SPOTLIGHT
Property360Digest e-magazine Issue # 7 - 2020
AYDA wraps up the year 2020 in its first ever fully digital awards ceremony as Dayana Aripin from University Sains Malaysia and Lim Yee Fah from Taylor ’ s University take home the Gold Award for Architecture and Interior Design Categories .
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AWARDS 2020
The Asia Young Designer Awards (“ AYDA ”) organised by Nippon Paint Malaysia in collaboration with IJM Land Berhad , has announced the two winners of the Asia Young Designer Awards 2020 . Its first fully digital competition themed “ Human-Centred Design ”, saw Dayana Aripin from University Sains Malaysia and Lim Yee Fah from Taylor ’ s University grabbed first place , as gold winners in the architectural and interior design categories respectively .
Both the Malaysian winners stand a chance to advance to the regional level of the competition where they are in the running to be sent on a once-in-a-lifetime 6-week-all-expense paid Design Discovery programme at the Harvard Graduate School of Design in Boston , USA . This follows the establishment of the Gennosuke Obata Fellowship at Harvard , an esteemed partnership that provides both parties with the opportunity to exchange cross-cultural ideas and values .
For the past 13 years , AYDA has aimed to inspire young designers to elevate their creativity and innovate their ideas to push above and beyond the norm to create outstanding professionals in the architectural and interior design industry . 2020 ’ s theme “ Human- Centred Design ” encouraged designers to further explore their problem-solving skills by developing designs that is intuitive to its intended users ’ needs and wants .
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The winners for this year , Dayana Aripin and Lim Yee Fah took home a cash prize of RM5,000 along with the prestigious title of ‘ Gold Award Winner ’ in the Architectural and Interior Design categories respectively . Gold Award winner Dayana Aripin realised an opportunity to uplift the lives of her fellow Penangites as they were facing gentrification due to the rapid development of urban areas and change demography within the local community . She then developed a design that not only revitalises the heritage and culture of Penang but also provided affordable homes . As the idiom goes , ‘ to feed two birds with one seed ’, Dayana achieved precisely that through her Micro-housing proposal .