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Jinan Key Areas Urban Color Design by Guo Hongyu, Tan Jiayu, Zhang Fan and Jin Qi Receives the A' Design Award in Urban Planning and Urban Design
The international grand jury of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Guo Hongyu, Tan Jiayu, Zhang Fan and Jin Qi for urban planning and urban design
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2021 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Jinan Key Areas Urban Color Design by Guo Hongyu, Tan Jiayu, Zhang Fan and Jin Qi, designed for Guangzhou University & Guangzhou Hongyu Architectural Design Co., Ltd, has been granted the A' Design Award in the Urban Planning and Urban Design category. The recognition forms part of 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 assessed 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.
Regarding Jinan Key Areas Urban Color Design
Jinan Key Areas is an urban color plan for key districts of Jinan, China. The plan covers 32.9 square kilometers, including a core area of 8.66 square kilometers. Color genes were drawn from traditional local architecture and from the natural environment, and a recommended color range was prepared for the area. Hue, lightness and chroma are guided across the urban space according to spatial structure and function. The architectural color image of the core axis was also designed. Guidelines for building materials that match the recommended colors support the implementation.
Award Record
With this recognition, Guo Hongyu, Tan Jiayu, Zhang Fan and Jin Qi is a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
About the A' City Planning and Urban Design Award
The A' Urban Design Award is an international urban design competition recognizing good urban plans and designs by best urban planners and architects worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to urban planning designers, urban architects, city planners and urban designers from all countries. Typical entries include masterplans, zoning proposals, infrastructure designs, landscape blueprints, public space concepts and urban renewal projects. The awarded urban plan designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/urban-planning
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/119154
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/119154
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!119154
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/276041
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Jinan Key Areas Urban Color Design
- Function
- Urban Color Design
- Category
- Urban Planning and Urban Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Social Impact
- Colors
- Dark Gray, Lavender, Silver, Gray and Rosy Brown
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Guangzhou University & Guangzhou Hongyu Architectural Design Co., Ltd
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Guo Hongyu, Tan Jiayu, Zhang Fan and Jin Qi
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #119154
Credits
- Team
- Tan Jiayu, Zhang Fan, Jin Qi, Lei Xuan, Chen Hong, He YU, Wu Shaoxi, Mai Yongjian, Zheng Quan, Xiao Yunling, Deng Xiangjie and Hong Jupin
- Image Credits
- Guo Hongyu
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- In the project, the designer formulated hierarchical and classified urban color planning strategies for key areas in Jinan City, applied the recommended chromatogram to the overall color environment of key areas according to the urban spatial structure and functional attributes, constructed and designed the urban color image of the key section, and formulated the urban color planning guidelines and plans. On the core axis of the key area, designer designed the architectural color image of the core section.
- Inspiration
- The designer extracted the color gene of traditional architecture in Jinan, reproduced the color symbols in human history, and established the urban color keynote of "warm autumn color formed by variation of ancient charm color, new bright color deduced by water color brilliance" for the key area of Jinan, and constructed the exclusive architectural color system, so as to created a color environment with Jinan's local significance, and achieved the goal of telling the story of Jinan with color languag.
- Research
- In order to create a symbolic color image for the key area of Jinan City, the designer need to comb the color context, summarize the color environment characteristics, find the color system belonging to the area, coordinate rational analysis and perceptual experience by means of planning and design, draw the ideal color picture for the city through orderly color organization and systematic color planning, and communicate rationality and sensibility The way of weaving deduces the melody of city color, and formulating specific implementation strategies to achieve this color goal, so as to guide the optimization of city color environment.
- Challenge
- The recognition of city color, the study of current situation, the presentation of problems and the extraction of characteristics are the core of city color planning and design, and the basic basis for customizing the exclusive color image. In the project, on the basis of analyzing the cultural color genes and natural color characteristics of the area, the designer extract the urban color recommendation chromatography exclusive to the area, and study and formulate the urban color strategy planning guidelines, through the expressive force of color, strengthen the morphological characteristics of the building, shape the logo image of the area.
- Realization and Technology
- The designer planed the spatial structure of urban color and guide the spatial distribution and change of hue, lightness and chroma of urban color, constructed and designed the urban color image of the key section, and formulated the urban color planning guidelines and plans; On the core axis of the key area, the designer designed the architectural color image of the core section. Designer also have formulated guidelines for building materials matching the recommended colors in combination with the recommended colors of cities, so as to make the implementation of the recommended colors more effective.
- Operation and Interaction
- In this project, designer was committed to sorting out the current color problems and causes, putting forward the corresponding goals and countermeasures, exploring the special color characteristics of key areas, extracting the color genes of traditional culture and natural environment of Jinan, establishing the exclusive architectural color system of the area, and innovatively applying it to the urban space of key areas, so as to create an economic environment In order to create a symbolic color environment, to describes the charm of key urban areas of Jinan and tells the story of Jinan in the language of color.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project was completed in Guangzhou and Jinan in December 2016.
- Specifications
- The area of city color planning and design in key areas of Jinan is 32.9 square kilometers, of which the core area is 8.66 square kilometers. The key area is designed to be 8.3 square kilometers.
- Keywords
- Urban color, Architectural color, Color planning, Color design, Color guide, Color image
