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Turbine Apartment by Qisi Design Chen Sissi - Fu Chong Receives the Bronze A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
The international grand jury of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Qisi Design Chen Sissi - Fu Chong for interior space and exhibition design
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2021 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Bronze A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category for Turbine Apartment by Qisi Design Chen Sissi - Fu Chong, designed for Qisi Design. The result belongs to the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition and was reached 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.
The Bronze A' Design Award Explained
The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.
More About Turbine Apartment
Turbine is a residential interior design for an apartment with an interior area of 120 square meters. The family public space is organized around a cylindrical wooden bookshelf that wraps an existing T-shaped structural wall. A balcony, platform, study, viewing area, sports area, family gallery and bar are arranged around the bookshelf and connected as one coherent space. The bookshelf was built on site by carpenters. Large wooden and metal framed glass doors slide on heavy pulley tracks fixed to the beam. Metal rods and hooks allow residents to move the paintings.
About Qisi Design Chen Sissi - Fu Chong
They carefully designed the space for you to dwell in this beautiful place. QISI Design is a multi-professional design team.They are trying to break down the inherent framework of architectural, interior and visual communication design.They focus on people's feeling of dwelling in "space".They pay attention to the context, shape, texture, light, temperature, sound, smell, objects, patterns and so on in space.On the premise of overall planning of internal resources and external technology, they present the space in a reliable level.
Award Record
This recognition makes Qisi Design Chen Sissi - Fu Chong a winner of 2 A' Design Awards. The awards span the editions from 2019 - 2020 to 2020 - 2021 of the A' Design Award & Competition.
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. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to interior designers, interior architects, architects and decorators from all countries. Entries typically include residential interiors, restaurants, hotels, offices, galleries and retail stores. Awarded interior designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/interior
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/116587
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/116587
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!116587
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/275288
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://bit.ly/3aa5baP
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Turbine Apartment
- Function
- Apartment
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Dark Gray, Rosy Brown, Gray, Silver and Gainsboro
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Qisi Design
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Qisi Design Chen Sissi - Fu Chong
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #116587
Credits
- Team
- Chen Sissi and Fu Chong
- Image Credits
- Photographer Lv Xiaobin, Turbine Apartment, 2020.; Photographer Lv Xiaobin, Talking by the fire, 2020.; Photographer Lv Xiaobin, Moving door, 2020.; Photographer Lv Xiaobin, Family public space, 2020.; Photographer Lv Xiaobin, Family Gallery, 2020.
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- In this residential interior design, Qisi design tried a kind of family public space structure with "bookshelf device" as the center and other functional spaces arranged around it. On the one hand, it solves the negative influence of T-shaped structure wall in the middle of the space. On the other hand, " bookshelf device " breaks the conventional living room layout mode and stimulates the vitality of family public space. They explored a new possibility of family public space.
- Inspiration
- Inspired by the running turbine, the designer designed the appearance of bookshelf used to wrap the structural wall into the form of turbine. The designer has arranged various interesting functional areas around the bookshelf. People can shuttle between different scenes along a cylindrical bookshelf. It's like a running turbine driving the rich life of the whole apartment.
- Research
- The type of research is qualitative research. The research objectives is to explore what kind of family public space urban youth families need. The research method are questionnaire and literature survey. The designer conducted a questionnaire survey on the users of the apartment and summarize experience by reading similar cases. The research result is that freedom, flexibility, possibility, home office, home sports, sense of art are the key words of young family living.
- Challenge
- The most difficult part of this design activity is three points. The first is how to deal with the structural walls that affect the spatial integrity. The second is how to put sofa and TV will not affect the openness of space. The last is to solve the construction and installation of heavy movable door.
- Realization and Technology
- The cylindrical wooden device wrapping T-shaped structure wall is made by Carpenters on site. The large-size wooden door and metal frame glass door can move flexibly through the H-shaped heavy pulley track fixed on the beam. The wires are hidden on the side of the pulley track. Customized metal rods and professional hooks allow residents change paintings or adjust the hanging position of paintings flexibly.
- Operation and Interaction
- The family public space of is a large space composed of three original rooms. In this space, the balcony, platform, study, viewing area, sports area, family gallery, bar are arranged around the bookshelf. These areas are all connected together to form a coherent spatial experience. The study and viewing area are separated by sliding doors. The platform area serves as a space for children to play and a temporary guest room. At the back of the sofa is a family gallery created by track type spotlight and metal rod.
- Project Duration and Location
- The design started in February 2020 and finished in March 2020 in Shanghai. The construction started in May 2020 and finished in November 2020 in Shanghai.
- Specifications
- Interior area of apartment is 120 square meters
- Keywords
- Family Public Space, A Bookshelf Like a Turbine, Arc Fireplace, Family Gallery, Living Space Around Bookshelves, Home Office, Home Fitness, Heavy Moving Door
