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Daruma International Nursery by Moriyuki Ochiai Architects Is Granted the Silver A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
Moriyuki Ochiai Architects honored 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 announced that Daruma International Nursery by Moriyuki Ochiai Architects has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition 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.
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.
About Daruma International Nursery
Moriyuki Ochiai Architects performed the design for a nursery school. Deliverables included an environment suitable to the school's educational policy, namely, bringing up children both physically and mentally that can think, learn and act on their own initiative. Thus, They set out to create a space that would promote a variety of uses and encourage children to come up with their own games as they would do in nature by recreating geographical features inspired by nature’s most beautiful assets; its colors and lakes.
About Moriyuki Ochiai Architects
Moriyuki Ochiai Architects that is active in architectural, interior, furniture,landscape and industrial design. The sources of their inspirations come from being captivated by the vivacious and lively beauty of nature or life. They can also feel the influence coming from the delicate sensitivity responding to the unique Japanese nature, which can be found in Japanese temples and gardens. They wish to continue creating works that fulfill people's dreams, become the energy for their lives, and then move on to a deeper dimension that exceeds life itself.
Award Record
With this recognition, Moriyuki Ochiai Architects is a winner of 8 A' Design Awards. The awards span the editions from 2013 - 2014 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/119333
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/119333
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!119333
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/134842
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://www.moriyukiochiai.com/architecture/daruma-nursery
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Daruma International Nursery
- Function
- Nursery
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Silver, Light Gray, Gainsboro, Dark Gray and Light Steel Blue
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Moriyuki Ochiai Architects
- Country
- Japan
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #119333
Credits
- Team
- Daruma Corocoro International Nursery__Design : Moriyuki Ochiai,Kirthi Balakrishnan,Jillian Lei,Amit Arunabh__Constructor : Aslego__Special paint : Osamu Yamaguchi__Lighting : Kayo Yokoyama(Koizumi)
- Image Credits
- Photography:fumio araki
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Each room features a colorful space with a theme that communicates the energy of nature. For example, the common hall is a "lake room", the 1-year-olds’ room a "cherry blossom room", the 2-year-olds’ a "stratum room", the 3-year-olds’ a "flower. room", the 4-year-olds’ a "sky room", and the 5-year-olds’ a "forest room". Colors representing the flow of water, gorgeous cherry blossoms and flowers, stratified soil, blue skies and moving clouds, green gradations of trees, etc., are used to create vibrant palettes symbolizing natural phenomena. Toddlers happily wandering through the waves of floating colors are free to spend their time wherever and however they please.
- Inspiration
- We performed the design for a nursery school. We set out to create a space that would promote a variety of uses and encourage children to come up with their own games as they would do in nature by recreating geographical features inspired by nature’s most beautiful assets; its colors and lakes.
- Research
- Please refer to inspiration and description
- Challenge
- By embedding elements taken from the natural scenery into the rooms, we sought to create a playground that promotes a variety of uses and interactions in the same way the land does. Our aim was to create a space where children's sensibilities could be infinitely expanded, the individuality of each child could be brought out, and their creativity could be aroused.
- Realization and Technology
- Please refer to project description.
- Operation and Interaction
- Please refer to inspiration
- Project Duration and Location
- located in Kanagawa , Japan
- Keywords
- nursery,nursery school,kindergarten,nursery design,kindergarten design,interior design,color,mirror,moriyuki ochiai,
