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A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design Goes to Rovya Summer Home by Yasmina Makram Ebeid
Yasmina Makram Ebeid recognized for interior space and exhibition design by the international grand jury of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2021 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category for Rovya Summer Home by Yasmina Makram Ebeid, designed for Yasmina Makram Studio's Residential Client. The result belongs to the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition and was decided 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.
What the A' Design Award Means
The Iron A' Design Award is awarded to good designs that meet the rigorous professional and industrial standards set by the A' Design Awards. This recognition is reserved for works that demonstrate a solid understanding of design principles and show creativity within their execution. Recipients of the Iron A' Design Award are acknowledged for their practical innovations and contributions to their respective fields, providing solutions that improve quality of life and foster positive change. These designs are a testament to the skill and dedication of their creators, showcasing their ability to address real-world challenges through thoughtful design.
More About Rovya Summer Home
Rovya is a summer house interior design for a family residence on the north coast of Egypt. The one storey villa has a built-up area of 300 square metres and contains five bedrooms and five bathrooms. The open plan reception holds two seating areas and a dining area. Custom flooring inspired by Gio Ponti is the focal feature, and its triangular lines are mirrored on the hallway ceilings and skylights. Materials include marble, terrazzo, colourful tiles and teak wood. The outdoor area includes a rectangular pool with a teak deck and a curved bar.
About Yasmina Makram Ebeid
The Yasmina Makram interior design studio was established in 2016 in Cairo, Egypt; specializing in cultivated designs and is addressed as a refined artful expression. The YM studio prides itself in its youthful and progressive multidisciplinary team, which manages spaces to create inventive forms of interior design. Under the creative direction of Cairo-based designer; Yasmina Makram Ebeid; the collective knowledge of our talented associates generates unique design, unconventional solutions, and intelligent planning. As she recounts: “Our work is wide ranging, yet always mid-century modern in sensibility.”
Award Record
With this recognition, Yasmina Makram Ebeid is a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
About the A' Interior Space, Retail and Exhibition Design Award
The A' Interior Design Award is an international interior design competition recognizing good interior designs by interior designers and architects worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to interior designers, interior architects, architects and decorators from all countries. Typical entries include residential interiors, restaurants, hotels, offices, galleries and retail stores. The awarded interior designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/interior
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/111904
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/111904
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!111904
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/285720
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://yasminamakram.com/
Media Contact
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Rovya Summer Home
- Function
- Summer Home
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Dark Gray, Light Gray, Silver, Peru and Light Slate Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Yasmina Makram Studio's Residential Client
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Yasmina Makram Ebeid
- Country
- Egypt
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #111904
Credits
- Team
- Nour Makram Ebeid, Mohamed Nour, Hagar Nabil and Ahmed Fouad
- Image Credits
- Photographer Dina Samahy, 2020.
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The Rovya is a custom residential project by Yasmina Makram Studios; it marries elegance with drama and comfort. Bright, eccentric and luxurious were the key adjectives and yet the space also provides the functionality of a family summer residence. The focal feature of the house is the Gio Ponti inspired flooring, whose triangular lines are then mirrored on the hallway ceilings. The large flow layout maximized the opening of the sight line to the sea. The balance between flow, function and flair, results in a home made for family comfort and envy worthy summer entertaining.
- Inspiration
- The starting point of our inspiration was the character of our client, who reminded us of 1960s dolce vita Italy. An avid host, who has a flair for the bold, but exudes it with ease. So we forayed into the midcentury era of Italian architecture and design references. Gio Ponti’s Villa Planchart in Caracas Venezuela became our muse. A character driven home that evokes a refined and eccentric sensibility and personifies a space.
- Research
- The studio knew they had to create a home as unique as its owner. For inspiration, it turned to bold architects Gio Ponti and how he strives to constantly innovate. Thus, it was decided to make the Gio Ponti inspired custom flooring the focal feature of the house. Moreover, sharp lines and bold, contrasting colors needed to be carefully selected for an impactful design whose triangular lines are then mirrored on the entryway ceiling. Tying the design together, the triangular skylights illuminate in a design forward way intentionally using natural light to echo the marble cuttings.
- Challenge
- Our studio’s challenge was to create balance between airy spaces, to enjoy the views, and specialist design to give a distinctive feel for a house settled in a residential community. This was achieved by a large flow layout, opening up the sight line to the sea, which was then layered with artful choices.
- Realization and Technology
- The main materials used are a mix of marbles, terrazzo, colorful tiles and teak wood. We added a layer of black accessories, polka and striped ceramics, cork chairs, Egyptian art pieces, plush textiles, metallic pieces.
- Operation and Interaction
- The foundation for the creation of this home is harmoniously infusing conversationalist pieces in a comfortable setting. As a result the Rovya is a study in the coherence of flow, function and flair. Yasmina Makram Studios' message is that standout can be purposeful, and easy can be clever. The outcome is a feature house that boasts personality and refined playfulness, the perfect home for the family that likes to host.
- Project Duration and Location
- The villa is located in Almaza Bay, a residential community on the North Coast of Egypt along the Mediterranean. The design process started started in the winter of 2018 and construction begun early 2019. The villa was delivered to the client in the summer of 2020.
- Specifications
- The one story house has a built-up area of 300 sqm on a plot of land of 100 sqm. The house consists of five bedrooms, two of which have sea views, five bathrooms, three of which are en-suite, one is shared between two bedrooms and a guest bathroom. The reception is an open floor plan broken into two comfortable seating areas for guests and a dining area. The outdoor area includes a long and sharp rectangular pool with a floating teak deck, a curved bar at the far corner and multiple seating areas to accommodate the many family members and guests.
- Keywords
- Flooring, skylight, natural light, marble, big windows, pool, teak deck, outdoor bar, pivot door
