International Architecture Design Awards - Interior Category

Background

What is the first thing we notice when we enter a space? How do we experience it?

Defining the inner shell of a building, interior design is more than good colour palettes, carpets, and furniture.

Working in coordination with the location, social context, and user group, the good design offers coordinated, well-defined, functional, and aesthetically managed solutions responding to human factors, which upholds its responsibility of enhancing occupant health, well-being, and quality of life. 

Celebrating design that is an active part of an individual's experience throughout the day, what do we look for as a solution that allows a user to best experience their home, workspace, or even their meal at a restaurant?

Focusing on the most basic of frameworks (typologies) of built spaces, UNI introduces Architecture (A- Z).

Challenge

‘I for Interiors’ aimed to bring together global design talents that explore one of our most basic experiences as a person.

The challenge invited entries of design that define interiors, ranging from residential spaces to retail spaces to workspaces to industries, this theme aimed to recognize spaces that question, enhance, redefine the experience of its user.

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Some of the Best of competition projects are as follows:

Winning Project: Dewan New Offices

By: Intercon Bcn

Description: Dewan Architects + Engineers recently moved their Dubai teams from Al Wasl road to a spacious office in Dubai Design District with the purpose of fostering more creativity which is naturally generated in this area of the city.

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People’s Choice: COFFEE MACHINE BAKERY

By: Сергей Питерский

Description: The flagship coffee house of the large Coffee Machine chain, located in the historic center of the city. This cafe and bakery became their first major street retail project.

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Jury Commendation: Sheraton Hotel Room Proposal_Reparametrize Studio

By: Reparametrize Studio, Ziwar Al Nouri & Bilal Baghdadi

 

Description: Hotel suites are designed to cater to local residents and international travelers alike. Each room features an interactive media center and with integrated digital music environment, while sliding and pivoting panels allow volumes to be readily and easily transformed. Each piece of furniture is either designed or chosen by our studio.

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Jury Commendation: Black kitchen

By: Jana Stachova 

Description: Calm oasis for a young couple in the center of Prague. No television, only projection screen as a part of the furniture. The basic expressive elements are subdued shades, anthracite gray and black, colors that calm the mind and withstand the distinctive color accent of mustard yellow, the owner's favorite color.

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Jury Commendation: GALLERY GIF

By: Сергей Питерский

Description: A place creates meaning. The client wanted to reorganize a former cafe into space where people can get acquainted with young local brands or present their own projects. Together with the customer, we conducted research and created the multi-brand showroom called Gallery Gif — a place where principles of retail stores and exhibition spaces have been combined.

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Discover the design brief here: https://uni.xyz/competitions/interiors/info/about

Discover the full results here: https://uni.xyz/competitions/interiors/entries 

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