Argento Interni · 2025
Time Imprint Casa residenziale
- A' Design Award d'Argento 2025 in Interni
- CLIENT: Changshu Institute of Technology
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 21,521
- Verification code 93A78394CC · Verify this award
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About Time Imprint Casa residenziale
Time Imprint è una casa residenziale progettata per residenti anziani in un contesto rurale nei pressi di Suzhou. L'edificio a tre piani si estende su 680 metri quadrati e coniuga l'estetica tradizionale cinese con una progettazione accessibile. Pavimentazioni in gomma antiscivolo, corrimano lungo il passaggio principale, un ascensore e un bagno al piano terra riducono le distanze da percorrere e il rischio di cadute. Come finiture sono impiegate pareti in terra di diatomee, bambù carbonizzato, pavimenti in rovere e granito. Il recupero delle acque piovane, i lucernari a bassa emissività e le fioriere verticali modulari con irrigazione a goccia favoriscono uno stile di vita sostenibile.
About the A' Design Award d'Argento
Time Imprint Casa residenziale ha vinto l'A' Design Award d'Argento, un riconoscimento enormemente prestigioso conferito a design di fascia alta, splendidi e impressionanti. I vincitori d'Argento sono opere tremendamente brillanti ed estremamente creative che illustrano l'eccezionale competenza, il talento e l'acume dei loro designer. Ci si aspetta che Time Imprint Casa residenziale sia un'opera meravigliosa, una vetrina di eccellenza, notevolmente professionale e profondamente innovativa. Questo design vincitore dell'A' Design Award d'Argento è un'invenzione molto notevole e ammirata che giova ai confini dell'arte, della scienza, del design e della tecnologia e li fa avanzare. Time Imprint Casa residenziale è una creazione molto invidiata che evoca desideri, porta sentimenti positivi e accende meraviglia e stupore.
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- Unique Properties
- This case integrates traditional Chinese aesthetics with modern aging-friendly concepts, prioritizing eco-friendly materials, clean energy systems, and accessible layouts. Aligned with China's "New Countryside" vision, it emphasizes culturally resonant, sustainable living over ostentatious rural mansions. The design combines green technologies with design to create healthy, elderly-friendly spaces that balance environmental responsibility, historical identity, and functional comfort.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- This 680-square-meter three-story structure integrates elderly-centric design. Technical upgrades feature double-glazed windows achieving 1.9 W/m²K thermal efficiency, modular vertical planters with automated irrigation, and whole-house smart systems ensuring 3-second emergency response. Optimized pathways reduced from 8 to 3.5 meters enhance accessibility. Material selections combine carbonized bamboo, oak flooring, and granite accents, blending traditional aesthetics with ADA compliance.
- Tags
- Interior, Residential House, Healing Design, Aging Friendly, Rural Sustainability, Cultural Integration, Nature
- Production Technology
- This project prioritizes natural materials and aging-focused features such as anti-slip rubber flooring, diatomaceous earth walls, accessible bathrooms with antimicrobial tiles. Green tech integrates vertical modular planters with drip irrigation, rainwater recycling, and LOW-E skylights. Traditional craftsmanship is modernized via ergonomic woven furniture. Smart aging-friendly controls sync lighting and security with intuitive interfaces.
- Design Challenge
- The biggest challenge may lie in how to create a rich spatial experience and aesthetic appeal while meeting the needs of elderly friendly functions within a limited space. This requires sufficient effort in conceptual design and detail handling, such as spatial layout, material texture, color and light, striving for a perfect balance between practicality and aesthetics, ultimately achieving the goal of green living that allows the elderly to live comfortably, recuperate, and rest.
- Research
- This study explores the field of therapeutic elderly housing and provides reference for rural housing development, policy formulation, and design in response to the challenges posed by China's aging population. This provides feasible solutions for current rural housing design and offers new explorations for contemporary sustainable and accessible housing standards.
- Inspiration
- Inspired by Tang Dynasty poet Wang Bo's "Suburban Garden Matters", this design reimagines elderly-friendly rural living through accessible courtyards, sunrooms for gardening and relaxation, and connected caregiver-bedroom layouts. The concept prioritizes safe mobility while evoking pastoral leisure through sustainable materials and poetic spatial organization, contrasting stark modern senior facilities.
- Project Duration
- The project started in October 2024 in Suzhou and finished in December 2024 in Suzhou.
- Operation Flow
- The design concept first starts with spatial layout analysis, with aging friendly design as the core thread throughout. It is crucial to analyze the optimization of vertical flow lines. Setting up elevators and bathrooms on the first floor not only shortens the walking distance for the elderly, but also improves safety. Adding handrails to the main passage and using anti slip flooring materials can effectively prevent the risk of falls for the elderly.
- Patents
- Copyrights belong to Haocheng Qiao, 2024.
- Image Credits
- Image #1: Photographer Haocheng Qiao, Time Imprint, 2024.
Image #2: Photographer Haocheng Qiao, Time Imprint, 2024.
Image #3: Photographer Haocheng Qiao, Time Imprint, 2024.
Image #4: Photographer Haocheng Qiao, Time Imprint, 2024.
Image #5: Photographer Haocheng Qiao, Time Imprint, 2024.