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Wei Ting Lin Is Honored with the Bronze A' Design Award for The Shades of Clouds Vacation Villa in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
Wei Ting Lin 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 23, 2020 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that The Shades of Clouds Vacation Villa by Wei Ting Lin, designed for Thewall, has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category. The result belongs to the 2019 - 2020 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 Bronze A' Design Award Explained
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.
More About The Shades of Clouds Vacation Villa
Given the mountainous environment and scenery of clouds constantly passing by, this project has attracted many photographers. The building renovation follows the natural terrains and basis of topographic conditions, rock constructed walls and wood platform are designed to remain the landscapes to the greatest degree. With gentle transformation, the Balinese style interior decoration, enables the visitors to connect with the natural surroundings and purify their minds and soul.
Award Record
Wei Ting Lin is a winner of 2 A' Design Awards, including this recognition. The awards were granted in the 2019 - 2020 edition 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/92973
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/92973
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!92973
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/259958
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- The Shades of Clouds Vacation Villa
- Function
- Vacation Villa
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Dark Olive Green, Dim Gray, Gray, Dark Slate Gray and Rosy Brown
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Thewall
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Wei Ting Lin
- Country
- Taiwan (China)
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2019 - 2020
- Design ID
- #92973
Credits
- Team
- Wei-Ting Lin
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The design aims to portrait the scene of flying clouds, using gentle white tone and original soil wall, merges with fabrics and soft furniture from Bali to create a place for photography and vacation. Building renovation following the natural terrains leads to the construction of walls with rocks. Wood platform is designed on the basis of the topographic conditions, remaining the original mountain landscapes to the greatest degree. It has become a unique architecture, forming a romantic sense.
- Inspiration
- There are many vacation villas in Zhejiang Province. Most of them use Chinese elements as the base of design which has brought out strong historical sense and solemn atmosphere. However, the designer of this project does not want to adopt the same design elements, in contrast, portraits the motion of flying clouds as the design concept.
- Research
- Responding to the concept of letting the heart of the people to fly towards Songyang, the design focuses on enabling visitors to escape from the hustle and bustle of the city while having a period of peacefulness. Thus, it is designed with low profile, avoiding any sense of urban elements, realizing it with exquisite decorations as well as the sceneries views by the windows to create a place for relaxing minds. Besides, calming minds and soul, it is also an ideal place for taking photos.
- Challenge
- Protected by the local government from demolition and this township with only few young people, the old building renovation has not been easy. The renovation plan is challenged by the needs to remain the original building features, constant wall wreckages, and lack of manpower. It has also been a heavy work by carrying construction materials by the old people, thus preserving the 80% of the previous architectural features.
- Realization and Technology
- The interior decoration is based on Bali lifestyle, of which the white as the color tone symbolizes the clouds. 80% windows are now replaced by new large windows and enable people to admire great sceneries. Besides vintage decorations, the preserved yellow soil walls and doors elaborate spirit of simplicity. Cottons and linens widely used for the soft decorations improve the level of comfort. Focuses on the interaction between people and nature, it impresses the tourists with lifetime memories.
- Operation and Interaction
- By the time starting the building remodeling, the design is aimed to preserve the original unique features. Following the clouds passing by this region, the visitors can live with peacefulness. The new building, after the remodeling construction, remains its amicable relationship with the natural environment. The living environment quality is improved not only by the renovation plan, but also by the remodeling of this place, encompasses landscape, architecture and interior designs.
- Project Duration and Location
- This project started in March 2017 and completed in April 2019 at Songyang Mountain, Zhejiang, China.
- Specifications
- The total design area is 1500 square meter. The soils mixed with certain adhesives are the original construction materials, the color of building is yellow, remains intact the modest quality. High humid environment and heavy rain have caused the building turn fragile. The moderate renovation and waterproofing preserves the original yellow dirt walls to the greatest extent. Beams are painted in white, merges with soft color imported furniture from Bali, creating a gentle yet elegant atmosphere.
- Keywords
- Villa, Balinese lifestyle, leisure, relaxing, soft earth color tone, mountains landscape
