Shiding Tea Ceremony Classroom by Minxuan Xie Wins the Golden A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design

Minxuan Xie honored for interior space and exhibition 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 confirmed the Golden A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category for Shiding Tea Ceremony Classroom by Minxuan Xie, designed for Chuan-Wo. The award was conferred within the 2019 - 2020 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.

The Golden A' Design Award Explained

The Gold A' Design Award is granted to designs that demonstrate a high level of innovation and a significant impact on their intended audience. Recognized as a major achievement by the A' Design Awards, these designs are characterized by their visionary approach and the exceptional skill of their creators. Winners of the Gold A' Design Award are noted for their ability to push the envelope in art, science, design, and technology, delivering solutions that not only meet but exceed expectations. These designs serve as benchmarks for excellence, encouraging further innovation and inspiring future generations of designers.

Regarding Shiding Tea Ceremony Classroom

Shiding Tea Ceremony is a tea art classroom created for a high school in Taipei. The project converts a damp and dark storage room into an open teaching space. Large glass windows and a wooden platform connect the interior with the surrounding landscape, and bamboo is used as the ceiling material. One original tea stove and chimney are kept as a reminder of the past. The glass is thickened and the window frames are reinforced for safety. The space measures 18370 mm in width, 9280 mm in depth and 4430 mm in height. The open layout supports contact between students, visitors and nature.

About Minxuan Xie

People and life are the elements of space, Therefore, the beginning of space must be transparent and clean, Then through the quenching and stacking of time and space, it becomes a tasteless home, Chuanwo design team relies on professional experience and rich creativity. For every owner of different living habits, Actively style it appropriately and delicately, The richness of function is naturally a matter of course, Every time a perfect space is born, You can see that the designer brings the personality and preferences of the occupants into every corner of the space. It is the philosophy of Chuan Wo design team.

Award Record

Minxuan Xie is a winner of 1 A' Design Award, including this recognition.

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. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to interior designers, interior architects, architects and decorators from all countries. Entries typically include residential interiors, restaurants, hotels, offices, galleries and retail stores. Awarded interior designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/interior

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/88053
A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/88053
Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!88053
Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/251571

Media Contact

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+39 031 4491953

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project: Shiding Tea Ceremony Classroom
Function: Classroom
Category: Interior Space and Exhibition Design
Discipline: Spatial Design
Industry: Architecture and Packaging & Retail
Colors: Black, Saddle Brown, Dark Olive Green, Dark Slate Gray and Dim Gray
Images: 5
Client: Chuan-Wo

The Recognition

Laureate: Minxuan Xie
Country: Taiwan (China)
Recognition: Golden A' Design Award
Edition: 2019 - 2020
Design ID: #88053

Credits

Team: MIN-XUAN XIE and CHAO-HUNG YEH
Image Credits: Creator XIE MIN XUAN, SHIDING HIGH SCHOOL Tea ceremony classroom, 2019.

Design Details

Unique Properties: Using large windows to eliminate man-made barriers,perfectly reflecting the spatial ideology of the culture of tea hospitality,creating the openness and connectivity between indoor and outdoor spaces,raising the level of the interaction and communication between people. Making art of tea no longer a class just for learning, it is for the participants to physically and emotionally experience the quietness and completeness brought by the harmonious unity of the tea, the nature and the people.
Inspiration: In early Taiwan society, The culture of tea serving, which relieved the hardship of passersby in the past, reflects a spirit of giving and a virtuous character of the host.Today tea is an art, but the most important spirit of it is not preserved. creating the openness and connectivity between indoor and outdoor spaces,which closes the distance between people and removes the barrier of trust.
Research: Shiding High School is located in the mountainside campus in the rainy area. The surrounding characteristic industry of this school is the tea industry. The school hopes that the designer can connect the idle space with the characteristic industries around the school, and the designer cuts into the space design from the perspective of humanity. Concept, many people in the former Taiwanese society will put a pot of tea at their doorstep, so that passers-by can ease the hardships on the road, but as the society progresses, people's requirements for safety and health are gradually improved. Such behavior is now invisible. At the same time, people's distrust is also rising.
Challenge: This design case uses the original tea-making experience classroom of the school to carry out planning and transformation. Shiding high school is located in the wet and rainy halfway up the mountain. The building has been in such an environment for a long time and has been seriously repaired with serious wall cancer problems and water leakage. Also, because of the damage of tea-making equipment, the frequency of classes is reduced, and it is a wet and dark storage room. We reorganized the built environment and kept one of the tea stoves and chimneys as memories of the past.
Realization and Technology: We use a large glass and wooden platform to connect the landscape to the interior space, and use bamboo as a ceiling material to bring natural elements into the space design.
Operation and Interaction: Make the originally enclosed space open, visually, this creates a feeling of openness and connectivity between indoor and outdoor spaces.
Project Duration and Location: The project began in Taipei in October 2018, was completed in Taipei in April 2019, and was exhibited in Taipei in June 2019.
Specifications: width 18370mm X depth 9280mm X height 4430mm
Keywords: Shiding，Senior High School，Tea Art Classroom，Tea Art，Tea