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Run Science Park Guangzhou by Frankie Lui Wins the A' Design Award in Architecture, Building and Structure Design
Frankie Lui honored for architecture, building and structure design by the international grand jury of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 22, 2020 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Run Science Park Guangzhou by Frankie Lui, designed for Atelier Global Limited, has been granted the A' Design Award in the Architecture, Building and Structure Design category. The result belongs to the 2019 - 2020 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 scored anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
About the A' Design Award
The Iron A' Design Award is awarded to good designs that meet the rigorous professional and industrial standards set by the A' Design Awards. This recognition is reserved for works that demonstrate a solid understanding of design principles and show creativity within their execution. Recipients of the Iron A' Design Award are acknowledged for their practical innovations and contributions to their respective fields, providing solutions that improve quality of life and foster positive change. These designs are a testament to the skill and dedication of their creators, showcasing their ability to address real-world challenges through thoughtful design.
More About Run Science Park Guangzhou
Run Science Park is a science and technology park in Guangzhou. The complex covers 120000 square meters and joins office space, exhibition areas and flexible areas. Seventy-five percent of the space is used for offices, five percent for flexible use, five percent for exhibitions and fifteen percent for mixed use. The structure is lifted off the ground and uses interlocking and shifting forms. A sunken plaza brings daylight to the lower levels. Glass, aluminum panels and paint form the facade. The design creates an open and connected shared community.
About Frankie Lui
Mr. Frankie Lui has founded Atelier Global Limited in 2007. In these 20 years, he has endeavored to explore the artistic realm of architecture. His trendy yet innovative approach on design has given him various highly-recognized international awards – including International Design Awards Gold Prize, A ‘Design Award Platinum Prize, Hong Kong Institute of Architect Annual Awards Grand Prize, etc. Dedicated to research and reflect the contemporary architectural design, Mr.
Award Record
With this recognition, Frankie Lui is a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
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/87651
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/87651
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!87651
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/219307
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Run Science Park Guangzhou
- Function
- Guangzhou
- Category
- Architecture, Building and Structure Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture
- Colors
- Cornflower Blue, Sky Blue, Light Steel Blue, Gray and Dark Slate Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Atelier Global Limited
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Frankie Lui
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2019 - 2020
- Design ID
- #87651
Credits
- Team
- Frankie Lui, Kang Wei, QiuShu Xu, Yahao He, Kemi Peng, Wang Yao
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Open to a multi-functional platform for communication and sharing, Run Science Park acts as a complex of office, intelligence design, as well as work and life balance. A platform for sharing, technology information exchange, flowing of ideas on creativity and ecology helps to demonstrate the verticality and focus of the cities.And the design created an unique form with unique characteristics such as lifting structure off the ground, interlocking and shifting forms.
- Inspiration
- To differentiate from traditional industrial parks with low connectivity and to fulfill future requirements Run Science Park will have three distinctive functions, space for various exhibitions, office, and flexible usages. Through the reinterpretation of traditional industrial parks, the open working space, informal conference area and internal facilities together create a sharing community with multi functionality and high connectivity.
- Research
- Run Science Park utilized surrounding industrial resources and infrastructures of Guangzhou Science City to establish the China Resources Land Industrial Cluster. Dedicated to technical development in the field of internet industry, animation industry, and smart architecture the park encourages co working in enterprise, production, research and development to obtain results. Under the concept of combination of nature ecosystem and scientific development, green smart architecture is established .
- Challenge
- There were several challenges throughout the project, to establish versatile office area, to add vitality to public spaces in the industrial park, to create ecosystem, to make a sharing open and semi-open space.
- Realization and Technology
- Materials: glass, aluminum panel, paint.
- Operation and Interaction
- To satisfy various uses in the future, the design allocated 75 percent of the area for office, 5 percent flexible space, 5 percent exhibition space, 15 percent complex space. And another consideration of the project was its relationship with the city and the industrial complex.The sunken plaza provides spatial experience on various levels so that the sufficient amount of sunlight can reach underground. The building facade reflects one of key design ideas, the combination of technology and ecosystem.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in October 2017 and finished in January 2020
- Specifications
- Project Area 120000 square meters
- Keywords
- connectivity, sharing, technology, sentiment, openness, ecosystem, smart, experience
