Press Release
Tranquil By The Sea Private Apartment by Darren Pirono and Jefferson Frans Tan Is Granted the Bronze A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
Darren Pirono and Jefferson Frans Tan acknowledged for interior space and exhibition design by the international grand jury of the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 20, 2023 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Bronze A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category for Tranquil By The Sea Private Apartment by Darren Pirono and Jefferson Frans Tan, designed for Upper Room Collaborative Studio. The result belongs to the 2022 - 2023 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.
What the Bronze A' Design Award Means
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.
Regarding Tranquil By The Sea Private Apartment
The property has an advantage of surrounded by sea as it is located at the northernmost point of Jakarta. The designer took advantage of the sea to emphasize it by creating a contrasting color palate of wood and dark features. It highlights and frame the ocean, allowing it becoming the main focus. In addition, the sequencing of space using their directive approach divides the area accordingly, along with different usage of materials and style on each sequence, to break the area so that it would not feel too wide and short as the ceiling height is low.
Award Record
This recognition makes Darren Pirono and Jefferson Frans Tan 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/147678
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/147678
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!147678
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/341386
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://bit.ly/3Ramv4t
Media Contact
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Tranquil By The Sea Private Apartment
- Function
- Private Apartment
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Silver, Dark Gray, Black, Saddle Brown and Rosy Brown
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Upper Room Collaborative Studio
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Darren Pirono and Jefferson Frans Tan
- Country
- Indonesia
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2022 - 2023
- Design ID
- #147678
Credits
- Team
- Darren Pirono and Jefferson Frans Tan (Upper Room Collaborative Studio),, Fendy Johan (Prosign Prosperity),, Rudi Irvan (PRETTIQ), and Mack Phillip
- Image Credits
- Fernando Gomulya
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The suite is a product of two individual units that are combined onto one unit, Thus, a space reconstruction needs to be done in order to place both public, private, and service area in adjacent without compromising the spaciousness and the sea view. The property holds two master bedroom with one kids bedroom, open living and dining space, office space all viewing continuously towards Java sea.
- Inspiration
- The Property, Regatta Apartment is located at the Northernmost point of Jakarta, and surrounded by sea, thus creating a perfect escape from a hustling city crowds. The sea, flanked by curtain wall is the main vocal point, thus the main living space of living, dining, and bedroom space are arranged and pushed towards the edge to maximize the view towards the sea and to promote stillness away from city noise, while the rest of the program is placed towards the opposite.
- Research
- The design begins with a meeting with client that wants to combine their two-unit apartment into one. As a result, the designer decides to reorganize the layout, creating a spacious living-dining area and flanked it with corridors to access the room so it become more private. Also The designer choose material that has dark, warm and contrasting color with the blue tint of the curtain window and the sea, so that it emphasize the feeling of surrounded by ocean and directs attention to the sea-view outside.
- Challenge
- The needs to re-arrange the space to accommodate the programs needed in reasonable adjacency and sequencing, involving a total reconstruction of MEP systems and placement of the rooms.
- Realization and Technology
- The use of material that are luxury, economical, light in weight, easy to transport, modular, and to withstand corrosion are essential to build this project and making it long lasting. For example, the stone wall behind dining room are produced by screed and special stone texture paint, to reduce weight and practicality, also easier in maintenance and cleaning. Another one is The lighting system use magnetic light system allows the user to set up their own light placement.
- Operation and Interaction
- The programs are composed by using a directive method and the use of either solid, transparent, camouflage doors, or translucent partition to direct the flows and produce sequence. As people moves from one space through another they will be directed to view the extensive collection of displays and then revealing onto another style of design on each room, and finally ends by the edge of the curtainwall viewing 180 degree towards the sea.
- Project Duration and Location
- The Project is located in Jakarta, Indonesia. It was commenced in October 2021 and Completed in October 2022.
- Specifications
- The property has a net area of 250 square meter. It has two master bedroom where one master bedroom has private office, walk-in closet, vanity room, and a walk-in bathroom. One kid bedroom, one living and dining area with counter-table and kitchen sets, two powder rooms, two working wet kitchens and service area behind camouflage panel doors.
- Keywords
- interior, interior design, apartment, luxury apartment, living room, bedroom, architect, interior decor,
