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Xuhui Guo and Yong Liu Is Honored with the Silver A' Design Award for Rebirth of The Rust Belt Conference Center Building in Architecture, Building and Structure Design
Xuhui Guo and Yong Liu honored for architecture, building and structure design by the international grand jury of the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 20, 2023 /DesignNewswire/ Rebirth of The Rust Belt Conference Center Building by Xuhui Guo and Yong Liu, designed for New World Architecture Design Co.,Ltd., has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Architecture, Building and Structure Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The award was conferred within the 2022 - 2023 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 assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
What the Silver A' Design Award Means
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.
About Rebirth of The Rust Belt Conference Center Building
The conference center of the Global Industrial Internet Conference is located in Shenyang, a traditional heavy industry city which known as the Rust Belt in China. The building is a part of effort to revive the city. It mainly divided into two parts, the conference part and the exhibition part. The conference part is designed in a cylindrical shape, which has a similar volume and texture to the factory facilities that once existed in the area. The exhibition part with aluminum panel curtain wall creates technological appearance, which bring a new visual experience to the old industrial area.
About Xuhui Guo and Yong Liu
Guo Xuhui, Chinese-born architect living in Canada, independent scholar. Focus on world livable cities research and observation. He graduated from the Architecture Department of Tongji University in 1982. Worked in China, Japan, United States and Canada. He is a certified master architect in Liaoning Province, China. His works have won China's highest architectural award, the Luban Prize.
Award Record
This recognition makes Xuhui Guo and Yong Liu 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. The competition 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. Entries typically include skyscrapers, museums, residential buildings, commercial complexes, educational institutions and religious structures. Awarded architectural projects are published at https://designers.org/design-category/architecture
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/144448
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/144448
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!144448
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/336392
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Rebirth of The Rust Belt Conference Center Building
- Function
- Conference Center Building
- Category
- Architecture, Building and Structure Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture
- Colors
- Dark Slate Blue, Slate Gray, Light Slate Gray, Black and Light Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- New World Architecture Design Co.,Ltd.
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Xuhui Guo and Yong Liu
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2022 - 2023
- Design ID
- #144448
Credits
- Team
- Xuhui Guo and Yong Liu
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- An exhibition and conference building. Different from other conference centers in China,it does not adopt a huge volume and a axisymmetric layout, but fully respects the local tradition, with soft curved shapes and building materials, it can continue the traditional memory, and be friendly to the public. It also provides sufficient outdoor space for citizens.It's a green building. The comprehensive energy consumption is reduced by 72% compared with regular buildings.
- Inspiration
- The design was inspired by an abandoned factory that existed near the site. The shape of the building has a certain similarity with the industrial equipment in the factory. The facade adopts weathering steel plates and aluminum plate curtain wall. We wish to carry out urban renewal while maintaining the local industrial context, and create a good environment for the local area with a brand new yet traditional building.
- Challenge
- Respect local traditions and contexts while constructing a brand new large public building.
- Realization and Technology
- Structure Type: Reinforced concrete frame and Steel grid frame. Facade Material: Weathering steel plate,Aluminum plate curtain wall,Granite Curtain Wall. Green Building Technologies: High Performance thermal insulation,Energy-saving equipment,Photovoltaic power generation，Permeable pavement,Sunken grassland, Water recycling system.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in October 2020 finished in August 2021 in Shenyang.
- Specifications
- Length 137m x Width 84m x Height 21m, Building Area 17500sq.m, Site Area: 25000sq.m.
- Keywords
- Architecture,Conference,Exhibition,Urban Renewal,Tradition,Green Building.
