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Golden A' Design Award in Architecture, Building and Structure Design Goes to Haikou West Coast Southern Park Visitor Center by Yun Lu - MUDA Architects
The international grand jury of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Yun Lu - MUDA Architects for architecture, building and structure design
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COMO, Italy, April 22, 2020 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Haikou West Coast Southern Park Visitor Center by Yun Lu - MUDA Architects, designed for 慕达建筑 MUDA-Architects, has been granted the Golden A' Design Award in the Architecture, Building and Structure Design category. 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 scored anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
What the Golden A' Design Award Means
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 Haikou West Coast Southern Park Visitor Center
Haikou West Coast Southern Park Visitor Center is a visitor center in Haikou, Hainan Province, China. The building has an elliptical form inspired by an oval pebble washed by the sea. The shape follows the streamlined landscape of the park and blends into the surrounding scenery. A continuous roof of white composite aluminium sheet links the indoor and outdoor areas and offers space for rest. The facade uses tempered hollow glass curtain walls with undulating perforated aluminium sunshades. The sunshades reduce direct sunlight and save energy.
About Yun Lu - MUDA Architects
MUDA-Architects was found in Boston, USA. In April 2015, MUDA entered Chinese market and built Beijing office and Chengdu Office. MUDA is composed by creative designers with the background of global diversification, who are forward-looking, experienced, professional and ingenious in the field of architecture and design， and focus on architectural practise. MUDA has realized several award wining projects including Residential Stadium Design Competition in USA, Xinglong Lake Bookstore Architectural Design Competition and was selected as principal designer for Altay Airport.
Award Record
Yun Lu - MUDA Architects is a winner of 4 A' Design Awards, including this recognition. 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
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://designers.org/100738
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/100738
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!100738
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/225815
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Haikou West Coast Southern Park Visitor Center
- Function
- Visitor Center
- Category
- Architecture, Building and Structure Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture
- Colors
- Dim Gray, Dark Slate Gray, Black, Slate Gray and Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- 慕达建筑 MUDA-Architects
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Yun Lu - MUDA Architects
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Golden A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2019 - 2020
- Design ID
- #100738
Credits
- Team
- Yun Lu and Yun Lu, Jiandan Xu, Fan He, Yixuan Mei, Dian Rong, Shuran Jia, Shuaibing Sun, Xiaohan Wang, Manxin Xiong
- Image Credits
- MUDA-Architects
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The visitor center was designed based on the natural ecology and become the landmark, showing one of the city's style cards. The building conformed to the tonality of the overall park planning, integrate into the natural landscape in a streamlined manner, and be harmonious with the surrounding areas.
- Inspiration
- In this project, MUDA-Architects designed the tourist center is like an oval pebble washed by the sea. It is inlaid at the entrance of the park and integrates with the surrounding landscape environment. It becomes a part of the natural landscape and creates a good visual experience and ecological building environment.
- Realization and Technology
- The continuous roof with white composite aluminium sheet also unifies the indoor and outdoor space, and provides a place for people to have a rest and entertainment. The surrounding building facade adopts tempered hollow glass curtain wall, which makes the space more open and freer. The glass curtain wall of the facade is equipped with perforated aluminum sunshade, which is undulating, echoing the seaside culture, making the facade look more flexible, reducing the direct sunlight at the same time to achieve the purpose of energy saving.
- Operation and Interaction
- In terms of spatial layout, the building is elliptical, perfectly integrated with the streamline landscape of the site. The inner courtyard leaning to one side forms an obvious contrast relationship between the real and the virtual. As a transitional space for tourists to enter the interior, it is shared internally and externally.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project site is in Haikou, Hainan Province, China. Now the design is completed and estimated date of completion in June，2020.
- Keywords
- Visitor Center, art, travelling, hospitality
