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Chalets Dada Residential Building by Joy Alexandre Harb Wins the Silver A' Design Award in Architecture, Building and Structure Design
Joy Alexandre Harb acknowledged 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/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Chalets Dada Residential Building by Joy Alexandre Harb, designed for JYH International Architects, has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Architecture, Building and Structure Design category. The award was conferred within the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition and was reached 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.
About Chalets Dada Residential Building
The basic geometrical design was inspired by a child's scribbling when he was asked to create a house. A play between solids, voids and materials was experimented in order to have the final result Located in the high highlands of Lebanon's Faraya Resorts, Chalets Dada exemplify beauty and luxury. The composition is built on the foundation of a ground level hosting one large apartment bordered by a flower garden. Two unusual duplexes are stoned with Terrazzo on the first and attic floors.
About Joy Alexandre Harb
Joy Alexandre Harb, a Libano-Serbian architect and co-founder of JYH International Architects, is recognized for his commitment to crafting designs that balance cultural identity with architectural innovation. His portfolio spans diverse scales, from bespoke residential projects to complex urban developments, always integrating social, environmental, and functional considerations. Through his work, Harb aims to redefine the built environment as a platform for meaningful human interaction, fostering a legacy of responsible and imaginative design for future generations.
Award Record
This recognition makes Joy Alexandre Harb a winner of 3 A' Design Awards. The awards were granted between the 2017 - 2018 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/139418
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/139418
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!139418
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/221134
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://www.jyh-ia.com/
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Chalets Dada Residential Building
- Function
- Residential Building
- Category
- Architecture, Building and Structure Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture
- Colors
- Gray, Dim Gray, Dark Gray, Dark Olive Green and Silver
- Images
- 5
- Client
- JYH International Architects
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Joy Alexandre Harb
- Country
- Lebanon
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2021 - 2022
- Design ID
- #139418
Credits
- Team
- Yanna Haddad, Atelier Monolit, P.A.R Consultants and W.T.A Associates
- Image Credits
- Monolit Studio visual artists, chalets Dada perspective view, 2022; Monolit Studio visual artists, chalets Dada perspective view day, 2022; Monolit Studio visual artists, chalets Dada perspective view night, 2022; Monolit Studio visual artists, chalets Dada perspective view closeup, 2022; Monolit Studio visual artists, chalets Dada front view, 2022
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Located in the high mountains of Faraya Resorts in Lebanon, the Chalets Dada embodies beauty and sophistication. At hearts ease, the composition is developed on the base of a ground floor housing one big appartement framed with a flower bed. The first and attic floor houses two unique duplexes which are stoned with Terrazzo. The layout of the building is a series of simple geometric shapes with a play in solids and voids and in materials
- Inspiration
- The inspiration for the building's shape was a children's house scribling. The primitive shape was remodeled according to the client's needs and the rules and regulations of the city.
- Research
- It all started with a research, which was done by a local surveyor, on the types of appartement needed in the area, what are the most demanded surfaces in the market, how many people can it host and how far can we go with the luxury of finishes in order to sell the appartements the fasted. This study lead us to create three appartements having different and unique properties in order to meet all tastes.
- Challenge
- Due to the very harsh weather conditions in the area and the modern design of the building with large windows, we had to create adapted details that will not change the buildings shape and research for high performing materials to widthstand exterior conditions
- Realization and Technology
- Choosing the mix of mechanical fixed natural stones covering large-sized windows and ending with a repetitive pattern of solid wood allowed us to embed electro mechanical details into the finishes
- Operation and Interaction
- With its large windows, the ground floor has an advantage of interacting with nature, hosting a 400m2 garden visible from any room in the appartement. Whereas the other two duplexes, thanks to their elevated position in the building, have unique views of the snowy mountains of Faraya
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in February 2022 and will be finished in November 2024 in the Faraya Mountains in Lebanon
- Specifications
- The building is layered with three floors and a basement, hosting one single residential unit and two duplexes. Each floor has a built area of 220m2 including external walls which equals to a 880m2 of total built up area for the building.
- Keywords
- villa, house, architecture, luxury, design, award, mountains
