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Healing in Nature Hospital by AIA Life Designers Wins the Silver A' Design Award in Architecture, Building and Structure Design
AIA Life Designers honored for architecture, building and structure design by the international grand jury of the 2023 - 2024 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 14, 2024 /DesignNewswire/ Healing in Nature Hospital by AIA Life Designers, designed for Royal Lee, has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Architecture, Building and Structure Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The recognition forms part of the 2023 - 2024 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 evaluated 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.
More About Healing in Nature Hospital
Guangzhou Royal Lee Cancer Hospital is a private high-end oncology hospital, designers introduced the concept of garden hospital in this project, through the entrance courtyard, roof garden, and three-dimensional greening on the façade, the whole hospital area is integrated with the greening in three dimensions, and becomes a warm ecological healing place. The design also implements this concept in three dimensions: architecture, interior, and landscape.
About AIA Life Designers
AIA Life Designers: Promoting architecture with a positive impact on health. Founded in 1965 by a team of architects and engineers, AIA Life Designers is today a major multi-disciplinary consultancy company, providing a full range of combined expertise and services in architecture, engineering, as well as in project management, urban planning and sustainable development. AIA Life Designers is also one of the major architecture firm in healthcare sector in France. Headquartered in Paris with several offices in main cities in France such as Nantes, Lyon and Bordeaux etc. the firm is also established overseas in China, Geneva and Luxemburg.
Award Record
AIA Life Designers is a winner of 1 A' Design Award, including this recognition.
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/154078
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/154078
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!154078
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/348227
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://aialifedesigners.fr/
Media Contact
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Healing in Nature Hospital
- Function
- Hospital
- Category
- Architecture, Building and Structure Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture
- Colors
- Sky Blue, Dark Olive Green, Dark Slate Gray, Cornflower Blue and Olive Drab
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Royal Lee
The Recognition
- Laureate
- AIA Life Designers
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2023 - 2024
- Design ID
- #154078
Credits
- Team
- Hai Yang, Simon TSOUDEROS, Dalius GUTAUSKAS, Liangping MAO, Matthieu RADET, Jiawei PAN, Zegeng CUI, Wenyan ZHAO and Yang Hai, Simon TSOUDEROS, Dalius GUTAUSKAS, Sun Ruoxuan, Thomas ROGEL, Maëlle CABIO'CH, Chen Weili, Zhang Mingming
- Image Credits
- Publicity photos of the completed project were taken by Dongrui XIE
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Guangzhou Royal Lee Cancer Hospital is a private, top-tier oncology hospital. In this project, we embraced the idea of a "garden hospital." By incorporating greenery in the entrance courtyard, roof garden, and on the building's facade, the entire hospital is seamlessly connected with nature, creating a warm and ecological healing environment. This concept is applied in three dimensions: through the architecture, interior, and landscape design.
- Inspiration
- The design takes inspiration from the natural slope of the land and the local gardening traditions, influenced by the region's subtropical climate. It aims to blend these elements with the hospital's healing needs, creating a space that is both efficient and comfortable for healing.
- Research
- The understanding of the natural conditions (climate, geography, folklore, culture, etc.) of the region where the project is located is an important research objective and an effective design approach. The project site is located in Guangzhou City, the southeast coastal region of China, which has a subtropical climate with abundant sunshine and hot weather in summer, so the design of the envelope gives full consideration to the natural ventilation and sun-shading facilities of the building. In addition, the climatic conditions here are suitable for plant growth which can provide good shading, so we consider creating more green gardens or terraces for people to cool off.
- Challenge
- The three major challenges of case division: 1. The site has a 5-meter height difference, and how to reasonably utilize the terrain to organize medical streamline. 2. The hospital is located in the subtropical zone, how to create comfortable indoor and outdoor healing spaces. 3. The plan is divided into two phases of construction, how to ensure the integrity of the first phase of the building and the flexibility of the second phase of the construction. Our design ultimately transforms these difficulties into opportunities and features for the solution.
- Realization and Technology
- We enhance the hospital with a professional yet friendly atmosphere, using a blend of stone, glass, wood, and greenery. The main building façade features sunshade window frames designed for Guangzhou's climate. The podium is adorned with robust gray green stone, showcasing curved lines reminiscent of a mountain or rock, adding a touch of sophistication to the overall design.
- Operation and Interaction
- We designed the building, interior, and landscape as a whole. We combined the hilly terrain with rational medical flow to create a healing environment that is integrated with nature. The doctors will work as if in a garden, and the patients will heal in nature.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project is located in the heart of the Guangzhou Knowledge City in Huangpu District, Guangzhou, China, just 35 minutes from the city center. The project started construction in 2016 and is fully completed and operational in 2021, including the building, interior and landscaping.
- Specifications
- The land area of the project is 26,700 square meters, of which the construction area of the first phase is 75,000 square meters, with 200 beds planned. The first phase is 14 floors above ground, with a building height of 58.30 meters, and is a comprehensive building integrating outpatient clinics, medical and technical departments, medical offices and hospitalization.
- Keywords
- Private Cancer Hospital, Garden Hospital, Eco-design that incorporates the regional climate and topography of the site, Efficient healthcare flow design, Integrated architectural, interior and landscape design, Integral design of the first and second phases, providing flexibility for long term planning, Nature-inspired interior design, Multi-level three-dimensional gardens, Intensive medical space design, High-end private hospital
