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Baochao Hutong Invisible Yard by Daga Architects Is Granted the Silver A' Design Award in Architecture, Building and Structure Design
Daga Architects acknowledged for architecture, building and structure design by the international grand jury of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 28, 2022 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Baochao Hutong Invisible Yard by Daga Architects has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Architecture, Building and Structure Design category. The result belongs to the 2021 - 2022 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.
The Silver A' Design Award Explained
The Silver A' Design Award celebrates top-tier designs that embody excellence and innovation. This award acknowledges creations that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also highly functional, reflecting the designer's deep understanding and skill. Silver A' Design Award recipients are recognized for their contribution to raising industry standards and advancing the practice of design. Their work often incorporates original innovations and elicits a strong emotional response, making a notable impact on the improvement of everyday life.
Regarding Baochao Hutong Invisible Yard
Baochao Hutong is a renovated courtyard house located in a hutong district of Beijing. The courtyard measures about 12 square meters and has a long and narrow shape. Mirror glass is applied to the ground and the walls of the yard. The reflective surfaces make the small space appear larger and reflect the surrounding lanes, trees and sky. The damaged wooden structure was strengthened, and the facade was rebuilt as a glass curtain wall. The transparent facade brings daylight into the interior and allows views across the courtyard.
About Daga Architects
As a pioneer and practitioner in the field of “Urban Renovation” in China, DAGA Architects is widely participated in architectural design, interior design, urban planning and landscape design projects, providing international standard design quality, focusing on creativity and details. DAGA Architects also track the whole process of the project. Especially in the practice of co-working and co-living renovation in Beijing hutong area, DAGA Architects find a way to balance the existing building and new design,provide people with a more harmonious and shared lifestyle.
Award Record
Daga Architects is a winner of 2 A' Design Awards, including this recognition. The awards span the editions from 2018 - 2019 to 2021 - 2022 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. The competition 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. Entries typically include skyscrapers, museums, residential buildings, commercial complexes, educational institutions and religious structures. Awarded architectural projects are published at https://designers.org/design-category/architecture
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/117572
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/117572
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!117572
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/245885
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Baochao Hutong Invisible Yard
- Function
- Invisible Yard
- Category
- Architecture, Building and Structure Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture
- Colors
- Dark Slate Gray, Black, Dark Olive Green and Sienna
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Daga Architects
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2021 - 2022
- Design ID
- #117572
Credits
- Team
- Shen Jianghai, Li Shaoyi, Yu Xiaoyu, Gao Yuze, Zeng Yijun and Designer； Liu Yu
- Image Credits
- Photographer Jin Weiqi, Baochao Hutong Mirror Yard, 2020.
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- This courtyard is located in the Beijing Hutong area with an area of 12 sqm. Mirror glass is used on the ground and walls of the yard. When the owner steps into the door, she will be surrounded by the perspective effect of specular reflection, which increases the permeability of the space and gives people a double landscape experience. The unique reflectivity of the mirror allows the surrounding hutongs, trees, and sky to be reflected on the ground of the yard, which brings more possibilities to space.
- Inspiration
- Mirror glass is used on the ground and walls of the yard. The unique reflectivity of the material allows the surrounding hutongs, trees, and sky to be reflected on the ground of the yard, which brings more possibilities to space. This kind of interaction between virtual and reality is more prominent. People in the scene, people also in the mirror, in the layered reflection and transparent contrast, give people a sense of space experience like a dream.
- Research
- Type of Research: Applied research practice Research Objectives: To explore a design language in a house renovation project in Hutong to bring back memories and histories and connect people and buildings through creating new contrast and integration between people, house and the Hutong community. Methodology: The core construction method is to use mirror. Mirror glass is used on the ground and walls of the yard in order to accept the environment (hutongs, trees, and sky) into the house.
- Challenge
- The courtyard is really small and narrow with a square of 12㎡, in order to make it visually spacious, mirror glass is used on the ground and walls of the yard. The unique reflectivity of the material allows the surrounding hutongs, trees, and sky to be reflected on the ground of the yard, which brings more possibilities to space. This kind of interaction between virtual and reality is more prominent. People in the scene, people also in the mirror, in the layered reflection and transparent contrast, give people a sense of space experience like a dream.
- Realization and Technology
- Mirror glass is mainly used for the ground and wall part of the yard. The unique reflectivity of the material can make the surrounding hutongs, trees and sky map to the ground of the yard, bringing more possibilities to the space. Since the small courtyard is only about 12 ㎡ with a long and narrow shape. The glass mirrors of the ground and walls enlarge the area of the courtyard visually. When the owner steps into the door, she will be surrounded by the perspective effect of specular reflection. In the transformation, the dis-repaired wooden structure has been strengthened, and the facade has been changed into the form of glass curtain wall.
- Operation and Interaction
- The design of the mirror gives the building an interesting relationship with its surroundings: the mirrored ground reflects the surrounding environment, and the building is surrounded by trees and sky as if it disappears in the environment. The owner can take a glimpse of the changes in the surrounding environment in the room, and the ground turns into a huge picture, reflecting and changes in nature. At the same time, the mirror also blurs the boundaries of internal and external, blurring the boundary between virtual and real. The scene flowing in the mirror made the yard move, refreshing people's hearts with invisible poetry.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in June 15th 2020 and finished in June 29th 2020 in Beijing, took only 14 days.
- Specifications
- Width 7750mm x Depth 13400mm x Height 240mm Since this is an L-shape project, the floor area is the result of 7750mm x 13400mm minor the result of 4670mm x 6820mm.
- Keywords
- Architecture, Renovation, Interior Design, Courtyard, Transparent, DAGA
