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The Gift Residential House by Fang Ming Lo Receives the Bronze A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
Fang Ming Lo recognized for interior space and exhibition design by the international grand jury of the 2018 - 2019 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 20, 2019 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Bronze A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category for The Gift Residential House by Fang Ming Lo, designed for Dreamer Interior. The award was conferred within the 2018 - 2019 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 scored 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.
Regarding The Gift Residential House
The Gift is the interior renovation of a forty year old villa in a mountain area in Taiwan. The design is based on the idea of shared art. Hand drawn wall art is combined with framed views of the surrounding landscape. Windows and an entrance in three directions support natural air convection. A Nano Photocatalyst system is added to reduce harmful substances in the air. Slanting glass on the inner side of the aluminum grid facade drains rainwater and limits moisture. Floor height differences are removed and a wheelchair ramp is added for older residents.
About Fang Ming Lo
Fang Ming Lo is an interior designer specializing in custom luxury residential spaces, recognized for elevating interior architecture to international hospitality standards. His design practice focuses on three direct principles: deep user insight, personalized aesthetic transformation, and harmony with the environment. Rejecting generic style labels, Lo translates each requirements into functional layouts tailored to their specific lifestyle. To ensure engineering excellence, he incorporates premium finishes, European crystals, and refined mirror details. His work prioritizes structural precision and material layering, delivering enduring comfort and a peaceful residential experience.
Award Record
Fang Ming Lo is a winner of 2 A' Design Awards, including this recognition. The awards were granted between the 2017 - 2018 and the 2018 - 2019 editions of the A' Design Award & Competition.
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. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to interior designers, interior architects, architects and decorators from all countries. Typical entries include residential interiors, restaurants, hotels, offices, galleries and retail stores. The awarded interior designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/interior
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/69783
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/69783
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!69783
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/203494
Media Contact
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- The Gift Residential House
- Function
- Residential House
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Dark Gray, Gray, Dark Slate Gray, Dim Gray and Silver
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Dreamer Interior
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Fang Ming Lo
- Country
- Taiwan (China)
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2018 - 2019
- Design ID
- #69783
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The renovation of the forty year-old villa in the mountain area is based on the design concept of shared art. The integration of the artistic hand-drawn wall and the outside landscape of four become part of the life art. In response to the rainy climate in the mountain area, for the aluminum grid exterior of the construction, the slanting glass on the inner side has the function of draining rainwater. We also cancel the floor height difference to further achieve the elderly-friendly function.
- Inspiration
- We expect to create a healthy shared living space for the dwellers. We start from the angle of art. Through the integration of natural frame view and art paintings, the aesthetic design of making both the interior and exterior scenery is achieved. We also attempt to solve the draining problem in the rainy mountain through the architectural structure and lower the harmful substances such as Formaldehyde in the air through the natural air convection and the embedding of Nano-Photocatalyst system.
- Challenge
- There are many difficulties to overcome for the architectural structure and geographical condition of the forty year-old villa in the mountain area. We hope that nature, art, and friendly life can integrate perfectly. How do we decide the angle to find the view? How do we achieve the best balance of colors? And how do we complete all in the most natural way? These are the greatest challenge we face.
- Realization and Technology
- Through the careful distance counting, despite the use of a large number of grids for the exterior of the construction, it won’t cause any blockage to the indoor view. The outdoor natural scenery and the indoor artistic style can perfectly match. The neutral cold blue furniture and decoration hue serve as the balanced connection between nature and art, and the introduction of the stretched leather sofa and lamps embellish the exquisite atmosphere. By integrating the two kinds of floor tile materials with the pattern effects and irregular geometrical collage technique, strong artistic style break the boundary between the indoor and outdoor space.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in July 2017 in Taichung, Taiwan and finished in April 2018.
- Specifications
- Through the windows and entrance in the three directions, not only create the substantial air convection, also make the scenery comes into interior likes the art paintings. As for the function, the slanting glass on the inner side of the aluminum grid will drain away rainwater and solve the problem of moisture. It also carries the various functions such as flower stands, wiring cover, LED light band, and privacy. The design of wheelchair accessible ramp and no floor height difference to further achieve the elderly-friendly function.
- Keywords
- Interior, Design, House, Residence, mix and match
