Press Release
Silver A' Design Award in Cultural Heritage and Culture Industry Design Goes to Hoshino Jinja Shrine by Shigetaka Mochizuki
Shigetaka Mochizuki recognized for cultural heritage and culture industry design by the international grand jury of the 2023 - 2024 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 16, 2024 /DesignNewswire/ Hoshino Jinja Shrine by Shigetaka Mochizuki, designed for Mochizuki Corporation, has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Cultural Heritage and Culture Industry Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The result belongs to the 2023 - 2024 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 scored 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 Hoshino Jinja Shrine
It is an innovative approach that combines old and new technologies, such as the traditional Japanese traditional construction method that does not use any metal fittings, Ishiba-building and limit strength calculation based on modern structural analysis. The design, composed of horizontal and vertical lines, is highly aesthetic and has been described as attractive structural beauty based on the unique Japanese sense of beauty.
About Shigetaka Mochizuki
In Japan, traditional techniques that have been passed down from generation to generation are on the decline, and it is becoming increasingly difficult to maintain the skills of traditional craftsmen. As a temple carpenter and designer, he has participated in numerous architectural awards to convey the new possibilities of traditional techniques to young designers and builders by creating "attractive structural beauty" and "beauty of use" architecture based on the evolution of traditional techniques from the inheritance of traditional techniques.
Award Record
With this recognition, Shigetaka Mochizuki is a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
About the A' Cultural Heritage and Culture Industry Design Award
The A' Cultural Heritage Design Award is an international design competition recognizing good designs that preserve, protect, and promote cultural heritage. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to cultural heritage designers, culture industry professionals, cultural heritage specialists and museum designers from all countries. Typical entries include cultural heritage projects, cultural conversation, preservation and restoration and protection projects. The awarded cultural heritage designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/cultural-heritage
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/160556
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/160556
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!160556
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/349973
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://qr.paps.jp/0IEmD
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Hoshino Jinja Shrine
- Function
- Shrine
- Category
- Cultural Heritage and Culture Industry Design
- Discipline
- Communication Design
- Industry
- Arts and Social Impact
- Colors
- Saddle Brown, Dark Slate Gray, Sienna, Rosy Brown and Peru
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Mochizuki Corporation
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Shigetaka Mochizuki
- Country
- Japan
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2023 - 2024
- Design ID
- #160556
Credits
- Image Credits
- Photographer, Yasuo Hagiwara
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The simple design of the new covered hall, with its copper-sheet roof, the main element of the shrine, gabled roof, and horizontal and vertical lines of the pillars, stiles, and footings, expresses the Japanese sense of beauty with a very high level of design. This building is open to those who study, manage, and use architectural techniques, and functions as a place to learn about such knowledge.
- Inspiration
- The design, composed of horizontal and vertical continuous lines, is aesthetically pleasing and unique to Japanese architecture, and is considered an "attractive structural beauty. An innovative approach that combines traditional Japanese construction methods that use no hardware at all with modern structural analysis and "limit strength calculations" to create buildings that will last for 100 or 200 years, blending old and new technologies.
- Research
- The building has been used as a training site for university and technical college students, engineers, and prefectural and city officials to foster younger generations and pass on traditional techniques, and has been widely covered by the media through several public tours. As a result, it has become possible to sustain the traditional techniques of architecture. The use of local wood contributes to tradition, culture, industry, and the environment, and the shrine has become a local landmark.
- Challenge
- function and reflect its role without eclipsing the sacred building. The sensitive design solution was to emphasize simplicity and strength.
- Realization and Technology
- The masonry structure employed in this building has the aptitude to resist earthquakes and typhoons without damaging the earth. The building was calculated and planned using the limit capacity design method, which is based on the frictional and restorative forces resulting from the combination of members, a characteristic of wooden architecture. It is truly an epoch-making building that makes full use of traditional Japanese construction methods and new technologies.
- Operation and Interaction
- Tradition evolves through innovations and is reborn as a new tradition. Centuries-old traditional skills and craftsmanship combined with new modern practices and designs, will be bridging to a new traditional residential architecture, that carries on succession of skills.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in August 2019 in Toyokawa City, Aichi, Japan and finished in December 2021 Location 102 Kamikaizu, Hirao-chou, Toyokawa City, Aichi, Japan, Aichi,
- Specifications
- Main applications Shinto shrine Site area 0.402248ha Building area 0.009565ha Total floor area 0.009277ha Maximum height 30.8395ft Eaves Height 20.669ft
- Keywords
- Mochizuki Corporation, Mochizuki Architects, Architectural Design Office, Shrine carpenter, traditional techniques, architect, Architect Builder,artisan,
