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Silver A' Design Award in Architecture, Building and Structure Design Goes to People's Diary Experience Center Exhibition Classroom Hotel by Kefeng Sun
The international grand jury of the 2023 - 2024 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Kefeng Sun for architecture, building and structure design
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COMO, Italy, April 19, 2024 /DesignNewswire/ People's Diary Experience Center Exhibition Classroom Hotel by Kefeng Sun has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Architecture, Building and Structure Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The result belongs to 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.
The Silver A' Design Award Explained
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 People's Diary Experience Center Exhibition Classroom Hotel
People's Diary Experience Center is a multifunctional complex located at the entrance of Yahuang Village in Shengzhou, China. The complex holds exhibition halls, classrooms, a convenient service center and a hotel. The large volume is cut into slender strips, and the strips are shifted to follow the irregular site and the fragmented village texture. Each strip is covered with a sloping roof, so the group recalls the layering of mountains. Courtyards between the long buildings bring the natural setting inside and follow the tradition of Chinese courtyard houses.
About Kefeng Sun
Dr. Kefeng Sun is an associate professor, master's supervisor, and national first-class registered architect at the School of Architecture and Art, China Academy of Art. Since 2004, he has been engaged in teaching and practical work in the field of architecture. Throughout his career experience, he has been exploring architectural design strategies based on local Chinese architecture and traditional Chinese culture.And a series of design practices and teaching research have been carried out around this subject.
Award Record
This recognition makes Kefeng Sun a winner of 2 A' Design Awards. All of the awards belong to the 2023 - 2024 edition 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. The competition 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. Entries typically include skyscrapers, museums, residential buildings, commercial complexes, educational institutions and religious structures. Awarded architectural projects are published at https://designers.org/design-category/architecture
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/160754
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/160754
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!160754
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/351986
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- People's Diary Experience Center Exhibition Classroom Hotel
- Function
- Exhibition Classroom Hotel
- Category
- Architecture, Building and Structure Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture
- Colors
- Black, Dark Slate Gray, Gainsboro, Dim Gray and Dark Gray
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Kefeng Sun
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2023 - 2024
- Design ID
- #160754
Credits
- Image Credits
- Aoguan Architectural Vision
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The project is located at the entrance of Yahuang Village. fronting stream and with hills on the back, surrounded by rural houses. The functions include exhibition halls, classroom, convenient services, hotels, etc. The irregular land area of 9280㎡ needs to accommodate 15240㎡ of buildings, and the interior is mostly filled with tall spaces. The design allows a high plot ratio, high-density building community to have a good dialogue with the surrounding fragmented village texture and mountains.
- Inspiration
- The building is cut into slender strips,and strips is moved to fit the building community with irregular boundaries, allowing the building integrated into the surrounding fragmented village texture. The top of the individual building is covered with a sloping roof, and the community shape simulates the layering of mountains. Numerous courtyards are formed between the long buildings, enriching the internal space of the buildings and inheriting the traditional Chinese courtyard houses.
- Research
- Yahuang Village is the birthplace of "People's Diary". More than twenty years ago, Mr Li Chunyang, who was then the Party Secretary of Yahuang Village, encountered villagers seeking help during a visit. He took out his diary and carefully wrote down the wishes of the villagers. "The Diary of the People" was born in the fields of Yahuang from then on. The "People's Diary" with the characteristics of "visiting hundreds of families, understanding their emotions, solving their difficulties, connecting their hearts, handling their affairs, and achieving their prosperity" has gone from Yahuang to the whole country. The project revolves around "People's Diary" and is a multifunctional complex.
- Challenge
- Through the study of the texture of the site itself and the space of traditional rural residential houses, the architecture presents a form of functional space surrounding the courtyard space. This form not only satisfies the daily activities of users, but also allows for full interaction between the internal space of the building and nature. Construct a rhythmic rhythm of "courtyard house" interweaving, dissolve the accumulation of large volume functional redundancy, and weave the "breathing" rhythm of the building itself in the three-dimensional vertical space. The roof, as the fifth facade, has always held an important position in the building.
- Realization and Technology
- Elongated buildings form a community, with each functional block placed in different elongated buildings. They are separated by an inner courtyard, which allows the surrounding natural environment to penetrate into the community. A large space like the "People's Diary" exhibition hall is achieved by connecting two long buildings on a flat surface.
- Operation and Interaction
- After the large-scale building was dismantled and reorganized, each individual building was opened up layer by layer in the form of a large mountain. Through the setting of corridors, terraces, and gray spaces, users can walk between the interior of the building and the courtyard. During the journey, there are hidden and visible elements, as well as ups and downs, and a variety of melodies and emotions.
- Project Duration and Location
- Project duration did from February 2022 to June 2023. Location is Yahuang Village, Shengzhou city, Zhejiang Province,China
- Specifications
- Areas: Site dimension 9280 sqm / Plot ratio 1.64 / built area 15,240 sqm / Total floor space:4460 sqm / Building coverage ratio 48％
- Keywords
- Following the natural shape , imbuing the people with emotions
