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Fu Chu Hsu Is Honored with the A' Design Award for Next 1 Landscapes in Landscape Planning and Garden Design

Fu Chu Hsu honored for landscape planning and garden 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 Landscape Planning and Garden Design category for Next 1 Landscapes by Fu Chu Hsu, designed for G Design. 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 scored anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.

The A' Design Award Explained

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 Next 1 Landscapes

Next 1 is a residential landscape design covering 2300 square meters in Taichung, Taiwan. The layout follows geometric lines and layered planting that create overlapping levels of depth. Curved paths guide movement along the street and soften the walking space. Multi-layer planting changes with the four seasons, and simple seats are placed in the open areas. Wide open space, repeated planting layers and pools help adjust the microclimate and reduce the need for indoor lighting. The design brings a village-like humanistic setting into the community.

About Fu Chu Hsu

G Design was found in 1998, at the era of real estate reconstruction right after the 921 Earthquake. We provide real professional design for the major service, over 20 years of participation in real estate of development, in the position of market trends. We have been creating glamorous and high quality habitat, upgrading public housing lifestyle. More importantly, we take great care of natural environment for company's core value. Meanwhile offers ours professional services to the maintenance and preservation of local cultural buildings. G Design has a scale of 40 employees, covers a range of talented and creative people in the field of architect, landscape, interior and art base.

Award Record

With this recognition, Fu Chu Hsu is a winner of 13 A' Design Awards. The awards span the editions from 2019 - 2020 to 2020 - 2021 of the A' Design Award & Competition.

About the A' Landscape Planning and Garden Design Award

The A' Landscape Design Award is an international landscape design competition recognizing good landscape designs by leading architects and designers worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to landscape designers, urban planners, garden designers and municipalities from all countries. Entries typically include landscape designs, public parks, residential gardens, urban plazas, campus designs and green roofs. Awarded landscape designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/landscape-design

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

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project
Next 1 Landscapes
Function
Landscapes
Category
Landscape Planning and Garden Design
Discipline
Spatial Design
Industry
Architecture and Sustainability
Colors
Steel Blue, Black, Light Slate Gray, Dark Olive Green and Dim Gray
Images
5
Client
G Design

The Recognition

Laureate
Fu Chu Hsu
Country
Taiwan (China)
Recognition
A' Design Award
Edition
2020 - 2021
Design ID
#119979

Credits

Team
Fu-Chu Hsu
Image Credits
5: Photographer Chi-Min Wu, Next 1, 2020.

Design Details

Unique Properties
This project uses geometric linear frames and overlapping levels of depth of field design techniques, introduces the concept of contrast between virtual and reality, the beauty of ambiguous, outlines a unique artistic charm, creates a humanistic and artistic mixed residential, having rich exquisite abstract space aesthetics.
Inspiration
The humanistic aesthetics is put into the community in the form of a village in traditional life, forming a humanistic living environment that can be continued for future generations.
Research
With the lowest impact land development method, the establishment of a friendly environment base configuration, leaving a large area of open space, using a large number of repeated layers of planting and pool settings, as a base to adjust the microclimate and save energy. Reduce the time of indoor lighting to achieve a friendly environment and ease the phenomenon of urban warmer temperature. At the same time, the humanistic aesthetics is put into the community in the form of a village in traditional life, forming a humanistic living environment that can be continued for future generations.
Challenge
The backyard space is a private space for residents, where the depth of the restricted base is short.The surrounding wall with the neighboring area makes the space more malleable and interesting through a large area of mirror reflection. The corner space will be decorated with geometric framed scenery and green spots. The stepped grass slopes and green scenery are set up, except for the gym.
Realization and Technology
In response to the irregular corner-cutting space created by the surrounding natural environment of the site and the volume turning configuration of the building, the overall layout adopts a geometric linear method and a layered overlapping depth of field layout method.
Operation and Interaction
The street surface uses a curve as a guide for the continuity of the moving line. The open space in this friendly and retreat shopping block, through the lingering geometric curves to soften and extend the walking space, with the multi-layer planting design that changes in four seasons, the simple and artistic seats, and the fashionable and interesting sharpie store’s sign with fashionable panda artworks, vaguely telling visitors to come to the fashion toy area for adults.
Project Duration and Location
The project finished in September 2020 in Taichung, Taiwan.
Specifications
The project is 2300 square meter.
Keywords
Landscape, Garden Design, Design, Space, Planning

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