Omg Office by OMG Architecture Wins the Silver A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design

OMG Architecture acknowledged 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 confirmed the Silver A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category for Omg Office by OMG Architecture. The recognition forms part of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition and was determined 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.

About the Silver A' Design Award

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 Omg Office

OMG is an open office located on the 35th floor of Gubei Soho in Shanghai. The interior is designed to promote interaction between spaces and people and to improve work efficiency. Half of the plan is a public area that welcomes clients and supports exchange, while the other half is a working area with independent design spaces and ancillary functions. Two conference rooms and two telephone booths are raised above the floor, reached by stairs and outlined by hidden light strips. Smooth curves and hot bent glass connect the structure to the ceiling.

About OMG Architecture

FTA entered China in 2003 and has design institutes in Berlin, Germany, and Shanghai, Shenzhen, China. As a design firm specializing in office and industrial real estate, FTA provides integrated services which include urban planning, architectural design, interior design, landscape design, consulting planning, and park operation. We aim to integrate global resources, technology, and teams and create influential industrial innovation zones. Regarding the Chinese Industrial Park, FTA is one of the design institutions with the maximum number of design works. At the end of 2021, FTA had accumulated more than 900 design experiences and completed more than 30,000,000 square meters.

Award Record

OMG Architecture is a winner of 3 A' Design Awards, including this recognition. All of the awards belong to the 2020 - 2021 edition 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/121873
A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/121873
Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!121873
Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/292642

Media Contact

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project: Omg Office
Function: Office
Category: Interior Space and Exhibition Design
Discipline: Spatial Design
Industry: Architecture and Packaging & Retail
Colors: Light Steel Blue, Dark Slate Blue, Dark Slate Gray, Gainsboro and Slate Gray
Images: 5

The Recognition

Laureate: OMG Architecture
Country: China
Recognition: Silver A' Design Award
Edition: 2020 - 2021
Design ID: #121873

Credits

Team: Joe Zou（Project Manager）, Piercarlo Torri, Arnold Su (Lead Architects) and Bingkai Sun (Project Member)
Image Credits: DING Yichen

Design Details

Unique Properties: Located on the 35th floor of Gubei SOHO, the open office is designed to promote space interaction, improve work efficiency, and strengthen the interaction between people. Via the design of stairs and hidden light strips, two conference rooms and two telephone booths using spare space rise from the floor, giving people the reverie of floating in the air. This kind of design language is constantly used in the office, even used in the ceiling design.
Inspiration: The idea behind the office aimed at combining "individual and independent thinking" with "collective and cooperation creating". To create the design quality for the future, the design is based on vitality, mobility, and high-tech elements. Light and shadow give space different visual characteristics. Key elements also include smooth curves, hot bending glass, and creative design between arcs to organically connect the structure and ceiling to create the feeling of future space capsule.
Research: From beginning, the design emphasizes to stimulate the design perception and creativity of employees via a good working environment. The team worked by themselves throughout the whole process from initial site selection, design, site control and soft decoration. The space capsule theme is presented to show the company's determination and strength to create a better future with a variety of mobile high-tech elements. It also aims to attract more talents to contribute to the society.
Challenge: The project’s challenges include these following aspects: choose refractive materials on team’s own，lighting and supplementary lighting design, quality control and high completion of hot bending glass, optimization of a large number of smooth curves, process of space capsule structure and ceiling, suspended conference hall and telephone room design and treatment, hidden light strips design, breath lamp and color changing lamp program and control, and electric privacy glass process, etc.
Realization and Technology: The poetry behind our working space was aimed at combine "individual and independent thinking" with "collective and cooperation creating" for the design of our office. The flow and atmosphere needed to embody the mindset and culture of the company-Just For The Future. Open office design promotes space interaction, improves work efficiency, and aims to create a creative space with the organic integration of work and living environment.
Operation and Interaction: Architects divide the entrance and exit space separately. The main public area of the office is built with "living atmosphere space", which can effectively increase the communication and interaction among employees and become the client reception area. Half of the interior space is used as the public area, and the other half is designed as the working area, so that the employees can have independent design space and other ancillary functional areas better.
Project Duration and Location: From 2020-9 to 2020-12 Shanghai
Specifications: OMG chooses to create a monochromatic office as the main color language, to clearly highlight the main paths. The solution was to divide the space into separate uses for separate entrance. The main lobby of the office is the studio's public area, a "living space” to increase connections and interpersonal exchanges and capable to welcome clients. And the other half is designed as the working area, so that the employees can have independent design space and other ancillary functional areas better.
Keywords: Office, Interior Design