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The Vienna Park Loft Cityloft by Zsolt Szalai Wins the Bronze A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
Zsolt Szalai honored 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 The Vienna Park Loft Cityloft by Zsolt Szalai, designed for BFZ Barrierefreie Zone GmbH. The award was conferred within 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.
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.
More About The Vienna Park Loft Cityloft
Conversion of an attic apartment over three floors, with the main motive to dissolve the existing small parts and create a spacious luxury apartment. The winding rooms were structurally and visually opened and enlarged. From fixed stock and objects such as stair railings, wardrobe and flower troughs, became unique sculptures. The choice of colors and materials is reduced in order to give more space to the language of form and the composition of the objects with and among each other.
About Zsolt Szalai
Zsolt Szalai ist ein Künstler und Designer aus Ungarn. Er verbindet Kunst mit Innenarchitektur und verwandelt Skulpturen in Möbel. Sein Konzept ist es, durch geschickte Material- und Farbwahl reduzierte, aber gleichzeitig einladende Umgebungen und Räume zu schaffen. Reizüberflutung soll vermieden und Umwelteinflüsse ausgeblendet werden. Gleich zu Beginn der Projekte hat Zsolt Szalai meist schon Visionen, was dabei herauskommt und wie genau was gebaut wird. Bereits mit Beginn seiner Karriere, etwa Mitte der 90er Jahre, begann er, Metall/Stahl und Corian im Innenraum zu verwenden und war damit seiner Zeit voraus.
Award Record
Zsolt Szalai is a winner of 1 A' Design Award, including this recognition.
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. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to interior designers, interior architects, architects and decorators from all countries. Entries typically include residential interiors, restaurants, hotels, offices, galleries and retail stores. Awarded interior designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/interior
About A' Design Award & Competition
A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission 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. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated 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. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates 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, the upload of a work and the 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. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://designers.org/148514
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/148514
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!148514
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/338945
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://www.bf-zone.at
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- The Vienna Park Loft Cityloft
- Function
- Cityloft
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Black, Dim Gray, Gray, Rosy Brown and Light Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- BFZ Barrierefreie Zone GmbH
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Zsolt Szalai
- Country
- Austria
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2022 - 2023
- Design ID
- #148514
Credits
- Image Credits
- 1: Photographer Zsolt Szalai, Staircase one, 2023 2: Photographer Zsolt Szalai, Corian relief wall, 2023 3: Photographer Zsolt Szalai, Upper floor, 2023 4: Photographer Zsolt Szalai, Kitchen, 2023 5: Photographer Zsolt Szalai, Staircase two, 2023
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Conversion of an attic apartment over three floors, with the main motive to dissolve the existing small parts and create a spacious luxury apartment. The winding rooms were structurally and visually opened and enlarged. From fixed stock and objects such as stair railings, wardrobe and flower troughs, became unique sculptures. The choice of colors and materials is reduced in order to give more space to the language of form and the composition of the objects with and among each other.
- Inspiration
- The inspiration of the planning was, besides the essential areas of a classic apartment, to create space for special rooms, which are otherwise hard to find. For example, the cigar corner, with a floating bar and wine fridge or the theater room. This is a partially separated space, behind the divan and next to the dining area, with access via stairs on both sides of the divan. Its distinctive feature is the five-meter mirrored wall and the hand basin in the center.
- Research
- Through skillful planning, the designer was able to create works of art even from classic and essential areas of this loft. Instead of a normal staircase railing, he made artistic sculptures that subtly guide visitors to the next floor, where the open main living space is located.
- Challenge
- Designing and planning sculptures in such a way that useful items such as air conditioning units and inspection openings are located within them or hidden behind them was very important in this project. All this equipment must be accessible at all times for repairs and maintenance.
- Realization and Technology
- The materials used in this project were DuPont Corian, wood, burnished steel, Corten steel and mirrors. Most of the sculptures are made of burnished steel and Corian. The designer also used Corten steel for indoor and outdoor use. The Corten steel for the interior was sealed to stop rusting and prevent wear of the material.
- Operation and Interaction
- In this project, all the requirements and wishes of the client were realized in a unique way. The choice of materials and colors is consciously reduced to let the special design language of the artist speak for itself in his sculptures. It was important to give this loft special characteristics and to set eye-catching accents.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in 2021 and ended in early 2023. It is located in the 4th district in Vienna, Austria.
- Specifications
- The loft has an approximate total size of 250 square meters.
- Keywords
- timeless, luxurious, sculpture, unique, Loft, steel, corian, interior design, black and white
