguan, China. The park covers 30,873 square meters of open space and greenery. A hotel from 1979 was revitalized to hold art studios, and a preserved mansion from 1996 serves as a community hub with a family exhibition. A new museum was added for educational and leisure programs. Work was carried out in three phases, including wall reinforcement and exterior restoration. Around 150 local plant species increase biodiversity, and rainwater is collected for irrigation. Visits are arranged by reservation to limit the impact on the historic buildings.
About Vicky Chan
Vicky is an architect, entrepreneur, environmentalist, educator, futurist, and world citizen. His professional works promote sustainable cities and buildings. He volunteers to teach sustainable concepts to children. His work has won 25 awards related to sustainability. His projects are in 37 cities and 22 countries. He now owns 4 company in 2 countries. He believes design excellence can improve the way we live, work and play. Holistic architecture that combines art and science will make good design for the people and the environment.
Award Record
This recognition makes Vicky Chan a winner of 10 A' Design Awards. The awards span the editions from 2016 - 2017 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/124538
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/124538
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!124538
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/173809
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://www.yan-concept.com/
Media Contact
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Yan Garden Heritage Park
- Function
- Heritage Park
- Category
- Landscape Planning and Garden Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Sustainability
- Colors
- Dark Olive Green, Olive Drab, Dark Slate Gray, Gray and Dim Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Avoid Obvious Architects
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Vicky Chan
- Country
- Hong Kong (China)
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #124538
Credits
- Team
- Krystal Lung, Crystal Hu, Gianfranco Galagar, Wijdene Kaabi, Karlo Lim, Rex Wong, Noble House, Yucca Wu Yu Wen, Vennis Ma Weina, Raymond Law Wai Man, Yan Concept and Wong Family
- Image Credits
- Avoid Obvious Architects, Yan Garden, 2020; Avoid Obvious Architects, Yan Garden, 2020 Video #1: Avoid Obvious Architects, Yan Garden, 2020
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Yan Garden is a creative park with art studios in a revitalized hotel from 1979, a community hub with family exhibition in a preserved mansion from 1996 and a new museum dedicated to promoting edutainment. The project spans across 30,873 square meters of open space and greenery as a creative park that links the past, present, and future to promote the history and art of Dongguan. The project is used to celebrate the philanthropic work his grandfather Mr. Wong Kam Fai, also known as Uncle Fai, has established.
- Inspiration
- This site is one rare surviving architectural complex in southern China from the radical 40 years development since the Chinese Reform and Opening Up, during the period of which a great many relics were removed so as to satisfy the special demanding market. It is also a unique microcosm of the remarkable social and economic transformation of China in the preceding decades that no other heritage property could ever replace.
- Research
- The project use microclimate and natural ventilation to cool indoor air and decrease the carbon emission.The garden is adding biodiversity with 150 local plant species to the Shipai area. Local and native species helps to attract wild animal into the park. Natural Frog and birds were found in the pond after 2 years of operation. Dim lighting allows as little night sky pollution as possible while making the site into a natural habitat. Xeriscaping was applied in general to landscape, but irrigation is still needed for some species. Rainwater collecting facilities was added on site to irrigation of plants.
- Challenge
- Yanling Guesthouse has historical significance on its façade and use of exterior materials, but the interior of a hotel layout was proved to be too small as an exhibition. With the need to connect floors via stair and elevator to make the building barrier free. The team decided that it can only be served as art studio. To provide more art programs, the team eventually decided to provide a new museum and guest center to allow more exhibition and leisure area.
- Realization and Technology
- 30,873 square meters of landscape and buildings were built and revitalized in three phases. New buildings including the Art Museum, Reception Hall and vehicular access were made in the phase 1. Revitalization, including wall reinforcement, exterior restoration and landscape was made in phase 2. Further interpretation and revitalization of smaller buildings like the WKF greenhouse was made in phase 3. More ongoing phases are planned to maintain sustainable development.
- Operation and Interaction
- Yan Garden can host up to 300 to 500 guests per day. In general, Yan Garden accepts visitors only by reservation, resulting in a controllable flow of people with the least traffic impact to the heritage. For the artists who come here for the residence program, there are certain restrictions in usage, especially in the conserved Yanling Guesthouse. Any actions that contains potential harmfulness to the building, e.g. put nails in the wall, are prohibited. The program committee will also exam and approve their proposals in advance to guarantee their works will not affect the structural conditions.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in January 2013 in Dongguan, China and finished in December 2020 Dongguan, China
- Specifications
- The project spans across 30,873 square meters of open space and greenery.
- Keywords
- heritage, revitalization, history, park, museum, ngo
