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Hsiang-Chen Lu Receives the Bronze A' Design Award for Paper Plane Residence in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
Hsiang-Chen Lu recognized 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/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Paper Plane Residence by Hsiang-Chen Lu, designed for Uni Gen Interior Design, has been granted the Bronze 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 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.
About the Bronze A' Design Award
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 Paper Plane Residence
Paper Plane is a residential interior design for a small apartment of 43 square meters in New Taipei City. The high area above the entrance ceiling is turned into vertical storage, which helps keep the small home tidy. The public area of 16 square meters includes a dining table, a living room, a study and an exercise space. Folding hidden tables allow the dining and exercise functions to share one place. Eco-friendly plywood is processed in the factory to reduce waste and dust on site. An irregular tilting veneer ceiling and a gentle color palette shape the space.
About Hsiang-Chen Lu
UNI GEN was established wishing to bring aesthetics in daily experience for customers. Their goal is to make the best out of residential and commercial spaces’ features. UNI GEN creates an atmosphere as light and elegant as feather, modern yet simplistic, not cramping anyone’s style, creating a possibility to combine art and life. They insert artistic beauty in daily living naturally. In addition, UNI GEN does not forget to reduce the burden caused on the environment. They always tend to maintain a sustainable and eco-friendly green environment that allows interior design to be as light as a feather like the logo, a burden-free and simple space of happiness.
Award Record
With this recognition, Hsiang-Chen Lu is 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/132966
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/132966
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!132966
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/316727
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://www.ugid.shop/
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
Designers.Org
Via Leone Leoni 32, 22100 Como, Italy
press@designers.org
+39 031 4491953
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Paper Plane Residence
- Function
- Residence
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Black, Saddle Brown, Dark Olive Green and Sienna
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Uni Gen Interior Design
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Hsiang-Chen Lu
- Country
- Taiwan (China)
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2021 - 2022
- Design ID
- #132966
Credits
- Team
- Chen-Lu Hsiang and Tsung-Cheng Chen
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- While the higher space, such as the ceiling at the entrance, is commonly not well-utilized, the designers turn it into a vertical extra-storage room for keeping the small house tidy and neat. According to the owners, the public area of 16 meter square has to include a dining table, living room, the study and an exercise space. Thus, not only have the designers arranged each space evenly and effectively, they also apply folding hidden tables to make the dining and exercise area the same place.
- Inspiration
- Inspired by kids folding paper craft and the image of a soaring paper plane, the designers create a home of hope symbolizing a greater future. Semi-industrial style's elegance combines with multi-functional spatial design, epitomizing the possibility of "small space, big style." A gentle color palette goes well with some warm and vibrant color blocks as decoration. Various types of wooden and stone materials form an organic atmosphere in the space.
- Research
- A great amount of eco-friendly plywood, graded by national standard of formaldehyde emission as CNS-F1, are used in the space. By processing it at the factory, it reduces waste and dust on site. If needed, one can disassemble and install it somewhere else, minimizing possible waste in the future.
- Challenge
- Since the space is smaller than usual, the designers use two techniques to extend and amplify the spatial perception: vertical development and flexible public space utilization. By reducing use of traditional partitions, the application of materials, furniture positions, multi-functional design and aisle arrangement intuitively divide the space into different areas.
- Realization and Technology
- By overlapping the two functional spaces and dividing the usage based on time and situation, the space utilization can be improved. The overall design thus defines how the space is used, based on time and situation parallelly from the entrance to the end.
- Operation and Interaction
- The designers take the concept of kids practicing paper craft, applying the image of soaring up high to the ceiling. This arrangement outlines the shape and vibe of the public area. The irregular tilting veneer creates a sense of fluidity. With a higher recessed ceiling corresponding to the aisle, the overall design at this area would not cause a sense of depressed height, yet giving refreshment to the residents.
- Project Duration and Location
- This project is finished in June 2021 in New Taipei City.
- Specifications
- The project is 43 square meter.
- Keywords
- Interior Design, Residence, Industrial, Warm, Small House
