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Flavio Melo Franco Is Honored with the Silver A' Design Award for RG House Single Family Residence in Architecture, Building and Structure Design
Flavio Melo Franco honored for architecture, building and structure design by the international grand jury of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 22, 2022 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Silver A' Design Award in the Architecture, Building and Structure Design category for RG House Single Family Residence by Flavio Melo Franco, designed for Studio Flavio Franco. The result belongs to the 2021 - 2022 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.
The Silver A' Design Award Explained
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.
More About RG House Single Family Residence
RG House is a single family residence located in Teresina, Brazil. The house covers 310 square meters on two floors. The ground floor holds the garage, the living and dining rooms, a gourmet space, a swimming pool, the kitchen, a guest bedroom and a service area. Two suites and a master bedroom are placed on the upper floor. The west, east and south facades carry a composition of lines made of black composite aluminum. These lines act as a brise soleil and reduce sunlight and heat inside the house. LED profiles make the pattern visible at night.
About Flavio Melo Franco
Idealized and directed by the brasilian architect Flávio Melo Franco, Flavio Franco Studio started its activities in Teresina, PI, Brazil in 2012, emerging as a side project to the work developed by him in his architecture and interiors office, consolidated for more than 14 years in the Brazilian market. Keeping a bold and contemporary character, the pieces signed by the architect have in their own identity pure and geometric forms. Plans and straight are joined harmonically revealing new design possibilities.
Award Record
With this recognition, Flavio Melo Franco is a winner of 4 A' Design Awards. The awards were granted between the 2013 - 2014 and the 2021 - 2022 editions of the A' Design Award & Competition.
About the A' Architecture, Building and Structure Design Award
The A' Architecture Design Award is an international architectural design competition recognizing good architectural designs by best architects worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to architectural design studios, building contractors, structural engineering firms and architecture and design consultants from all countries. Typical entries include skyscrapers, museums, residential buildings, commercial complexes, educational institutions and religious structures. The awarded architectural projects are published at https://designers.org/design-category/architecture
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/130010
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/130010
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!130010
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/132827
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- RG House Single Family Residence
- Function
- Single Family Residence
- Category
- Architecture, Building and Structure Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture
- Colors
- Light Steel Blue, Dark Olive Green, Dark Gray, Dim Gray and Dark Slate Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Studio Flavio Franco
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Flavio Melo Franco
- Country
- Brazil
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2021 - 2022
- Design ID
- #130010
Credits
- Team
- Flávio Franco and Shiduo Nagano
- Image Credits
- House RG by Darci Bastos
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The project consists of a 310sqm residence located in the city of Teresina,Brazil.It has two floors.The ground floor consists of the garage,living room,dining room integrated with a gourmet space and a swimming pool,kitchen,guest bedroom and service area.The second floor consists of two suites and a master bedroom.The colors used in the composition were primarily black and grey,with touches of wooden tones for the floors and blue for the decoration to give it contrast and make it more vibrant.
- Inspiration
- The main inspiration was the dynamics of geometric lines.A large composition of lines was created on the west, east and south facades.These lines were made in composite aluminum painted in black.They also have the function of a brise soleil, helping to reduce the incidence of sunlight and heat inside the residence due to the extreme hot temperatures of the northeast of Brazil. LED profiles were adapted to the brise soleil and at night it helps the observer to easily read the design.
- Research
- One of the issues during the design proccess and requirement of the clients was to ease and overcome the climate challenges of the region, marked by high temperatures and strong solar incidence. The client also wanted an integration between the indoors and outdoors. A solution for this integration was to use massive glass panels, which is not recomended in the region due to extreme heat inside the edification. A way to achieve both of the client requirements was to use design a massive aluminum frame in a way that it could protect the house from insulation without blocking the view from inside the house.
- Challenge
- Make the brises support themselves according to the original design. Support points were carefully studied so that support pillars were not used between them.
- Realization and Technology
- The walls were made using ceramic bricks, the structure was made using concrete and the roof was made using thermo-acoustic aluminum tiles. The rest of the composition uses black aluminum profiles, transparent glass panels, and composite aluminum brise soleil.
- Project Duration and Location
- The construction took place in Teresina, Brazil from January 2020 to July 2021.
- Specifications
- The edification is 11,35m x 19m x 7,5m.
- Keywords
- architecture, design, brazil, residential, house, residence
