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Guangzhou Julong Bay Exhibition Center by Ann Yu Wins the Golden A' Design Award in Architecture, Building and Structure Design
Ann Yu acknowledged 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 Golden A' Design Award in the Architecture, Building and Structure Design category for Guangzhou Julong Bay Exhibition Center by Ann Yu, designed for Guangzhou Pearl River Enterprises Group. The award was conferred within the 2022 - 2023 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 evaluated anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
The Golden A' Design Award Explained
The Gold A' Design Award is granted to designs that demonstrate a high level of innovation and a significant impact on their intended audience. Recognized as a major achievement by the A' Design Awards, these designs are characterized by their visionary approach and the exceptional skill of their creators. Winners of the Gold A' Design Award are noted for their ability to push the envelope in art, science, design, and technology, delivering solutions that not only meet but exceed expectations. These designs serve as benchmarks for excellence, encouraging further innovation and inspiring future generations of designers.
More About Guangzhou Julong Bay Exhibition Center
Guangzhou Julong Bay is a city planning exhibition center created from four brick warehouses built in the 1950s on the west bank of the Pearl River. The original structures and materials were retained as far as possible, and customized imitation clay bricks were used in the new parts. A large span steel frame with a sloping glass curtain wall covers the parallel halls and joins them into one flexible interior. The triangular roof follows the angle of the old sloping ceilings. The steel frame extends to the ground on both sides, forming a corridor open to the riverside landscape.
About Ann Yu
Ann Yu is the founding partner and creative director of DOMANI. She is a representative young architectural/interior designer in China, dedicated to the integration of architectural landscape and interior, spatial somatosensory and experimental space design. She is good at achieving a high premium image of commercial space for many enterprises through high creativity and strong commercial balance. Since 2008, the team has won more than 100 top international design awards.
Award Record
Ann Yu is a winner of 13 A' Design Awards, including this recognition. The awards were granted between the 2015 - 2016 and the 2022 - 2023 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://desingers.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://desingers.org/149034
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/149034
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!149034
- Laureate Profile: https://desingers.org/d/161426
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://www.hkdomani.com/
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Guangzhou Julong Bay Exhibition Center
- Function
- Exhibition Center
- Category
- Architecture, Building and Structure Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture
- Colors
- Black, Midnight Blue, Dark Slate Blue, Dark Slate Gray and Saddle Brown
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Guangzhou Pearl River Enterprises Group
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Ann Yu
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Golden A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2022 - 2023
- Design ID
- #149034
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Located on the west bank of the Pearl River, the original site with four separated brick warehouses that built in the 1950s was a significant granary of Guangzhou. As the first stage of the city government’s renewal master plan in the area, the key objectives of the adaptive reuse project was to remain its industrial past as a reminder of the history, while build a city-planning exhibition hall and civic center that act as a beacon to investors, developers and citizens, to encourage a massive participation in the rebirth of the old district. The core design idea was to ensure its new functional usability, while presenting the old site in an attractive way to the young generation.
- Inspiration
- The Chongkou warehouse is a group of old warehouses on the river bank, which retains its identity as an old building and avoids being classified as a historical and cultural preservation building and thus has a new fate. It is also possible to completely avoid the 'something if nothing, a reality if nothing, a great wisdom if foolishness'. This is indeed the luck of itsdestiny. And it is even more fortunate that we, as designers, have been given this honoredopportunity torenovatethis group of nearly century-old buildings and bestowthem a contemporary significance.
- Research
- The original site of this project are four separated brick granary that built in the 1950s. As the first stage of the renewal plan in the area, the key objectives of the adaptive reuse project was to remain its industrial past as a reminder of the history, while build a city-planning exhibition hall and civic center. To encourage a massive participation in the rebirth of the old district ,the original structure and materials of the warehouses were reserved as far as possible, while customized imitated clay bricks are adopted in the new-built part. The core design idea was to ensure its new functional usability, while presenting the old site in an attractive way to the young generation.
- Challenge
- For practicing designers, there is not much room for practice due to the overwhelming historical meaning of the architectural conservation field, which is too complicated to regulate. Instead, there is a lot of possibilities in the field of conservation revitalization of old buildings on how to renovate. The numerous protective revitalization approach is either an allusion to or an extension of the different repair theories in the right proportion. The Chongkouwarehouse is a group of old warehouses on the river bank, which retains its identity as an old building and avoids being classified as a historical and cultural preservation building and thus has a new fate.
- Realization and Technology
- large-span steel frame and full-slope glass curtain wall system；handmade bricks
- Operation and Interaction
- The old warehouses was built for plainly purpose with simple brick structure. The original structure and materials of the warehouses were reserved as far as possible, while customized imitated clay bricks are adopted in the new-built part. In order to create a connected inner space for a new massive building, a canopy of glass and steel structure was designed to build on the parallel barns, which enabled the interior to be rearranged to flexibly usage. Its triangle appearance inherit the inclined angle of the sloping ceilings of the old warehouses, and at the same time give a steady yet energetic characteristic.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in February 2021 in Guangzhou China and finished in February 2022 ,and exhibited in Guangzhou China in May 2022.
- Keywords
- Revitalization of old buildings；Reborn；Exhibition Center；Handmade Bricks
