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Wooden Axis Large Roof Clinic and Pharmacy by Yoshiaki Tanaka Is Granted the Silver A' Design Award in Architecture, Building and Structure Design
Yoshiaki Tanaka acknowledged 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 19, 2024 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Silver A' Design Award in the Architecture, Building and Structure Design category for Wooden Axis Large Roof Clinic and Pharmacy by Yoshiaki Tanaka, designed for TSC Architects. The recognition forms part of the 2023 - 2024 A' Design Award & Competition and was determined 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.
About Wooden Axis Large Roof Clinic and Pharmacy
The site is located along an arterial road connecting the city center and the city center, with an urban planning road to the south that is scheduled to be widened, and future development is expected. In planning a new regional medical center, we were conscious of creating a space that is distinctly different from commercialistic road service architecture, with the warmth of wood and a gentle welcome for patients The three buildings are connected by a wooden Sunoko design code.
About Yoshiaki Tanaka
TSCアーキテクツは、住宅や病院の設計に従事する多くのデザインオフィスです。TSCアーキテクトの信念は、設計された建物が街並みを作り出す要因として外観を担当し、建物を使用する人々のための快適な空間を作り出すということです。その信念を永続させるために、TSCアーキテクトは、建物との光の関係、建物と緑の関係、建物の文脈に合った材料の選択の3つを大切にしています。つまり、TSCアーキテクトは、建築の境界と人々の活動との関係を考慮したアーキテクチャを作成します。TSCアーキテクツは、「意味のあるデザイン」の集積を伴う「ワン&オンリー」の建物を作る建築設計事務所です。
Award Record
Yoshiaki Tanaka is a winner of 5 A' Design Awards, including this recognition. The awards were granted between the 2018 - 2019 and the 2023 - 2024 editions 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. 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/161557
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/161557
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!161557
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/232971
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://bit.ly/3U8W1U9
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Wooden Axis Large Roof Clinic and Pharmacy
- Function
- Clinic and Pharmacy
- Category
- Architecture, Building and Structure Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture
- Colors
- Cornflower Blue, Saddle Brown, Dim Gray, Steel Blue and Dark Slate Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- TSC Architects
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Yoshiaki Tanaka
- Country
- Japan
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2023 - 2024
- Design ID
- #161557
Credits
- Image Credits
- Photographer ToLoLo studio
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The site is located along an arterial road connecting the city center and the city center, with an urban planning road to the south that is scheduled to be widened, and future development is expected. In planning a new regional medical center, we were conscious of creating a space that is distinctly different from commercialistic road service architecture, with the warmth of wood and a gentle welcome for patients The three buildings are connected by a wooden "sunoko" design code.
- Inspiration
- The three clients wanted to build an internal medicine, orthopedics, and pharmacy on a single site, and they wanted to align their design codes with a bright atmosphere. Therefore, TSC Architects used "sunoko" on the exterior to unify the design code, with the interior representing a wooden shaft to give the warmth of the wood.
- Research
- A project to build an orthopedic surgery, an internal medicine clinic, and a pharmacy on a single site. TSC Architects was conscious of creating a space that is distinctly different from commercialistic road service architecture, with the warmth of wood and a gentle welcome to patients. The three buildings, with their combined design codes, work together to create a townscape that serves as a medical hub for the community.
- Challenge
- TSC Architects aimed to create a building with a bright and warm feeling of wood, so that the wooden framework would appear as the interior. Therefore, we verified the structure so that it would be beautifully expressed, and let the placement of the rafters be determined. The rafter-exposed ceiling guides the eye to the view outside. We also considered installing large-opening exterior sashes on the outside of the structure to create a wooden structure with a sense of transparency.
- Realization and Technology
- The exterior skin and openings are set on the outside of the shaft assembly, and openings are out-set in braces and other structural parts to create continuous windows and stepped windows, resulting in a transparent wood structure. The sunoko walls (facade rattan) used for the exterior skin allow for better air flow, which dries faster and more durably than typical wooden exterior walls.
- Operation and Interaction
- The design codes of the three buildings are aligned with the sunoko walls to bring a sense of unity. The wooden framework creates a warm and welcoming treatment space as an interior design. Large openings to the full ceiling create a pleasant space illuminated by gentle natural light.
- Project Duration and Location
- Project duration did from July 2021 to January 2023. Location is 64 Asahigaoka, Minamisakae, Owariasahi City, Aichi Prefecture.
- Specifications
- Site area: 2356.55 sqm Orthopedic Clinic / built area 299.61 sqm / Total floor space: 489.54 sqm / Internal Medicine Clinic / built area 211.39 sqm / Total floor space: 272.79 sqm / Pharmacy/ built area 69.57 sqm / Total floor space: 91.90 sqm /
- Keywords
- Architecture, Hospital, Design, Life, Health, Public, Clinic, Wood, pharmacy
