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Tengyuan Design Is Honored with the Golden A' Design Award for We Share Micro Nest Public Welfare Architecture in Architecture, Building and Structure Design

Tengyuan Design 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 23, 2020 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Golden A' Design Award in the Architecture, Building and Structure Design category for We Share Micro Nest Public Welfare Architecture by Tengyuan Design. The recognition forms part of 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.

More About We Share Micro Nest Public Welfare Architecture

We Share Micro Nest is a pair of small public welfare buildings created as shared city furniture in Qingdao. The Reading House uses a rotated square timber frame, where native wood forms both the structure and the outer skin, and has a building area of 16.8 square meters. The rest station for sanitation workers is based on a cube with two panels that open inward and outward, and the shell is clad in colorful aluminum plate. Both structures make public resources easier to share and invite residents to take part in community life.

Award Record

With this recognition, Tengyuan Design is a winner of 6 A' Design Awards. The awards were granted between the 2018 - 2019 and the 2019 - 2020 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

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project
We Share Micro Nest Public Welfare Architecture
Function
Public Welfare Architecture
Category
Architecture, Building and Structure Design
Discipline
Spatial Design
Industry
Architecture
Colors
Saddle Brown, Sienna, Rosy Brown, Peru and Maroon
Images
5

The Recognition

Laureate
Tengyuan Design
Country
China
Recognition
Golden A' Design Award
Edition
2019 - 2020
Design ID
#95337

Credits

Team
Zhao Guangjun, Wang Zhenming, Zhu Shuhan, Cui Ling and Liu Xin
Image Credits
Photographer Kai Wang, Reading House, 2018.; Photographer Kai Wang, Reading House 2, 2018.; Photographer Kai Wang, Reading House 3, 2018.; Photographer Kai Wang, Rest Station, 2018.; Photographer Kai Wang, Rest Station 2, 2018.

Design Details

Unique Properties
We Share Micro Nest, the first public welfare community construction practice project initiated by the architectural design firm in the country, to build a city furniture for citizens to share. Designers hope to attract public participation with behavior by building such a miniature "city plug-in", they will contribute more to urban public services and become responsible for their communities, thus activate the spiritual vitality of the entire district.
Inspiration
The purpose of this design is to explore the possibility of interaction between social groups, and to make efficient use of public resources from the perspective of environmental protection and energy conservation. Taking this as a starting point, designers hope to provide people with a platform to share resources through city plug-ins.
Research
With the development of the times, the transition from rapid incremental growth to slow stock development in many cities have been completed. So many of the architectural practices we have done in the process of urban renewal are also more suitable for a bottom-up approach, from the individual level to the complex city level, using urban plug-ins to activate the area, building an open platform, and achieving public urban design consensus.
Challenge
It is a challenge for designers to achieve the unification of structure and exterior styling. Even a small space of less than 20 meters blends the minds of architects and structural designers. In order to ensure the safety and practicability of the Reading House, the base is reinforced in structure, and the on-site construction is checked. At the same time, it simulates the structural stability of the book house under various external harsh weather conditions.
Realization and Technology
Reading house uses the rotation of the square wooden frame to express the gravitational force of the interior space, while forming a smart exterior shape. Native wood is selected to realize the skin is the structure. The rest station is based on a cube, two pieces of maintenance door panels can be opened to the inside and outside. The shell interface is the main image display, and the colorful aluminum plate is used to create a rich visual and environmental experience.
Operation and Interaction
In addition to meeting the functions, urban renewal should pay more attention to people's psychological feelings and life experience. Therefore, a behavioral memory point is preserved in the site design, which broadens the tread surface of the kindergarten wall, so that residents can watch the activities inside the kindergarten more safely. At the same time, it also wants to stimulate new behavioral memory points, and combine human behavior with the big trees in the middle of the field.
Project Duration and Location
The project started in January 2018 in Qingdao and finished in July 2018 in Qingdao.
Specifications
The Reading House covers an area of about 23.9 square meters and a building area of 16.8 square meters. The building height is 4.3 meters. The rest station for sanitation worker covers an area of about 81.5 square meters and a building area of 7.87 square meters. The building height is 2.85 meters.
Keywords
Architecture, City Plug-in, Public Welfare Building, Rest Station, Reading House, Natural, Elegant, Cultural

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