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Eth Country Villa by Alexandru Zingaliuc Wins the Bronze A' Design Award in Architecture, Building and Structure Design
Alexandru Zingaliuc honored 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 confirmed the Bronze A' Design Award in the Architecture, Building and Structure Design category for Eth Country Villa by Alexandru Zingaliuc, designed for Archizeit Studio. The recognition forms part of 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 scored anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
About the Bronze A' Design Award
The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.
Regarding Eth Country Villa
Eth is a single family country villa planned for a site near a river. The main building material is rammed earth, selected for its load bearing capacity, its appearance and its low environmental impact. Rammed earth also helps to regulate humidity and to keep the interior warm. Wood, metal and glass complete the design. The plan develops along a long line and is divided into two parts joined by a gallery. One part holds the main bedroom with separate access, wardrobe and bathroom. The other part holds an open living room, a dining area, a kitchen and two further bedrooms.
About Alexandru Zingaliuc
Alexandru Zingaliuc is the founder of ArchiZeit Studio, leading a small team of architects and designers with a similar architectural phylosophy. The team focuses on solving complex architectural design challenges. Warm and welcoming spaces which create their own context, while taking into consideration the built environment are key in defining the work of the studio. Choice of materials and structural engineering solutions are important in setting the tone of the design process, they define the essential functional and compositional characteristics of each project.
Award Record
This recognition makes Alexandru Zingaliuc a winner of 2 A' Design Awards. The awards were granted in the 2021 - 2022 edition of the A' Design Award & Competition.
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/140420
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/140420
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!140420
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/330636
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://bit.ly/3DokCdA
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Eth Country Villa
- Function
- Country Villa
- Category
- Architecture, Building and Structure Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture
- Colors
- Dark Slate Gray, Lavender, Alice Blue, Dim Gray and Dark Olive Green
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Archizeit Studio
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Alexandru Zingaliuc
- Country
- Moldova
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2021 - 2022
- Design ID
- #140420
Credits
- Team
- Mariana Popescu and Mihai Cebotari
- Image Credits
- All images: Archizeit Studio, Renders and Layouts, 2021.
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Eth House is the concept of a single family villa in which the emphasis was on site integration and following the principles of sustainability and ecology. The desire of the clients to be close to nature is thus reflected by the choice of the site for the future home. The configuration of the house fits perfectly into the landscape, complementing it, not competing. The natural materials that the house was built from are also harmonious with the surroundings, forming unity with nature.
- Inspiration
- The main source of inspiration for the concept was the ancient traditional method of building walls from rammed earth. In modern architecture, this ancient method has been revived as a sustainable building method, that has minimal environmental impact. The analysis of the position and characteristics of the site also was an important step in the realization of the future housing concept, from this analysis showing the spatial, functional configuration and its aesthetic aspect.
- Research
- The research process started with a detailed analysis of the site for the future villa. Its spatial characteristics, shape, slope, position towards the cardinal points, towards the access roads and towards the natural components such as the river, had a primordial role in choosing the shape of the future house.Equally important was the search for sustainability and ecology, especially in order to choose the main building material, which became the rammed earth, due to its functional and aesthetic qualities.
- Challenge
- The challenge was to create a house that would integrate on the proposed land and to keep in mind its strengths as well as its constraints. The size and proportions of the site, as well as its slope, were the first decision factor, its elongated and narrow shape led to the need for longitudinal development of the project and an inline configuration of functions.The second important factor is the immediate approach and opening of the main side of the site to a heavily circulated artery, which led to the closure to the street, through a completely opaque facade.
- Realization and Technology
- From the point of view of the used materials , the main material around which the concept of the house was developed is the rammed earth, which was chosen both due to its load bearing characteristics and aesthetics. This material has many advantages: it has low embodied energy and requires less energy, its hygroscopic nature helps regulate de humidity in the building, it acts as a good insulator and keeps the interior warm in the winter , it is sustainable and helps to avoid wastage of material. The other materials chosen: wood, metal and glass, have the role of completing the appearance of the red walls and not competing with them.
- Operation and Interaction
- From a functional point of view, the house is divided into two areas that can be accessed separately from the main entrance hall and which communicate with each other through a gallery. The first area contains the master bedroom, which can function independently of the rest of the house, with separate access, wardrobe and bathroom. The other area has an open plan configuration and contains a kitchen and living area that communicate with each other, as well as two separate bedrooms, one for guests and one for children.
- Project Duration and Location
- The concept is planned to be constructed in the Vadul lui Voda village, near Chisinau, Moldova.
- Specifications
- Lot area: 2500 m2, building area: 380 m2. The house has 3 bedrooms: the main bedroom, the childrens berdoom and a guest bedroom, 4 bathrooms, an open space living room plus dinning area and kitchen and an outdoor pool.
- Keywords
- contry house, villa, earth, river, minimalism, eco
