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QUAD won 3 A’ Design Awards 2020

4/29/2020

QUAD is delighted to be recognised by A’ Design Award and Competition 2020 by being awarded 3 awards. A’ Design Award and Competition is the most prestigious and influential international design awards. It receives thousands of entries every year and recognises the best designs worldwide with high standards. We are proud to be awarded as our teams have pursued excellence in delivering innovative designs and coordinating with constructors to ensure smooth construction of various projects.

Know more about our awarded projects:

Light Portal Future Rail City – Gold Award for Urban Planning and Urban Design

Integrating architecture and nature, shaping new lifestyles for future residents of Highspeed Rail City, Light Portal is designed meticulously. Located adjacent to Yibin High Speed Rail Station, it comprises of a 160-m tall mixed-use Twin Towers framing 1km long landscape boulevard. The central park is a multi-dimensional living platform with sunken garden, education centre, sports centre, public performance space. Read more here.

Megalopolis X Shenzhen Super Headquarter – Gold Award for Futuristic Design

The incorporation of technological advances and a framework of a city of the future goes beyond the design of mega towers that may dominate a city skyline. A diversified eco belt covering the east-west axis to form a central park. The design also anticipates the use of future technologies by creating as much as public space above ground as possible with TOD infrastructure. Read more here.

Medieval Rethink Cultural Center – Silver Award for Architecture, Building and Structure Design

The cultural centre becomes the new destination for villages to congregate and to socially interact in Zhu Pu Village, Guangdong. Here, opportunities arise to great a truly cultural contemporary icon inspired by a historical monument that links the old and new. We make a focus in the cultural centre. An object that is the primary function, a multipurpose hall that most villagers will congregate in large social events. Other functions are clustered around the object that naturally creates internal streets and courtyards that are filled with an abundance of natural landscape. Read more here.

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D.I.Y. Mask Box

4/3/2020

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MAKE YOU OWN MASK BOX

With this Pandemic affecting all of us around the world, QUAD studio would like to take time to look at useful design products we can all use in this Coronavirus Pandemic.

Hence, we have the “MASK BOX” ……. The rationale behind the “MASK BOX” is quite simple. From time to time, and for whatever reason people need to take off their face mask during the day. This contraption allows the mask to be suspended away from any surface when not in use.

The following is a quick exercise on how to make the “MASK BOX” :

Download the following A3 template and print out on 165g A3 card paper