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KSP Engel and Zhubo Design Is Honored with the Platinum A' Design Award for Shenzhen Art Museum New Venue and Library North Branch in Architecture, Building and Structure Design
KSP Engel and Zhubo Design acknowledged for architecture, building and structure design by the international grand jury of the 2023 - 2024 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 16, 2024 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Platinum A' Design Award in the Architecture, Building and Structure Design category for Shenzhen Art Museum New Venue and Library North Branch by KSP Engel and Zhubo Design, designed for Zhubo Design. 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 Platinum A' Design Award Means
The Platinum A' Design Award is recognized for honoring designs that stand at the forefront of creativity and innovation. It is the highest accolade bestowed by the A' Design Awards, acknowledging works that blend remarkable innovation with impactful societal contributions. These designs not only showcase exceptional artistic and technical proficiency but also highlight their creators' commitment to advancing the boundaries of art, science, design, and technology. Recipients of this award are celebrated for their role in shaping the aesthetics and trends of our time, contributing significantly to the enhancement of quality of life and promoting sustainable development.
More About Shenzhen Art Museum New Venue and Library North Branch
Shenzhen Art Museum is a cultural complex that joins an art museum and a library in a dense urban district. The two buildings are shaped like a pair of hands that enclose a shared central space. Public platforms on several levels sit between the two volumes and are sheltered by a large cantilevered roof built as a truss steel structure. A double layer curtain wall system shapes the indoor light and reduces the cooling load. Prefabricated construction was used. The complex offers a calm setting for exhibitions and cultural exchange.
About KSP Engel and Zhubo Design
Founded in 1996, Zhubo Design is mainly engaged in architectural design and relevant design and consulting services ranging from architectural design to urban planning, landscape design, interior design, etc., and is committed to the comprehensive development of the industrial chain of design and architectural technologies. After more than 20 years of development, we have expanded design services including prefabricated architecture, BIM technology, green building, sponge city, intelligent building andrelevant consulting services.
Award Record
With this recognition, KSP Engel and Zhubo Design is a winner of 7 A' Design Awards. The awards were granted between the 2021 - 2022 and the 2023 - 2024 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/156276
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/156276
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!156276
- Laureate Profile: https://desingers.org/d/326387
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://shorturl.asia/o3BJ8
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Shenzhen Art Museum New Venue and Library North Branch
- Function
- New Venue and Library North Branch
- Category
- Architecture, Building and Structure Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture
- Colors
- Sky Blue, Midnight Blue, Dark Slate Blue, Dim Gray and Light Sky Blue
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Zhubo Design
The Recognition
- Laureate
- KSP Engel and Zhubo Design
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Platinum A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2023 - 2024
- Design ID
- #156276
Credits
- Team
- Jürgen Engel, Qiao Zhong, Baosen Zhao, Xiang Fu, Ning Xian, Qiushi Hao, Johannes Reinsch, Christian Eichinger, Ulf Gatzke, Martin Schelleis, Nadina Bergemann, Shengnan Gao ,Xin Huang, Wenhang Xiao, Yuping Lin, Yisheng Li, Xixi Fu, Hanlu Zhong, Thomas Busse, Marcus Lauber, Hua Liang, Jakob Hense,Ran Liu, Yixiang Li, Haipeng Wang, Yashuai Li, Xiangfei Zheng, Robert Pruim, Yun Song, Huiying Zhou, Hongliang Wang, Yang Rong, Feng Xu, Xu Zhu ,Dianru Jiang, Ruixing Ding,Qi Zuo, Chaonan Lin, Zushou Zhou
- Image Credits
- RAWVISION studio, Qiao Zhong
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Chief Architect believe that large scale cultural buildings such as art museums and libraries shouldn't only be important cultural fronts of the city, but also functional places that serve the people. The poject is located in a key development plot in Shenzhen, surrounded by dense residential and office space. Therefore, the core of this project is to create a public platform and hub for cultural exchange,which can further stimulate the cultural vitality of regional public spaces in the future.
- Inspiration
- The project is located in a busy transportation hub,the design needed to create a place that conveys a sense of calm and serenity,while responding to the sense of solemnity that culture itself represents.Think of the two venues as a pair of hands that enclose the central space,creating an atmosphere of preciousness and protection.These hands also symbolize the connection between people,it brings together people from different cultural backgrounds and stimulates creativity and cultural exchange.
- Research
- The poject is located in a key development plot in Longhua District, Shenzhen, surrounded by dense residential and office space. Therefore, the core of this project is to create a public platform and hub for cultural exchange, which can further stimulate the cultural vitality of regional public spaces in the future.How to open and share the building space and make the project related to the surrounding area has become a key issue in the planning and design of the project.
- Challenge
- The large cantilevered roof of the art museum covers an area of more than 5,000 square meters. The cantilever roof adopts truss steel structure design, adopts the installation mode of ground assembly and overall lifting, and a total of 17 lifters have completed the overall lifting in 48 hours. Shenzhen Library North Branch is the first library in China to set up a large volume of intelligent three-dimensional book stacks underground, with an area of 2,600 square meters and a floor height of 22.5 meters, of which the underground depth is 16 meters.
- Realization and Technology
- The facade using a double layer curtain wall system to create different indoor space effects for two buildings, and also achieves the sustainable development goal of reducing cooling load and saving energy. The entire facade unit is fixed to the outside of the main structure of the building through the substructure. This project is built using prefabricated construction. The cantilever roof of the art museum uses truss steel structure design.
- Operation and Interaction
- The project have become public living rooms where people are happy to stop by. Visitors can take a break and enjoy a variety of local and international exhibitions in the cool and tranquil atrium space. The public nature of the project brings more affinity. The extensive participation of the general public has promoted the popularization of aesthetic education and the spread of culture, greatly enhanced the value of cultural venues, and better realized the designer's original intention.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in 2015 in Shenzhen and finished in 2023.
- Specifications
- Total land area:39804.03 square metre; Total construction area:141524.59 square metre; Volume rate: 2.36; Building height: 40.15; Number of floors:6
- Keywords
- Art Museum, Library, aesthetic education, Oversized cantilevered roof, three - dimensional library
