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Sierra Hijauan Residential House by Jack Lim Wins the Bronze A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
Jack Lim acknowledged for interior space and exhibition design by the international grand jury of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 22, 2022 /DesignNewswire/ Sierra Hijauan Residential House by Jack Lim, designed for Breathable, has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The recognition forms part of the 2021 - 2022 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 Sierra Hijauan Residential House
Sierra Hijauan is a residential interior design for a house of about 4000 square feet in Ampang, Malaysia. Curved surfaces are used throughout to soften the look of sharp edges and to create a calm and comfortable feeling. Only warm tone materials are applied, including light tone wood, raw marble surfaces and matte finishes. Ambient lighting gives general illumination and highlights the furniture. In the master bedroom, a partition between the walk-in closet and the sleeping area holds a display rack and a see-through window. All cabinets are built with a modular system.
About Jack Lim
Jack Lim graduated from Lim Kok Wing University in Bachelor of Interior Architecture, currently work in Interior Plus Group Sdn Bhd as Associate Director in Interior Design Department. Profession in Interior Design to handle client’s requirement with creativity input. Jack Lim believe that design is about communicating feelings through visual sensations and unique experiences. Good design makes a product useful. Good design emphasizes the usefulness of a product whilst disregarding anything that could possibly detract from it. Good design is aesthetic.
Award Record
Jack Lim 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. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to interior designers, interior architects, architects and decorators from all countries. Typical entries include residential interiors, restaurants, hotels, offices, galleries and retail stores. The awarded interior designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/interior
About A' Design Award & Competition
Organized annually since 2008, A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The philanthropic mission of the A' Design Award is 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. Nominations are peer reviewed and evaluated anonymously 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. Eligible laureates receive the A' Design Prize, which 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, uploading a work and receiving a 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. More information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://designers.org/126646
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/126646
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!126646
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/310649
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://interiorplus.asia/
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Sierra Hijauan Residential House
- Function
- Residential House
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Dark Gray, Dark Slate Gray, Dim Gray, Gray and Silver
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Breathable
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Jack Lim
- Country
- Malaysia
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2021 - 2022
- Design ID
- #126646
Credits
- Team
- Eden Ho
- Image Credits
- (3D Visualizer) Eden Ho
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- This project holds it ground at the heart of Malaysia, Ampang which ranged approx. 4000 SQFT. Every corner within this premise is bound to be comfortable as it is surrounded by flow elements such as curve surface to channeled out uneasy or deemed unpleasant sight of edgy surfaces. Diving into the main conceptual build of overall structure, the main areas such as master room is designed to be air flow as each space within that room are breathable for an example, utilizing its partition between walk in closet and main bedroom to have a display rack with rather unique mechanism and a see-through window between each space.
- Inspiration
- Every corner within this premise is bound to be comfortable as it is surrounded by flow elements such as curve surface to channeled out uneasy or deemed unpleasant sight of edgy surfaces. Only warm tone elements/materials are used to bring out the zen atmosphere which consists of light tone wood, raw marbles surfaces, matte color surfaces and so forth.
- Research
- At the beginning stage of the production, relevant participants such as project client and team members will come to a discussion on certain aspect such as preferred concept, preferred lighting tone, preferred alignments, preferred outcome or any specifications to be aware of during the procedure and finally open up to share what both parties will be looking forward to in the end of this project run. Not to mentioned, existing space location inspection will be conducted by the team to further understand overall premise structure before venturing into the next stage which are the prompted ideas proposal.
- Challenge
- In this project challenging parts occurs in two separate stages, specifically in research (understanding what client needs and what we can offer in order to contribute in interior design of our country) & production methods that can ensure every safety protocol checked and able to bring out the value of aesthetic and functionality. Ultimately these two are the most challenging part of what it comes down to designing a space to suits a tenant need.
- Realization and Technology
- A feeling and mood associated in each particular place according to the area function. Setting up the tone in the house also helping to create focal points to highlight the furniture as well. Ambient light provided an overall illumination for all the space to create more practical and decorative lighting. Key material of using in the concept are timber textured material and stone. The combination of both materials are used to represent the zen atmosphere. With the advantage of natural lighting materials and calm colors are able to balance out with each element to create a neutral space.
- Operation and Interaction
- Client engaged on the March 2021, to come out with the visual, design director contacted with client and understand all special requirements and propose accordingly to client's needs. After all information provided by client, design director prepared style proposal to make sure information provided and input with practical design as it's a long term house for the client and family. After all detail is confirmed, design director work with internal team to produce 3D visualize for client's view, and it's now proceeding to renovation stage.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in March 2021, estimate will be completed in September 2021.
- Specifications
- Material wise, only warm tone elements/materials are used to bring out the zen atmosphere which consists of light tone wood, raw marbles surfaces, matte color surfaces and so forth. To fulfill the practicality for all the cabinets and storages in the house, all cabinet are build with modular system which fits the user behavior. Of course it is a must to come with the ergonomics to enhance the interactions among user and the elements of the cabinets. The concept of ergonomics depending on daily habits by the user.
- Keywords
- interiorplusasia, residential design, modernminimalist, spaciousspace
