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AntiStatics Architecture Receives the Golden A' Design Award for I Do Emergent Arts Retail Space in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
AntiStatics Architecture recognized for interior space and exhibition design by the international grand jury of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 29, 2022 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that I Do Emergent Arts Retail Space by AntiStatics Architecture, designed for I Do (Hiersun Group), has been granted the Golden A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category. The award was conferred within the 2021 - 2022 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 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 I Do Emergent Arts Retail Space
The I Do artist store in Wuhan, China blends uniquely spatial and sculptural elements to create a highly expressive, enticing and inspiring user experience. At the center of the space, and protruding through the facade, a massive 9m steel sculpture rises from the first floor space and emerges on the second floor. Symbolically, the one to one scale elephant and figures represent the wisdom, strength and unity as a projection of the relationships which can be embodied by those visitors to the retail space.
About AntiStatics Architecture
Mo Zheng as principal and design partner at AntiStatics Architecture has founded the Beijing studio with Cornell Professor Martin Miller in 2015. She has involved in all aspects of the design and working with the clients and developers directly. She is specialized in urban master planning and architecture design-built. She ensures great design visions through all phases. Ms. Zheng has many years’ experience working on varies projects both in China and internationally. Before founding AntiStatics Architecture with Martin Miller, she was working at Asymptote Architecture in New York as project architect and China Chief Representative. In addition, Ms.
Award Record
AntiStatics Architecture is a winner of 1 A' Design Award, including this recognition.
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. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to interior designers, interior architects, architects and decorators from all countries. Typical entries include residential interiors, restaurants, hotels, offices, galleries and retail stores. The awarded interior designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/interior
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/137603
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/137603
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!137603
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/328460
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://www.antistatics.net/i-do-artist-store-yueminjun
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- I Do Emergent Arts Retail Space
- Function
- Retail Space
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Silver, Dark Gray, Gray, Dim Gray and Light Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- I Do (Hiersun Group)
The Recognition
- Laureate
- AntiStatics Architecture
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Golden A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2021 - 2022
- Design ID
- #137603
Credits
- Team
- Mo Zheng + Martin Miller, Yue Minjun, Yasser Hafizs, Theodorius ED Santoso, Christopher Beckett, Annie Liu, Demi Chang, Arthur Yang, Frank Feng and Yueben Shanghai
- Image Credits
- Copyrights belong to AntiStatics Architecture and I Do (Hiersun Group) Photography belong to AntiStatics Architecture and Dachou Wang Video Credits: Mo Zheng, AntiStatics, 2021
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The I Do artist store in Wuhan, China blends uniquely spatial and sculptural elements to create a highly expressive, enticing and inspiring user experience. At the center of the space, and protruding through the façade, a massive 9m steel sculpture rises from the first floor space and emerges on the second floor. Symbolically, the one to one scale elephant and figures represent the wisdom, strength and unity as a projection of the relationships which can be embodied by those visitors to the retail space.
- Inspiration
- Responding to the program of the jewelry retail space, this project draws upon many of the symbolically referential elements related to the extraction, manufacture and distribution of rare stones. The attenuation of the walls, the sculpture and the geometric systems employed throughout the design serve to subtly draw attention to the larger ecosystem of this global economy. While we choose not to publicly or explicitly express our position as individuals, our intent is to promote awareness around the larger network inherent to the retail industry by presenting elements related to the production of goods.
- Research
- This project involved a rigorous and intensive process of research into emerging capabilities of digital fabrication. Our goal was to find a new methodology for the production of highly-precise and structurally and materially efficient bio-inspired geometries using recyclable and proven materials such as stainless steel. Working closely with several fabricators and 3d printing innovators, we developed a process for the production of large-scale, bio-inspired cellular lattices. The design of the large sculptural piece for the store as a proof of concept for the future potential of architectural structural elements.
- Challenge
- This project overcomes previous limitations in the fabrication of complex steel forms. Using a streamlined work flow from artificial intelligence to 3d printing to assembly, we redefined what was possible for highly precise, structurally responsive design. Working closely with several different fabricators throughout the design phase we were able to collaboratively develop novel method of streamlined workflow between AI and fabrication.
- Realization and Technology
- Utilizing customized in-house computational tools in tandem with wax 3d printing and investment casting, the fabrication of the sculpture creates a sparse yet highly structural lattice inspired by both cellular biology and the atomic structure of diamonds. Expressing processes of terraforming, the walls and façade were produced through CNC milling and casting of Gypsum and GRC. Faceted displays and furniture are manufactured through digital models, automated production and manual fabrication.
- Operation and Interaction
- Beyond the conceptual determinants of the design this project challenges the potential of architecture as a communicative language utilizing iconography, referential geometries and fabrication processes to express ideas through space. The work pushes the boundaries of digital to physical fabrication methods and scales resulting in a new means of experiencing retail space. Developing new workflows for fabrication, the project creates novel environments better capable of expression.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project began in 2018, designed in Beijing, Fabricated in Wuhan and Shanghai and installed in Wuhan in 2021.
- Specifications
- Retail Interiors: 16.4 x 14.7 m footprint, Ceiling Heights 5.7m, 4.9m Sculptural Installation 4.2m x 2.7m x 9m Façade 14m x 15.4m Laser Cut Artist Feature 2.5m x 4.4m
- Keywords
- Digital Fabrication, Artificial Intelligence, Immersive, Conceptual, Future,
