Dahua Park City Exhibition by Shanghai Puspace Architectural Design Co Receives the Golden A' Design Award in Architecture, Building and Structure Design

Shanghai Puspace Architectural Design Co recognized 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 22, 2022 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Dahua Park City Exhibition by Shanghai Puspace Architectural Design Co, designed for Shanghai Puspace Architectural Design Co., has been granted the Golden A' Design Award in the Architecture, Building and Structure Design category. The result belongs to the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition and was reached 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 Golden A' Design Award Explained

The Gold A' Design Award is granted to designs that demonstrate a high level of innovation and a significant impact on their intended audience. Recognized as a major achievement by the A' Design Awards, these designs are characterized by their visionary approach and the exceptional skill of their creators. Winners of the Gold A' Design Award are noted for their ability to push the envelope in art, science, design, and technology, delivering solutions that not only meet but exceed expectations. These designs serve as benchmarks for excellence, encouraging further innovation and inspiring future generations of designers.

Regarding Dahua Park City Exhibition

Dahua Park City is an exhibition building set between mountains and a lake in Kunming, China. The main volume is stilted above the sloped site, while multi-layer terraces and long French windows open wide views toward the surrounding landscape. The curved facade is formed from 3,276 triangular aluminum panels, each carrying a different perforation pattern. The panels were joined in pairs to simplify installation. The interior route creates a spatial sequence that frames the lake view. The gross floor area is 2,200 square meters.

About Shanghai Puspace Architectural Design Co

PUSPACE is composed of a group of outstanding and mature young designers, andits main members have worked together for more than ten years. It is a young and excellent design team with dreams and achievements. With the design concept of “returning to nature”, PUSPACEpursues the original essence of design, shows the public the most original side, and leaves the owner of space the most natural side. Within the acceptable economic limit, it adopts scientific techniques and rigorous logic to perfectly present ideal spaces for clients.

Award Record

This recognition makes Shanghai Puspace Architectural Design Co a winner of 1 A' Design Award.

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. It 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. Typical entries include skyscrapers, museums, residential buildings, commercial complexes, educational institutions and religious structures. The awarded architectural projects are published at https://designers.org/design-category/architecture

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/128122
A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/128122
Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!128122
Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/312628
Further Information from the Laureate: http://reurl.cc/2DaLQv

Media Contact

Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
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press@designers.org
+39 031 4491953

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project: Dahua Park City Exhibition
Function: Exhibition
Category: Architecture, Building and Structure Design
Discipline: Spatial Design
Industry: Architecture
Colors: Lavender, Light Blue, Dark Slate Gray, Dim Gray and Dark Gray
Images: 5
Client: Shanghai Puspace Architectural Design Co.

The Recognition

Laureate: Shanghai Puspace Architectural Design Co
Country: China
Recognition: Golden A' Design Award
Edition: 2021 - 2022
Design ID: #128122

Credits

Team: Shanghai Puspace Shanghai Puspace Architectural Design Co.
Image Credits: ARCHITRANSLATOR, 10 STUDIO

Design Details

Unique Properties: The project is located between mountains and a lake, which is the particular of this project. The main building body is stilted, making it appear like a fish. The multi-layer terraces and the long French windows maximize the view to the surrounding landscape, and help blend the architecture into the environment. The visual experience of the building is closely related to the sight lines. How to "hide" and "expose" is the key that runs through the whole project.
Inspiration: The design of the project was inspired by the intriguing and beautiful scenery around the site. The project is a part of the urban design of Baisha Lake Area, so it needs to take consideration into the timeline of the current and future urban construction of the area. It has to meet current functional demands while also representing the image of the whole area.
Research: Not only should the entire design meet the current needs for use, but also it needed to present the image of the whole area. The site has very complicated conditions. It's surrounded by shanty towns that have not been demolished and the existing buildings on the western cliff. It has an elevation difference of 10 meters, and the only road leading to the site is small and cramped. However, once the site is elevated, it can provide a panoramic view of both the lake and mountains nearby.
Challenge: There are also huge difficulties in the design and construction of curved curtain walls. We had to deal with the processing and installation of 2,276 similar but different panels, each of which has different perforation patterns. These holes present looming flow lines on the facade. In addition, lighting was another critical problem.
Realization and Technology: To complete the curved facade more effectively, we selected triangular flat panels in different sizes and stitched them together to form an integrated curved surface. As each aluminum plate has to be connected with another five ones, the biggest challenge was how to splice the neighboring plates perfectly. The construction team combined two triangular plates into a unit to minimize the difficulties and speed up the construction.
Operation and Interaction: The construction involved close collaboration among multiple parties. A digital architectural model was created for clearer division of construction work, and a 1:1 local sample wall was constructed to study how to stitch aluminum panels together perfectly. The construction team combined every two triangular panels into a unit, and finally realized a perfect collage of 3,276 panels for the curved surfaces.
Project Duration and Location: Start time:2018 Completion time:2020 Location:Panlong District, Kunming City, Yunnan Province
Specifications: Gross floor area: 2,200 square meters Base area: 5,000 square meters
Keywords: floating building, exhibition, DAHUA GROUP, PUSPACE, PARAMETRIC