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Yongsu Lee Is Honored with the Bronze A' Design Award for Asty Garak Residential Building in Architecture, Building and Structure Design
Yongsu Lee 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/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Bronze A' Design Award in the Architecture, Building and Structure Design category for Asty Garak Residential Building by Yongsu Lee, designed for Cre-Te. The recognition forms part of the 2022 - 2023 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 Bronze A' Design Award Explained
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 Asty Garak Residential Building
Asty Garak is a high-end compact residence that responds to lifestyle changes in Korea. It is a project that aims to overcome the spatial limitations of existing low-priced small residential products and to develop functions and designs for high-income consumers. It planned a product that satisfies the functional and aesthetic perspective with a unit layout that can be transformed according to the lifestyle and a finishing material that highlights the aesthetic perspective.
About Yongsu Lee
Every person, thing, and space has its own shape. Cre-te finds and shapes the philosophy and aesthetic sense from the fit and makes it a reasonable business. Especially, deals with based on UX(User Experience) and lifestyle spaces like hotel, resort, residence, F&B, retail etc. and works on real estate development planning, space consulting and design about that.
Award Record
With this recognition, Yongsu Lee is 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/145354
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/145354
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!145354
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/337946
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Asty Garak Residential Building
- Function
- Residential Building
- Category
- Architecture, Building and Structure Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture
- Colors
- Light Slate Gray, Slate Gray, Dark Slate Gray, Dark Gray and Dim Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Cre-Te
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Yongsu Lee
- Country
- Republic of Korea
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2022 - 2023
- Design ID
- #145354
Credits
- Team
- Euna Park, Jeechang Oh and Soohyun Choo
- Image Credits
- #1, 2, 3, 4, 5 : Overnine holdings Video credits : Overnine holdings
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Asty Garak is a high-end compact residence that responds to lifestyle changes in Korea. It is a project that aims to overcome the spatial limitations of existing low priced small residential products and to develop functions and designs for high income consumers. It planned a product that satisfies the functional and aesthetic perspective with a unit layout that can be transformed according to the lifestyle and a finishing material that highlights the aesthetic perspective.
- Inspiration
- The project started with a site called Garak in Seoul. Unlike in the past, Garak was a safe place due to the flooding of the Hangang River. Considering the regional characteristics of preventing external waves, the elevation design was designed with the motif of the columnar joint. In addition, it borrowed the form of curves and waves of freedom in the intangible meaning of "joy" in the name of the melody to draw sympathy from users by designing the main entrance and community.
- Research
- Professor Kim Nando of Seoul National University: Refer to the Research Data on Lifestyle Housing Platform Product/Operation Strategy
- Challenge
- The project is a project to create a new residential trend in Korea, an advanced city. It overcomes the physical limitations of space, provides high-end space for the high cost, high income class through economic, cultural, artistic approaches. This is a new challenge in property value. And the positive response and response of consumers in the current volatile real estate market disproves the successful settlement of the project.
- Realization and Technology
- The columnar structure considering sustainability is designed to be able to cope with future scalability and changes. GFRC, which constitutes the exterior, is a technology manufactured through a mold and synthesizes concrete and glass fibers to implement a system with a durability of 100 years in design. The interior design of the unit was carried out with a new configuration considering openness and scalability, away from the existing residence framework using smart glass technology.
- Operation and Interaction
- Existing small housing markets often focus on habitability and cost-effectiveness. Asty Garak refers to the need for high-end spaces and communities tailored to the changing lifestyle and society as value consumption MZ generation and young rich increase. In addition, the maximum outdoor area is guaranteed with an average of 40 square meters of small residential 3bay configuration, maximizing residential comfort compared to existing small residential areas.
- Project Duration and Location
- This project is the center of development in the eastern part of Seoul, where new future values will be realized along with continuous development. Construction begins in September 2022 and is scheduled to be completed in October 2025.
- Specifications
- Site area : 1,168m2, Building area : 688m2, Building height : 57m, Scale : B1F-B8F, 1F-18F, 187 units
- Keywords
- Compact living, High-end residence, Transformed layout, Columnar joint, Sustainable Architecture
