Press Release
Michael Tu Receives the Silver A' Design Award for Dream Builder Commercial Space in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
The international grand jury of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Michael Tu for interior space and exhibition design
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COMO, Italy, April 22, 2022 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Silver A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category for Dream Builder Commercial Space by Michael Tu, designed for ARCH Interior Design. The award was conferred within the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition and was determined 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.
What the Silver A' Design Award Means
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 Dream Builder Commercial Space
Dream Builder is the headquarters and factory of a cold chain company in Chiayi City, Taiwan. The design follows Bauhaus ideas of function, simple geometry and honest materials. Large external iron frames are stacked with a semi-modular method to form colorful volumes inspired by logistics packaging boxes. Stone, architectural concrete, unpainted wood panels and ground concrete floors are combined in a base tone of gray. Interior walls show herringbone wood grain, and the lighting is arranged to change the appearance through the day.
About Michael Tu
Founded in 1998, Arch Design is made of professional designers with different backgrounds like fine arts, architecture, interior design and landscape design. Having an ability to provide comprehensive design schemes, Arch Design have gotten involved in various projects from interior design, architecture design to urban design.
Award Record
This recognition makes Michael Tu a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
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/131064
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/131064
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!131064
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/317653
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Dream Builder Commercial Space
- Function
- Commercial Space
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Black, Dark Slate Gray, Dark Olive Green, Dim Gray and Rosy Brown
- Images
- 5
- Client
- ARCH Interior Design
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Michael Tu
- Country
- Taiwan (China)
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2021 - 2022
- Design ID
- #131064
Credits
- Image Credits
- ARCH Interior Design
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- This project analyzed the Bauhaus essence of functionalism, faithfulness to materials, shape, and function, less is more and people-oriented. At the same time, freshness, which the cold chain operation system values, is transformed into a new look and break-through design.
- Inspiration
- A new outset for urban development is also the initial point of the enterprise dream journey. With the passion for the hometown and land, the owner of this case returned to the Xinxing District in Chiayi City to create a unique cold chain enterprise headquarter. The designer has created a colorful, dreamy factory that leads the region towards better development by linking the design with various concepts, such as nature and ecology, cultural and creative management, urban visioning, and sustainable environmental protection.
- Research
- Like a giant Rubik cube being placed at the edge of city, the corporate headquarters that built its business on the cold chain is created with vivid and surreal touches. The designer hoped to create a getaway filled with hopes and dreams that joins nature and humanity while showing the aesthetics of creativity. At the same time, the walls are constructed with herringbone wooden grains to deliver smooth while the installation art on the ceiling is arranged in a streamlined manner to imitate the flow of fish migrating.
- Challenge
- The corporate base is located in a narrow trapezoidal hinterland in the rezoning area. To avoid the terrain affecting the shape and orientation of the buildings while considering the surrounding scenery, the retreat of the road, and parking space for visitors and logistics vehicles, the designer spent a lot of effort on the overall construction. In the end, the location of factory is moved backward, and the headquarter is rotated with traffic flows and floor plans rearranged.
- Realization and Technology
- Stones, architectural concrete, spliced unpainted wood panels, wooden grains, modern concrete grinding stone floorings, various indoor eco-friendly paints, outdoor paints, and metal
- Operation and Interaction
- The experienced designer hoped to create a design that combines the cold chain industry functionality, value, and urban economic effects with aesthetics. A colorful appearance that symbolizes packaging boxes by modularization is built by drawing inspiration from the logistics and packaging procedures. At the same time, the essential geometric and modular elements, simple linear and bright colors of the architecture echo with Bauhaus concepts of showing functionality.
- Project Duration and Location
- This project is located in Chiayi City, Taiwan, and is completed in September 2020.
- Specifications
- By applying a semi-modular construction method, huge external iron frames are stacked to form a surrealistic sense. The integration for the exterior also used several surface materials in the primary color of gray. The outdoor paints that responded to the representative color of the company show a dynamic aesthetic while linking the dissimilar materials and appearances. Furthermore, lighting arrangements for the two structures and the surrounding environment are carefully laid out to create various styles during different periods of the day.
- Keywords
- Commercial space, Corporate headquarters, Cold chain technology, Retail store, Architectural design, Office
