Press Release
Qingdao Steel Fortress Conceptual Showroom by Robin Wang Receives the Silver A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
The international grand jury of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Robin Wang for interior space and exhibition design
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COMO, Italy, April 28, 2022 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Qingdao Steel Fortress Conceptual Showroom by Robin Wang, designed for Jining Guangren Real Estate Co., Ltd, has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category. 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 assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
About the Silver A' Design Award
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 Qingdao Steel Fortress Conceptual Showroom
Qingdao Steel Fortress is a conceptual showroom created within a former industrial district in Qingdao, China. The renovation retains the original character of the buildings, including pre-existing red brick and rusty steel plate. Anodised aluminium, a newer construction material, is combined with these older elements to link the past and present of the city. The first floor holds a temporary exhibition hall, while the second floor forms the main exhibition area. Open staircases in the public area support public activities. Catering and cultural facilities are also included.
About Robin Wang
Mr. Wang Xiaofeng has been practicing the design philosophy of "humanism", taking the emotional and spiritual needs of people as the starting point, actively exploring sustainable contemporary lifestyles and delivering more humanistic and artistic spatial designs. He has 25 years of senior industry experience and his design projects has covered more than 80 cities at home and abroad.
Award Record
Robin Wang is a winner of 6 A' Design Awards, including this recognition. The awards span the editions from 2017 - 2018 to 2021 - 2022 of the A' Design Award & Competition.
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/128114
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/128114
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!128114
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/197734
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://www.snp-group.net/
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Qingdao Steel Fortress Conceptual Showroom
- Function
- Conceptual Showroom
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Dark Gray, Gray, Silver, Dim Gray and Dark Slate Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Jining Guangren Real Estate Co., Ltd
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Robin Wang
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2021 - 2022
- Design ID
- #128114
Credits
- Team
- ROBIN WANG; JIAWEI YANG; SHIXIN WANG
- Image Credits
- Creator Robin Wang, Qingdao Steel Fortress Exhibition Hall, 2021.
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The former location had several plants and industrial equipment, SNP Group tended to transform this place from a industrial district into a steel fort theme park on the basis of retaining building original character.
- Inspiration
- Designers of SNP always adhere to the design philosophy that city cannot evolve without history. So they dealt with industrial heritages carefully , made every effort to preserve urban residents memories and restated city history in the space narration. Designers reserved pre-existing red brick when used anodised aluminium, a new type construction materials.The integration of classic elements and advanced materials delivered massive historic implication and generated urban vitality.
- Research
- Designers always adhere to the design philosophy that city cannot evolve without history. So they dealt with industrial heritages carefully , made every effort to preserve urban residents memories and restated city history in the space narration.
- Challenge
- It's really hard to renovate the building while reserving its historical characteristics that arouse people's memory and curiosity.As well as fuse commercial function with a cultural exhibition hall.
- Realization and Technology
- Anodised Aluminium,Rusty Plate.
- Operation and Interaction
- The first floor is temporary exhibition hall and the second floor acts as main exhibition area. The open staircases in public area play a role in public activities. To meet mixed needs of the modern society, designers introduced new business forms like catering and cultural creativity .
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in April 2021 and finished June 2021 in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China
- Specifications
- Please write product dimensions, Width mm x Depth mm x Height mm etc for physical products, for non-physical designs, please provide further insights on the technical specifications of the projects. This section is especially relevant for jury members to better judge your designs. You can enter up to 500 Characters.
- Keywords
- Exhibition, Showroom, Renovation, Urban Renewal, Conceptual Design
