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Tengyuan Design Is Honored with the Bronze A' Design Award for Vanke Fengxi Linquan Residential Area in Architecture, Building and Structure Design

Tengyuan Design 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/ Vanke Fengxi Linquan Residential Area by Tengyuan Design has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Architecture, Building and Structure Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The award was conferred within the 2019 - 2020 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 scored 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.

More About Vanke Fengxi Linquan Residential Area

Vanke Fengxi Linquan is a residential complex built in a core urban area of Qingdao. The design gives priority to ecological living and to the urban image of the district. Each floor holds two homes of about 200 to 220 square meters, joined by a fully lit elevator hall. A shared garden appears every third floor, measuring 6.9 meters in width, 7.2 meters in depth and three floors in height, and serves six homes as a rest and meeting space. A nano thermal blanket and an eggshell insulation system protect plant roots during the cold winters and allow trees to grow on the raised soil.

Award Record

Tengyuan Design is a winner of 11 A' Design Awards, including this recognition. The awards were granted between the 2018 - 2019 and the 2019 - 2020 editions 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. 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

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project
Vanke Fengxi Linquan Residential Area
Function
Residential Area
Category
Architecture, Building and Structure Design
Discipline
Spatial Design
Industry
Architecture
Colors
Light Gray, Dark Gray, Dim Gray, Gray and Gainsboro
Images
5

The Recognition

Laureate
Tengyuan Design
Country
China
Recognition
Bronze A' Design Award
Edition
2019 - 2020
Design ID
#96230

Credits

Team
Huang Jian, Chu Yuliang and Sun Bo
Image Credits
Photographer Tengyuan Design, Community Center, 2019.; Photographer Tengyuan Design, Elevated Park, 2019.; Photographer Tengyuan Design, Vertical Forest, 2019.; Photographer Tengyuan Design, Entrance Lobby, 2019.; Photographer Tengyuan Design, South Perspective of Individual Building, 2019.

Design Details

Unique Properties
This case is different from most commercial residential projects. Because it is located in the core area, the demands of urban image and ecological living experience are put in the first place by customers, marking a new Licang portal that attracts people's attention. It is tribute of the project to the city that accommodating the city's service function and taking the responsibility of displaying the city's charm.
Inspiration
The project combines the importance of land use interest and the characteristics of high altitude difference between the south and the north. In terms of planning form, it continues the regional characteristics of Laoshan Mountain. It puts forward the design vision of "Fengxi Linquan, one continuous line". In combination with the concept of the initiative "ecological residential complex", the first design scheme of completing the sky garden in the northern China has been achieved.
Research
With the continuous development of the world and China's economy, urban construction is also expanding, and high-rise residential buildings are emerging in the tide of urban construction. High rise residential buildings solve the problem of dense population living in the city, but there are also a series of disadvantages. As the pricey urban lands produce the living environment of birdcage, people are eager to have a private courtyard with private trees and fruit trees.
Challenge
The temperature in winter is low in Qingdao, so it is a great challenge for the plants of the project to survive the winter successfully. Designers have done more thinking and technical verification on the cold protection, thermal insulation and maintenance of plants. We adopt new physical root blocking measures to replace the traditional chemical root blocking techniques, so as to ensure the life and health of root blocking system.
Realization and Technology
The "nano thermal blanket" and the tree part of " eggshell thermal insulation system " only need to be covered with 70 cm of soil, and the upper surface is covered with 5 cm of bark and nano thermal insulation blanket, just like a layer of thick cotton quilt is covered on the soil surface to protect plant roots, and the nano water storage blanket is frozen to form a protective layer under the condition of water storage.
Operation and Interaction
The key to the successful implementation of the project is the thickness of soil cover and a series of techniques that ensure the survival of the trees. In the structural discipline, the thickness of soil cover is increased through the measures such as upturned beam and increasing the reinforcing bars locally. By investigating the thickness of winter tundra in Qingdao area, designers can make further optimization in ensuring plant survival and energy conservation and emission reduction.
Project Duration and Location
The project started in November 11, 2017 in Qingdao and finished in December 1, 2019 in Qingdao.
Specifications
In the room type design, two households on each floor are adopted. The area of each household is about 200-220 square meters, and two households are connected by the fully bright elevator hall. At the same time, a super large scale shared garden appears every third floor, which has a width of 6.9 meters, a depth of 7.2 meters, and a height of 3 floors, becoming a public rest and communication space shared by six households on three floors.
Keywords
Architecture, Fengxi Linquan, Ecological Residence, Sky Garden, Shared Garden, Private Courtyard, Social Sharing

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