Press Release
Silver A' Design Award in Architecture, Building and Structure Design Goes to Disappeared Manufacturing Sales Centre by Wey Duan Luo
The international grand jury of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Wey Duan Luo for architecture, building and structure design
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COMO, Italy, April 28, 2022 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Disappeared Manufacturing Sales Centre by Wey Duan Luo, designed for E.r.c. Group, has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Architecture, Building and Structure Design category. The recognition forms part of 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 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 Disappeared Manufacturing Sales Centre
Disappeared Manufacturing is a sales centre built in Banqiao District, New Taipei City, Taiwan. The design is based on traditional Taiwanese houses, reinterpreted with a steel structure, glass and metal roof panels. A central courtyard with a skylight is surrounded by showrooms, exhibition areas and a coffee shop. Window grilles, shaped with computer controlled metal lathes, divide the spaces on each floor. A mezzanine platform between two floors allows several events at the same time. Workshops, exhibitions and cultural activities are held in the building.
Award Record
Wey Duan Luo is a winner of 2 A' Design Awards, including this recognition. The awards were granted between the 2019 - 2020 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/131151
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/131151
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!131151
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/259923
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://www.erc-group.com.tw/
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
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press@designers.org
+39 031 4491953
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Disappeared Manufacturing Sales Centre
- Function
- Sales Centre
- Category
- Architecture, Building and Structure Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture
- Colors
- Midnight Blue, Dim Gray, Dark Olive Green, Gray and Rosy Brown
- Images
- 5
- Client
- E.r.c. Group
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Wey Duan Luo
- Country
- Taiwan (China)
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2021 - 2022
- Design ID
- #131151
Credits
- Team
- Shih-Huang Hsieh, Design Team: Pei Fen Liu, Tai Yi Huang, Wey Duan Luo, Tzu Ping Chan
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The main circulation is divided into two which link to the showroom unit on different floors. Spaces are separated by traditional Chinese windows, various events and exhibition spaces surround a skylight courtyard. The pre-sale house advertisement is integrated into cultural activities, coffee shop and pastry shop. Curtain glass ceiling and wall blur the gap between the street and the building. Evoking the sense of a village scene, it interrupts the rapid urban pace with a recreational space.
- Inspiration
- The overall concept is based on the traditional houses in Taiwan, which reminds one of the good old times, like the rolling hills and cornices intertwined with one another. In the courtyard layout, the traditional form is reconstructed via modern methods. The traditional folk house vocabulary, reinterpreted through steel structure, glass and other elements, is in sharp contrast with the Great Buddha Temple next door. The dialogue between the old and the new unfolds the new space atmosphere.
- Research
- In the old days, Banqiao was a city with city walls. There were five gates in the east, west, south, north, and small east. The location of this project is within the range of the east gate, in an attempt to rebuild the image of gates in the city. And the history of the development of Banqiao is closely related to the Lin family. At the same time, the Lin Family Garden in Banqiao District is the most intactly preserved garden monument in Taiwan. Borrowing the form of the ancient house in the garden, the courtyard in the center of the courtyard is used as the core of the space. The six areas of clothing, housing, transportation, and education respond to the theme of the celebration of life.
- Challenge
- The gaps created by the overlapping and overlapping eaves roofs in different directions, in terms of drainage and how the glass curtain wall smoothly corresponds to the roof edge; the positioning of the mezzanine platform affects the structural plane and affects the seating position of the stairs.
- Realization and Technology
- Processed with CNC metal lathes and applied to corridor handrails, display windows of pre-sale houses, glass curtains and other decorative components, a new form of window grill styles is developed with the company's trademark. The roof is made of metal-shaped aluminum clad panels, The sliding type fixation can be constructed quickly, eliminating the effect of thermal expansion, while the width of the roof panel is reduced. Part of the wall is covered with eco-friendly stone paint.
- Operation and Interaction
- Wth new oriental aesthetics as the foundation, the traditional architectural form creates a new sense of space and scale via modern construction methods. The intervention of the mezzanine platform between two floors allows different performances held at the same time with flexibility. Spaces for real estate business are divided by Chinese window grilles on each floor. Spaces for maker workshops, art exhibitions and activities are connected. Overall improves the public image of the client.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in July 2020. It took 8 months of design and development until the construction began in Banqiao District, New Taipei City, Taiwan in February 2021, and it was officially opened in April 2021.
- Specifications
- The project uses steel structure as the main construction method, and it is also applied onto the roof shape design. The site area is 1779.5m² and the building area is 1470.96m².
- Keywords
- reception center, multifunctional, space, commercial, real estate, sales center, showroom, cultural activities
