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City Lounge Station City Lounge Station by Yard Studio Receives the Golden A' Design Award in Social Design
Yard Studio recognized for social design by the international grand jury of the 2023 - 2024 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 24, 2024 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Golden A' Design Award in the Social Design category for City Lounge Station City Lounge Station by Yard Studio. The recognition forms part of the 2023 - 2024 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 Golden A' Design Award Explained
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.
More About City Lounge Station City Lounge Station
The life in a city is usually fast-paced and self-enclosed. The designer hopes to create a temporary homelike lounge in the city through a lighting box with warmth. The project is a special box located in the city center, serving as a warm light in the city. It provides a home-like rest stop for city workers in busy areas, offering convenient services such as a place for short breaks, drinking water, charging stations, first-aid kits, and various other amenities.
About Yard Studio
YARD STUDIO, established in the United States in 2017, is an experimental and research-based independent design studio working on creative practices in the fields of urban design, architectural design, spatial design, installation and furniture design. YARD STUDIO pays a keen focus on material and construction details, and challenges the deep integration of cutting-edge intelligent information technology and traditional craftsmanship in the fields of urban design, architecture design and interior design.
Award Record
With this recognition, Yard Studio is a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
About the A' Social Design Award
The A' Social Design Award is an international design competition recognizing excellence in social design by social impact designers and think-tanks worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to social designers, social brands, social manufacturers and social design professionals from all countries. Typical entries include community projects, social campaigns, public installations, educational programs, sustainable initiatives and healthcare solutions. The awarded social designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/social
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/151646
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/151646
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!151646
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/345104
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- City Lounge Station City Lounge Station
- Function
- City Lounge Station
- Category
- Social Design
- Discipline
- Communication Design
- Industry
- Social Impact
- Colors
- Black, Dark Slate Gray, Midnight Blue, Dim Gray and Gray
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Yard Studio
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Golden A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2023 - 2024
- Design ID
- #151646
Credits
- Team
- Yang Bingqing, Zhang Yiling, Zhang Jialiang, Wang Zheqi, Chen Kelun and Liu Fei
- Image Credits
- Photographer：Pu Yan
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The project is at an intersection of two busy roads where is close to the Tianyi Square subway station at the CBD of Ningbo's old city. It provides convenient services to citizens, for examples, short breaks, drink water, charge phones, access to medical kit and other facilities. The project is box modeled stations, which can be mass produced and distributed in any corners of a city. All components are prefabricated in the factory, which can be assembled on site in a very short time.
- Inspiration
- Given the location of the project in the downtown area surrounded by lights on commercial streets, the designer pourposely designed a low-key and special box to provide a home-like station for those who work along the busy streets. It is a warm light on the street, sharing the care from the city. It becomes the cultural identity of a city home, quietly waiting in the city center for the next passerby who needs shelter from the wind and rain.
- Research
- The life in a city is usually fast-paced and self-enclosed. The designer hopes to create a temporary homelike lounge in the city through a lighting box with warmth. It looks like an object from outer space, floating on the ground, and supported by a large scale, suspended steel structure. It is a homelike shelter provides solace to anyone in need.
- Challenge
- Given the location of the project in the downtown area surrounded by lights on commercial streets, we pourposely designed a low-key and special box to provide a home-like station for those who work along the busy streets. It is a warm light on the street, sharing the care from the city. It becomes the cultural identity of a city home, quietly waiting in the city center for the next passerby who needs shelter from the wind and rain.
- Realization and Technology
- The project is of steel structure. The project is box modeled stations, which can be mass produced and distributed in any corners of a city. All components are prefabricated in the factory, which can be assembled on site in a very short time. All components are prefabricated in the factory, which can be assembled on site in a very short time.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project was launched in Ningbo in February 2022 and completed in December
- Specifications
- Size:3.6m x 7.6m x 3.3m Total area：28 Square
- Keywords
- City Station,Yongai E Home,City Post,Lounge
