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Xu Wei Art Museum by Lighting Design Institute of UAD Wins the Golden A' Design Award in Lighting Products and Fixtures Design
Lighting Design Institute of UAD honored for lighting products and fixtures design by the international grand jury of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 22, 2022 /DesignNewswire/ Xu Wei Art Museum by Lighting Design Institute of UAD, designed for LightingDesignInstitute of UAD, has been granted the Golden A' Design Award in the Lighting Products and Fixtures Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. 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 evaluated anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
What the Golden A' Design Award Means
The Gold A' Design Award is granted to designs that demonstrate a high level of innovation and a significant impact on their intended audience. Recognized as a major achievement by the A' Design Awards, these designs are characterized by their visionary approach and the exceptional skill of their creators. Winners of the Gold A' Design Award are noted for their ability to push the envelope in art, science, design, and technology, delivering solutions that not only meet but exceed expectations. These designs serve as benchmarks for excellence, encouraging further innovation and inspiring future generations of designers.
Regarding Xu Wei Art Museum
Xu Wei is a lighting design for an art museum in Shaoxing, a Chinese city with a history of 2,500 years. The museum stands within an old residential quarter, so the lighting is kept low-key and calm. L-shaped light troughs and linear wall washing fixtures are hidden on the facades to brighten the walls evenly. Faint light marks the bronze statue of the artist, and tree shadows fall along the corridor. The square is lit at a moderate level, and hidden projection allows different scenes for public cultural events.
About Lighting Design Institute of UAD
LightingDesignInstitute of UAD specializes in special lighting design, including urban nightscape planning, architectural lighting, landscape environment lighting, exhibition lighting and high-end decorative lighting. Since its establishment, it has provided quality services for many clients in China. During the design process, LightingDesignInstitute of UAD always focuses on the understanding of other professions, and integrates it into architecture in the most reasonable and invisible way. It widely uses important tools like software and real-scene simulation for quantity design.
Award Record
With this recognition, Lighting Design Institute of UAD is a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
About the A' Lighting Products and Fixtures Design Award
The A' Lighting Design Award is an international lighting design competition recognizing good lighting designs by best lighting designers and brands worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to lighting designers, lighting architects, industrial design studios and lighting product manufacturers from all countries. Typical entries include chandeliers, pendant lights, wall sconces, table lamps, floor lamps and outdoor lights. The awarded lighting designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/lighting
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/135914
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/135914
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!135914
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/327139
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://reurl.cc/QjVME9
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Xu Wei Art Museum
- Function
- Art Museum
- Category
- Lighting Products and Fixtures Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Furniture & Home and Electronics & Appliances
- Colors
- Dim Gray, Slate Gray, Dark Slate Gray, Gray and Black
- Images
- 5
- Client
- LightingDesignInstitute of UAD
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Lighting Design Institute of UAD
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Golden A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2021 - 2022
- Design ID
- #135914
Credits
- Team
- Wang Xiaodong, Zhao Yanqiu, Feng Baile, Wu Xuhui, Sun Guojun, Guan Fanghong, Fu Dongming, Hu Huifeng, Zhang Chenfan, Jiang Lanlan, Lv Ning and The Architectural Design & Research Institute of Zhejiang University Co., Ltd.
- Image Credits
- LIGHTING DESIGN INSTITUTE of UAD, Jia Fang Architectural Photography Studio, Jonathan Leijonhufvud
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Layered expressions of distinct building materials create a proper proportion betweenvirtualityand reality, coldness and warmth, and a sense of depth of "distant and close views" of Xu Wei's ink wash painting, reproducing the purity and clearness of black and white Chinese traditional paintings. Restraining yet precise lighting highlights the night atmosphere and appreciation value of architecture and setting, balancing the relationship between light and architecture, environmentand people.
- Inspiration
- Xu Wei is a great Chinese painting and calligraphy artist. The art museum is a transformation of Xu Wei's former residence, located in Shaoxing with a history of 2,500 years. It mixes with local decent houses called Tai Men. The architecture humbly blends into the environment, like a landscape painting. The low-key lighting techniquesform a transparent, uniform and exquisiteeffect on the facades. Special interpretation modeis created to meet urban public cultural and artistic functions.
- Research
- The design team conducted in-depth research on Xu Wei's life and artistic ideals, and alsodug into local culture. The artist's personal temperament, artistic ideal and local urban aesthetic characteristics of white walls and gray tiles are blended into design techniques. In the design, Building Information Modelling (BIM), DIALux illumination calculation, on-site lamp test and demonstration are adopted for repeated calculations and tests to ensure the lighting effect.
- Challenge
- The project is located in the residential area of the ancient city and undertakes the functions of urban public cultural space and civic activity square. It uses light in a restraining yet precise manner, to highlight the night atmosphere and appreciation value of architecture and surroundings, and to show the charm of architecture and a sense of depth of "distant and close views" of Xu Wei's ink wash painting. It balances the relationship between lighting and architecture, landscape and people.
- Realization and Technology
- L-shaped lamp trough is hidden on the facade, and linear wall washing lamp is also concealed to brighten the wall.Tree shadows in the corridor separated from the old town create a poetic ambience, with a touch of sadness.Faint lighting illuminates the bronze statue of Xu Wei and the paintbrush in his hand.The brightness of the square is proper, leaving a tranquilvibe for the viewing platform. The square is an urban public space, and hidden projection offers possibilities for distinct scenes.
- Operation and Interaction
- The overall low-key and elegant night view of the art museumharmonizes with the ancient city that has a history of 2,500 years,and integrates with the surrounding community and residents. Comfortable night sceneryand atmosphere createa rest and leisure space for both citizens and tourists. The art museum serves as apublic space in the city, and hidden projectionprovides different scene modes for various cultural activities.
- Project Duration and Location
- Start:2020.9.30 Completed:2021.4.30 Location:Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province
- Specifications
- Xu Wei Art Museum: above-ground area: 5,155.5square meters, underground area: 2,841.7square meters, total: 7,997.2square meters Type:Art Museum Urban night scene lighting specification
- Keywords
- Qingteng Study, The Architectural Design & Research Institute of Zhejiang University, Xu Wei, Art Museum, Exhibition Hall, Lighting Design
