Press Release
Snail Bay City Exhibition Hall by Kris Lin Wins the Golden A' Design Award in Architecture, Building and Structure Design
Kris Lin 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 Snail Bay City Exhibition Hall by Kris Lin, designed for Junfa Group. 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.
About the Golden A' Design Award
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.
Regarding Snail Bay City Exhibition Hall
Snail Bay is a city exhibition hall in Kunming, China, created through the reconstruction and reuse of old buildings. The hall covers 6800 square metres and presents the future development of the Snail Bay area. The external walls were removed while the original structure and spatial pattern were preserved. A large glass curtain wall faces the natural landscape and opens the interior view. Lake water is drawn into the building, where a regular pool overlaps visually with the lake surface. A corridor connects indoor and outdoor space.
About Kris Lin
2001 came to Shanghai and built “KLID Design Office” to work on the interior design for architecture.
Award Record
With this recognition, Kris Lin is a winner of 63 A' Design Awards. The awards were granted between the 2011 - 2012 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/103328
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/103328
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!103328
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/111535
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Snail Bay City Exhibition Hall
- Function
- City Exhibition Hall
- Category
- Architecture, Building and Structure Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture
- Colors
- Royal Blue, Midnight Blue, Dark Cyan, Teal and Dark Slate Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Junfa Group
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Kris Lin
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Golden A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2019 - 2020
- Design ID
- #103328
Credits
- Team
- Kris Lin, Jiayu Yang
- Image Credits
- Image #1,2,3,4,5: Photographer KLID 2019
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Reuse of old buildings This case is the reconstruction and reuse of old buildings in Snail Bay. The Snail Bay Center is a government led urban renewal project that was upgraded on the original site of Old Snail Bay. The city exhibition hall is designed to show the future development of Snail Bay area.
- Inspiration
- Integration of indoor and outdoor The project base is adjacent to Central Lake Park and has excellent natural landscape resources. Designers carried out a four dimensional integrated design from architecture, landscape, interior to soft decoration.
- Research
- The project is located in Kunming, it is also known as Flower City and Spring City. It is one of the most habitable cities in China.This case is the reconstruction and reuse of old buildings in Snail Bay. The Snail Bay Center is a government-led urban renewal project that was upgraded on the original site of Old Snail Bay.
- Challenge
- Reuse of old buildings This case is the reconstruction and reuse of old buildings in Snail Bay. The Snail Bay Center is a government led urban renewal project that was upgraded on the original site of Old Snail Bay. The city exhibition hall is designed to show the future development of Snail Bay area.
- Realization and Technology
- Space is the essence of architecture. The designers’ strategy is to remove the external wall, dig its internal spatial memory and value, and endow it with proper temperament, while preserving its structure and spatial pattern. Under the requisite of maintaining the architecture function, a large area glass curtain wall is used on the side facing the natural landscape, which makes the indoor space vision completely open.
- Operation and Interaction
- The lake water is introduced into the building, and the regular pool and the natural lake surface form the visual effect of overlapping. The corridor connects the indoor and outdoor space, and at the same time breaks the monotonous water surface space, which enriches the landscape level of the pool. The openness and naturalness of the space create a flow between indoor and outdoor.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in October 2018 in Kunming,China and finished in March 2019 in Kunming,China, and was exhibited in Kunming,China in March 2019.
- Keywords
- Reuse of old buildings, urban renewal, Integration of indoor and outdoor, four dimensional integrated design, city exhibition hall,
