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Gronych + Dollega Architekten Is Honored with the Silver A' Design Award for Goethestrasse 1 Private House in Architecture, Building and Structure Design
Gronych + Dollega Architekten acknowledged for architecture, building and structure design by the international grand jury of the 2018 - 2019 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 25, 2019 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Goethestrasse 1 Private House by Gronych + Dollega Architekten has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Architecture, Building and Structure Design category. The recognition forms part of the 2018 - 2019 A' Design Award & Competition and was determined 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 Silver A' Design Award Explained
The Silver A' Design Award celebrates top-tier designs that embody excellence and innovation. This award acknowledges creations that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also highly functional, reflecting the designer's deep understanding and skill. Silver A' Design Award recipients are recognized for their contribution to raising industry standards and advancing the practice of design. Their work often incorporates original innovations and elicits a strong emotional response, making a notable impact on the improvement of everyday life.
About Goethestrasse 1 Private House
Goethestrasse 1 is a private house in Bad Homburg, Germany. The design transforms a strict development plan into a calm architectural form shaped by its location. The building develops its own scale in relation to the landscape and the surrounding buildings. Generous relations between inside and outside are created on a small plot with valuable trees. Light, shade and the reflections of the water surface in front of the glazed facades shape the interior atmosphere. Concrete, steel supports and prefabricated wooden elements form the structure.
About Gronych + Dollega Architekten
Peter Gronych + Yvonne Dollega are German architects headquartered in Wetzlar, Hessen, Germany. The office's work is characterized by an experimental search for the specific constructional form. Lighting, space and the building body are examined based on the architectural concept and developed further using work models, resulting in a unique architecture form matching the location with a high spatial quality: The focus is on people with all their senses and emotions.
Award Record
With this recognition, Gronych + Dollega Architekten is a winner of 2 A' Design Awards. The awards were granted between the 2016 - 2017 and the 2018 - 2019 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/80908
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/80908
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!80908
- Laureate Profile: https://desingers.org/d/180745
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://gronych-dollega.de/
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
- Goethestrasse 1 Private House
- Function
- Private House
- Category
- Architecture, Building and Structure Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture
- Colors
- Dark Slate Gray, Saddle Brown, Dark Olive Green, Lavender and Black
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Gronych + Dollega Architekten
- Country
- Germany
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2018 - 2019
- Design ID
- #80908
Credits
- Team
- Peter Gronych + Yvonne Dollega
- Image Credits
- gronych + dollega architekten Peter Gronych + Yvonne Dollega
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The architecture develops its own sensitive scale to the landscape and the built environment. The aim was to define generous relationships between inside and outside on the small property with valuable trees and the given building scale. The play of light and shades of the trees as well as the reflections of the water surface in front of the glazed facades create intense room atmospheres.
- Inspiration
- Our goal was to transform a very strict development plan into a serene, powerful and location-independent architectural form, while the existing trees should become part of the whole.
- Research
- The possible arrangements of the residential levels on the limited area of the building dimensions as well as in the given cubature underwent intensive examination. The spatial aspects, orientation, light, water, plastic shape and the valuable tree population were of great importance.
- Challenge
- The confrontation with the strict planning law requirements was the biggest challenge. Through the experimental search for the specific structural form, an architecture based on the location could be developed, free from any constraints and open to human beings with all their senses and emotions.
- Realization and Technology
- Sustainability has been the main objective regarding the construction of the building. All materials were utilized with the focus on meaningfulness. The dwelling house and the carport consist of concrete due to the spans, geometries as well as the plasticity. Steel V-supports carry the loads. The attic consists of prefabricated elemental wooden stud walls and ceilings. Heating and cooling is provided via an air heat pump. Thermal comfort is achieved by capillary heating mats (low temperature).
- Operation and Interaction
- A tilted exterior wall is used to create the airspace that connects the ground floor with the upper floor, while also enabling natural lighting for the basement. The sloping high windows upstairs create the feeling of living within the treetops. The different levels are accessed by an open steel staircase, which also serves as a highly sculptural element of the inside area. The monolithically shaped facade of the building creates a distinct measurement in cohesion with the opulent tree population of the property.
- Project Duration and Location
- Bad Homburg, Germany 2016
- Specifications
- Property size: 894 qm Dimensions: 17.40 m x 9.90 m x 10.12 m
- Keywords
- Architecture, Bad Homburg, Concrete, Design, Wohnen im Hardtwald, pool,
