Harmony
Harmony Cultural Learning Space by Yen Partnership and Miso Soup Design is a winner of the 2025 Iron A' Design Award in Cultural Heritage and Culture Industry Design.
Harmony is an Iron A' Design Award winner, a prestigious recognition granted to good designs that meet the professional and industrial requirements expected from well-designed creations.
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National Kuan Hsi Senior High School, founded in 1924 with an agricultural focus, integrates history, learning, and cultural heritage. The design connects classrooms with the historic tea factory, preserving its charm while creating dual pathways for students and visitors. Emphasizing situational teaching, flexible spaces, and interactive tools foster hands on learning and collaboration. Historical tea processing equipment is repurposed as artistic installations, blending tradition with modern design.
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Harmony by Yen Partnership and Miso Soup Design
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Cultural Heritage and Culture Industry Design Award Winner in 2025.
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Harmony Cultural Learning Space
Harmony is an Iron A' Design Award winner, a prestigious recognition granted to good designs that meet the professional and industrial requirements expected from well-designed creations. Iron winners demonstrate great skill, high specialization, expert understanding, and creative capacity of their creators. Harmony is expected to be a highly-regarded, admired, and cherished creation that is practical and innovative. This Iron A' Design Award-winning design integrates industry best practices and has competent technical characteristics linked with know-how and talent. Harmony is respected for its thoroughness and is designed to provide quality of life improvements that help make the world a better place.
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Yen Partnership and Miso Soup Design
Daisuke Nagatomo graduated from Meiji University in Tokyo, and decided to pursue his passion of architecture at Columbia University, where he received master degree in advanced architectural design. Nagatomo began his career in the metropolitan New York area with architecture firms, including TEN Arquitectos and Design Office for Research and Architecture. He was the invited researcher for FabLab House project at IaaC, Barcelona from 2009 to 2010 where he holds research diploma. Nagatomo is currently the assistant professor of National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan as well as adjunct faculty member of Tokyo Denki University. Nagatomo has taught several schools including Pratt Institute (New York), Tokyo University of Science, and Keio University.
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MisoSoupDesign is Japan / Taiwan based Design Studio led by Daisuke Nagatomo and Minnie Jan.
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