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Bronze A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design Goes to H6 Conet Public Open Space by Oval Design Ltd
Oval Design Ltd of Oval Design recognized for interior space and exhibition design by the international grand jury of the 2017 - 2018 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 14, 2018 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that H6 Conet Public Open Space by Oval Design Ltd of Oval Design, designed for H6 CONET of Urban Renewal Authority, has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category. The award was conferred within the 2017 - 2018 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.
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 H6 Conet Public Open Space
H6 Conet is divided into a community corridor, the Urban Renewal Exploration Centre and offices. Featuring ideas rooted from local history, it offers public enjoyment and enhances connectivity by opening up access to six adjoining lanes. It is furnished with interactive digital technology to bring out a new visitor experience. It came up a green concept by applying a bio-filter system as a green wall to filter air pollutants to improve indoor air quality. This is the first project in Hong Kong fosters a quality living environment and contributes to a sustainable future.
About Oval Design Ltd
Oval Design is a communication focused creative agency specializing in spatial design and production of high-end exhibitions, events, commercial interior design and multi-media installations. Built up over 25 years of continued growth, the team comprises highly creative designers, project executives with exceptional interpersonal skills, professional consultants and contractors to provide quality one-stop solutions. Dennis Wong has led the team to successfully integrate multi-disciplinary design elements with top-notch project implementation to achieve client’s objectives and even over their expectations.
About Oval Design
Founded by Dennis Wong and Dominic Kam, Oval Design is a collaboration-focused company renowned for its ability to integrate multi-disciplinary design elements and top-notch project implementation.
Award Record
With this recognition, Oval Design Ltd of Oval Design is a winner of 3 A' Design Awards. The awards were granted in the 2017 - 2018 edition of the A' Design Award & Competition.
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/62261
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/62261
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!62261
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/217563
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://ura-vb.org.hk/en
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
Designers.Org
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press@designers.org
+39 031 4491953
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- H6 Conet Public Open Space
- Function
- Public Open Space
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Gray, Black, Dim Gray, Sienna and Dark Slate Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- H6 CONET of Urban Renewal Authority
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Oval Design Ltd
- Country
- Hong Kong (China)
- Brand
- Oval Design
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2017 - 2018
- Design ID
- #62261
Credits
- Team
- Dennis Wong, Dominic Kam, Steve Leung, Dilys Cheung, Dior Ki, Choco Leung and Eva Leung, Vic Chan, Adrianne Chong
- Image Credits
- Photo Credits: Oval Design Ltd., 2017 Video Credits: Oval Design Ltd., 2017
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- It is divided into Community Corridor, Urban Renewal Exploration Centre and offices. Featuring ideas rooted from local history, it offers public enjoyment and enhances connectivity by opening up its access to six adjoining lanes. Leisure seating area and flexible furniture set up also enhance the amenity. The success of the bio-filter system would extend to other urban renewal projects, while the Urban Renewal Exploration Centre provides a new experience for the public to explore urban renewal in a creative and interactive manner.
- Inspiration
- There was not open to public with only one access point before. The refurbishment offered a chance to improve the connectivity and review the layout. It came up a green concept by applying a bio-filter system as a green wall. Incorporating living nature into city not only looks much more inviting, but also echoes urban renewal process, in which greening plays a vital role. The system actively draws air through the green wall to filter air pollutants hence clean the air. It is a pioneer project in the world for fostering a quality living environment and contributing to a sustainable future.
- Research
- Monthly bio-safety tests are also carried out by sampling of the flowing air before and after bio filter module at low fan flow mode and taking water sample from the recycle water tank for plant irrigation. The collected samples are then taken to laboratory. The airborne fungi was reduced through the bio filter. In any case, the airborne fungi levels are well below IAQ guide of 500 CFU (colony-forming unit) / cubic meter. On the other hand, Legionella bacteria have not been detected in the water irrigation system. Hence no bio-safety issue in the use of the bio filter is evident.
- Challenge
- Since there was no quantitative in investigations on the removal efficiencies on VOC, PM and CO2, and no useful design guideline for real life applications, two stages of study have been involving to test the real life applications including the set up of facilities,the irrigation requirement, the lux illumination level, the optimal temperature, the suitable vegetation mix, and its irrigation schedule, the measurement challenges in a public area, the optimal set up of fan coils, etc.
- Realization and Technology
- Indoor vertical greening reduces indoor air pollutant by bio-filtration and acts as a natural cooling system. Condensate Water System was built to collect condense water from fan coil units and reuse it to cultivate the plants, serving as a bio-filter-system. Achieved removal efficiencies in VOCs, PM10 and CO2 of the bio-filter module in the mock up site by 37%, 20% and 13% respectively on average under the measurement for two fan flows gained green building certifications. The final plant mix and a number of performance measurements of the mock-up were made afterwards.
- Operation and Interaction
- An off-site mock up was built to simulate the flow to obtain operation parameters following the literature review and research methodology. After that, experiments under different operation scenarios were carried out in the controlled environment. Mechanical, plant health and measuring instrumentation challenges of the mock up site was subsequently overcome. The final plant mix and performance measurements of the mock-up were made afterwards. Separately, bio-safety sampling for airborne fungi and Legionella bacteria in irrigation water were also made monthly.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in September 2016 and finished in August 2017. It is on the ground floor of The Center, 99 Queen's Road Central, Central, Hong Kong.
- Specifications
- The community space area is 2,660 square meters including a 858.5 square meters Community Corridor in the form of art and culture, the 237 square meters Urban Renewal Exploration Centre with a 204.5 square meters conference room, a multi-purpose room 238 square meters and 7 NGO offices. The total wall area in the venue is 562.4 square meters and the green wall coverage is 76.7 square meters. The vertical green wall area is 59.3 square meters plus bio-filter area of 17.4 square meters. The green percentage is 13.5%.
- Keywords
- community, open space, network, GIC, NGO, sustainability
