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Tianqi Guan Is Honored with the Silver A' Design Award for Shared Yard Yard in Architecture, Building and Structure Design
Tianqi Guan of Evolution 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 announced that Shared Yard Yard by Tianqi Guan of Evolution Design has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Architecture, Building and Structure Design category. 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 scored anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
What the Silver A' Design Award Means
The Silver A' Design Award celebrates top-tier designs that embody excellence and innovation. This award acknowledges creations that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also highly functional, reflecting the designer's deep understanding and skill. Silver A' Design Award recipients are recognized for their contribution to raising industry standards and advancing the practice of design. Their work often incorporates original innovations and elicits a strong emotional response, making a notable impact on the improvement of everyday life.
About Shared Yard Yard
Shared Yard is a rural guest house located in Beijing, China. Shared Yard was created by reconstructing an abandoned dwelling typical of northern China, with wooden window frames, brick walls and tiled roofs. The old house was preserved and connected to new buildings made of carbon steel plate, concrete and white oak finish. Existing trees shade the new volumes, which are placed in ventilated positions so that air conditioning is not needed in summer. Rainwater and purified water are used to irrigate the surrounding fields.
About Evolution Design
The company has more than 40 designers, specializing in architectural design, interior design, environmental art design, soft assembly decoration design and procurement, etc. It is a newly established professional company specializing in providing high-en
Award Record
With this recognition, Tianqi Guan of Evolution Design is a winner of 2 A' Design Awards. The awards span the editions from 2018 - 2019 to 2019 - 2020 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. The competition 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. Entries typically include skyscrapers, museums, residential buildings, commercial complexes, educational institutions and religious structures. Awarded architectural projects are published at https://designers.org/design-category/architecture
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/95895
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/95895
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!95895
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/243783
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://bit.ly/2MxtyEc
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Shared Yard Yard
- Function
- Yard
- Category
- Architecture, Building and Structure Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture
- Colors
- Dark Slate Gray, Dim Gray, Black, Light Slate Gray and Dark Olive Green
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Tianqi Guan
- Country
- China
- Brand
- Evolution Design
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2019 - 2020
- Design ID
- #95895
Credits
- Team
- Kang Gao, Junnan Li and Xiang Ni
- Image Credits
- Photographer Yunfeng Shi, Bird's eye view of the yard under the tree, 2019.; Photographer Yunfeng Shi, An outdoor dining area located in the lower courtyard, 2019.; Photographer Yunfeng Shi, Living room in the shade, 2019.; Photographer Yunfeng Shi, Trees continue to grow through the building, 2019.; Photographer Yunfeng Shi, Yard under the tree in a summer evening, 2019.
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The project is a rural guest house on the outskirts, which is required to provide an entirely different lifestyle for people living in cities for a long time, while meeting the functional needs of modern life. From a macroscopic perspective, by preserving and respecting rural culture and introducing a new business model, it is leading a transformation of culture and economic structure, and creating a life fashion unique to the North China.
- Inspiration
- For architects, it is hard to find the possibility of diversified development of city and nature, while the countryside with rustic charm is a fertile land of hope, which is enough to rebuild the relationship among humankind, architecture and nature, internalize and shape tradition and current local culture, thus making them become visible and perceivable forms and symbols and permeate into the life.
- Research
- How to treat traditional architecture is always an important issue in rural construction. The old houses on the site are typical of rural dwellings in northern China, with wooden window frames, brick walls and tiled roofs that have survived for generations. So our team first preserved the old house carefully and then connected it to the new building. We used old materials recycled from the village to complete the dialogue between traditional dwellings and contemporary architecture.
- Challenge
- How to make an eco-friendly building? We used suitable construction methods and old materials recycled from the village to eliminate the invasion. The new buildings are under the shade of trees we preserved, being designed in a ventilated position so that air conditioning is unnecessary in summer. All the fruits and vegetables needed for life come from the surrounding vegetable fields and orchards. Rainwater and purified living water are used to irrigate the fields through a drainage system.
- Realization and Technology
- Carbon steel plate,Concrete,White oak finish
- Operation and Interaction
- The abandoned house was reconstructed, and the completed buildings not only brought the rural experience to the urbanites, but also provided the villagers with a more advanced community environment and gradually increasing income. While attracting tourists and driving the new economy, the yard built based on local culture, inspiring villagers to get a new understanding of their local and cultural value, offering a new choice of selecting an occupation and building a living space.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in May 2019 and finished in October 2019 in Beijing, China.
- Specifications
- Site area: 763 sq m; Foot Print Area: 258 sq m; Cross Area: 327 sq m
- Keywords
- Rural Renovation, Guest House, Transformation, New Business Model, Traditional Culture
