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Elysium Residence Residential Building by Rodrigo Kirck Wins the Bronze A' Design Award in Architecture, Building and Structure Design
Rodrigo Kirck honored for architecture, building and structure design by the international grand jury of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2020 /DesignNewswire/ Elysium Residence Residential Building by Rodrigo Kirck, designed for Fasolo Construtora, has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Architecture, Building and Structure Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The result belongs to the 2019 - 2020 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.
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.
About Elysium Residence Residential Building
Elysium Residence, located in the south of Brazil, in the coastal city of Itapema. To promote design, the project implemented concepts and values of contemporary architecture and sought to redefine the concept of residential building, bringing experience to its users and the relation with the city. The solution holds the use of scenic lighting, innovative construction systems and the use of parametric design. All technologies and concepts applied to this project aim to transform the future building into an urban icon.
About Rodrigo Kirck
I am a restless architect and urban planner, always in search of new challenges. In this search for challenges, I try to challenge everything that is obvious and collective, I always work with other professionals, because I believe that creating new solutions are fundamental in processes with other people. My main achievement was to be awarded internationally with a project reusing conteiners, showing that even working in a city in the interior of my country, it is possible to do different and contribute to the production of design and architecture.
Award Record
This recognition makes Rodrigo Kirck a winner of 2 A' Design Awards. The awards span the editions from 2018 - 2019 to 2019 - 2020 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. 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/91855
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/91855
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!91855
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/225222
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://bit.ly/2ncUe3K
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Elysium Residence Residential Building
- Function
- Residential Building
- Category
- Architecture, Building and Structure Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture
- Colors
- Dark Slate Blue, Black, Steel Blue, Dark Slate Gray and Cornflower Blue
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Fasolo Construtora
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Rodrigo Kirck
- Country
- Brazil
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2019 - 2020
- Design ID
- #91855
Credits
- Team
- Bruno Bianchini, Caio Nogueira, Giovana Coelho, Leonardo Zanatta, Rodrigo Bassani and Roniere Andrietti
- Image Credits
- Illustrator Anderson Alencar, CGI, 2019.; Architect Rodrigo Kirck, CGI, 2019.; Architect Rodrigo Kirck, CGI, 2019. Video Credits: Architect Rodrigo Kirck, CGI, 2019.
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- On the iconic facade, the scenic lighting system was designed using electronic glasses that emit light. The ventilated facade reflects the concept of the project addressed to the new generation. That was the conceptual start for the development of the project. The sculptural mask design turns the concrete structure into a sinuous form instead of a heavy volume, the outcome is a landmark for the city and the pedestrians, making up a new iconic urban landmark.
- Inspiration
- Through parametric and iconic lines the scenic lighting system was designed to be integrated with the ventilated facade. This system reflects the responsibility that the building holds about the design and its interaction with the users, neighborhood and the city. The parametric design which forms the illuminated facade turns the simple relation of a residential building into an iconic reference for the pedestrians as well as the relations of the users with the architecture and urban places.
- Research
- The research of design focuses on visual perception, like a sculpture, with the aim of researching the relationship of the building as a visual landmark in the city. The collection of data was performed by looking for images of similar projects and parametric design presenting as a real result in business and society, the direct relationship of users and pedestrians, in and around them, as an icon.
- Challenge
- The most challenging part of the design process was breaking the obvious. Builders and constructors are reluctant to accept or even apply iconic design ideas into residential buildings. Socially and economically speaking, we do not invest much in constructive design and innovation in small and middle-sized towns of Brazil. Developing this project was a great triumph for our region.
- Realization and Technology
- Concrete, Glass, Galvanized Steel, ACM Aluminum Composite Material, LED Light.
- Operation and Interaction
- The project is based on an iconic urban landmark on the neighborhood where it will be built as well as a sculpture that works on reducing the visual impact of the building basis in relation to pedestrians.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in September 2017 in Itapema, Santa Catarina, Brazil. Under construction, deadline for year 2021.
- Specifications
- Iconic sculpture facade, concrete, steel, ACM (Aluminum Composite Material)
- Keywords
- Parametric design, Innovation, Metal structure, Sculpture, Icon, Urban Reference
