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Integrare Is Honored with the Bronze A' Design Award for River View Residential Building in Architecture, Building and Structure Design
Integrare 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/ River View Residential Building by Integrare, designed for ExcelÊncia Incorporadora, has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Architecture, Building and Structure Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The award was conferred within 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 Bronze A' Design Award Explained
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 River View Residential Building
River View is a residential building located in Porto Belo, Santa Catarina, Brazil. The tower has 28 floors, a total height of 91.98 meters and 72 residential units, with four apartments per floor. The design combines Art Deco geometry with a contemporary facade of glass and a monochromatic palette harmonized with the texture of exposed bricks. The apartment layouts follow the studio and loft concepts of New York City. Concrete, glass, exposed bricks and LED lighting are used. Two recreation areas are placed on the fifth floor and on the rooftop.
About Integrare
With extensive experience in the disputed civil construction market on the coast of Santa Catarina, Raphael has already designed more than 350 thousand sqm with his team, generating more than 1.2 billion reais in PSV for partner construction companies. His prominence with developers is so strong that, in many cases, he acts as a strategic consultant in various decision-making processes, playing an important role in the verticalization of Porto Belo and Itapema, cities that are among the fastest growing in the state. His contribution to the region, however, does not stop there.
Award Record
With this recognition, Integrare is a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
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/137229
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/137229
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!137229
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/328272
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://bit.ly/3iktbfG
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
Designers.Org
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press@designers.org
+39 031 4491953
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- River View Residential Building
- Function
- Residential Building
- Category
- Architecture, Building and Structure Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture
- Colors
- Lavender, Light Sky Blue, Powder Blue, Dark Slate Gray and Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- ExcelÊncia Incorporadora
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Integrare
- Country
- Brazil
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2021 - 2022
- Design ID
- #137229
Credits
- Team
- Integrare Engenharia e Arquitetura
- Image Credits
- Blue King Studio 3D
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- River View is a unique and aggressive project, designed to bring a new concept to real estate market, thus escaping the commonplace. The project was developed to bring the sophistication and sober details of already established buildings to a place in constant growth, with a design thought so that, regardless of which angle it was observed, it would have unique characteristics.
- Inspiration
- Inspired in New York City, the project holds as a differential the dwelling concepts based on New York studios and lofts, which arose as means to reutilize the warehouses and factories during the post war period (the 1960s and 1970s decades). Its facade includes apparent brick masonry, a reference feature of the New York City industrial warehouses. The Art Deco style of the 1920s and its similarity to the contemporary style allows smoothness and lightness to its structure.
- Research
- The design team carried out not only a web research but also went on site to understand the technical features of the projects, being able to see all their details and live the urban daily life in New York. Thus, it was granted the model under development could be inserted in the coast of Santa Catarina (Brazil) without losing the places characteristics.
- Challenge
- The challenge of this project was to verticalize an enterprise whose basis was a horizontal construction, without however waiving its functionality, aesthetics, and cost effectiveness. Another challenge was to use apparent bricks on the facades without harming the smoothness of the design, preserving other architectural styles used as references.
- Realization and Technology
- Concrete, glass, apparent bricks, LED lighting
- Operation and Interaction
- The project was designed for the dwellers to experience life in New York City in all premises of the enterprise, duly considered in the studio and loft plans, communal areas, and in the facade design based from the city architecture. The structural modulation allows, in addition to its cost efficiency, wide spaces with a lot of light and ventilation.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in September 2020 and ended in November 2021. Its construction star to October 2022 and is scheduled to end in October 2025. Porto Belo, Santa Catarina, Brazil
- Specifications
- The total area of the enterprise is that of 8.415,00 sqm, in a terrain of 850,00 sqm. It has 28 floors, with a total height of 91,98 meters, and 72 residential units, 4 apartments per floor, and a headroom of 3,24 meters in each apartment. The building also has two recreation areas, one on the fifth floor and another on the rooftop.
- Keywords
- New York, Studios, Lofts, Art Deco, New Experience, Innovation
