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I O Hotel Reception Space by Chen Huacai and Xu Hezhan Receives the A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
Chen Huacai and Xu Hezhan recognized for interior space and exhibition design by the international grand jury of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2021 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category for I O Hotel Reception Space by Chen Huacai and Xu Hezhan, designed for Eterno Design. The result belongs to the 2020 - 2021 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 scored anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
About the A' Design Award
The Iron A' Design Award is awarded to good designs that meet the rigorous professional and industrial standards set by the A' Design Awards. This recognition is reserved for works that demonstrate a solid understanding of design principles and show creativity within their execution. Recipients of the Iron A' Design Award are acknowledged for their practical innovations and contributions to their respective fields, providing solutions that improve quality of life and foster positive change. These designs are a testament to the skill and dedication of their creators, showcasing their ability to address real-world challenges through thoughtful design.
More About I O Hotel Reception Space
I O Hotel is a hotel interior design located in Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China. The hotel occupies the top floor of a commercial building in the downtown area and offers a panoramic view of the outdoor landscape. In the lobby, the original oblique roof structure was retained, and a glass ceiling was added to increase natural daylight. Perforated aluminum sheets soften the light and create an interplay of light and shadow. The interior covers 2500 square meters and holds 36 guest rooms. The material palette includes terrazzo, ultrathin stone, timber and leather.
About Chen Huacai and Xu Hezhan
Design firm | profile DESIGN ATTITUDE: ETERNO DESIGN is a design firm situated in Zhanjiang, China, which gathers a group of like-minded design professionals. It pursuits design with dedication and perseverance, adheres to continuous exploration and innovation, and strives to let design return to purity. Chief designers: Chen Huacai, Xu Hezhan Design team: Jiang Honglan, Xu Meijie, Huang Jian, Lu Yunfeng
Award Record
Chen Huacai and Xu Hezhan is a winner of 1 A' Design Award, including this recognition.
About the A' Interior Space, Retail and Exhibition Design Award
The A' Interior Design Award is an international interior design competition recognizing good interior designs by interior designers and architects worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to interior designers, interior architects, architects and decorators from all countries. Entries typically include residential interiors, restaurants, hotels, offices, galleries and retail stores. Awarded interior designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/interior
About A' Design Award & Competition
A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission 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. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated 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. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates 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, the upload of a work and the 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. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://designers.org/107355
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/107355
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!107355
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/280602
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://r6d.cn/XZqX
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- I O Hotel Reception Space
- Function
- Reception Space
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Lavender, Black, Dark Slate Gray, Light Gray and Silver
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Eterno Design
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Chen Huacai and Xu Hezhan
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #107355
Credits
- Team
- Chen Huacai, Xu Hezhan and Jiang Honglan, Xu Meijie, Huang Jian, Lu Yunfeng
- Image Credits
- Photography: ETERNO /MGS
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Situated on the top floor of a commercial building in the downtown area, the hotel offers a panoramic view of the outdoor landscape and a tranquil environment. In the lobby, the designers retained the original oblique interior roof structure, and added glass ceiling to enhance natural daylighting, and at the same time utilized perforated aluminum sheets to soften the light and produce interplay of light and shadows.
- Inspiration
- The hotel is named after IO (Jupiter I), which is the innermost of the fourGalilean moonsof the planetJupiter. IO is the most geologically active object in the Solar System. The moon of IO is full of unknowns, changes and uncertainties. Those properties coincide with the designers' initial conception of the hotel. They refused to restrict the interior design to a certain style, but combined contrasting yet diverse design elements to bring more possibilities to urban hotels.
- Research
- Zhanjiang, where the project is located, is a city in the southern part of China mainland, which boasts unparalleled coastline and spectacular view of tides. By skillfully making use of light and shadows, structures and colors, the design team injected imagination into spatial scenes, which will attract the guests to experience and explore the unknown.
- Challenge
- The staircases strengthen the three-dimensional visual impression of the space, and make the experience of going up and down more interesting. It was very challenging to approach the rooms with a sloped roof structure. The design team turned an oblique angle between the interior roof and the wall into 90 degree, and added a skylight to introduce daylight. In this way, the re-imagined ceiling was endowed with both a simplistic form and rich details, and was made a highlight in the space.
- Realization and Technology
- The interior is characterized by a diversified material palette consisting of terrazzo, deep-colored ultrathin stone materials, timber, and leather coverings, etc., which fuses softness and solidness and enriches textures of the space. Main materials: perforated aluminum sheet, ultrathin stone materials, terrazzo, wooden veneer, back-painted glass, mosaic tile, stainless steel, wooden flooring, paint
- Operation and Interaction
- Occupying a total area of 2500 sqm, the hotel has 36 distinctive guest rooms. Each guest room is an independent unit, and also an integral part of a whole system that provides diverse experiences, just like numerous rotating objects constitute the Solar System. Erecting opposite the Sheraton not far away, I O HOTEL embraces the coastline in its unique way.
- Project Duration and Location
- Completion time: October 2019 Location: Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China
- Specifications
- The area of project is 2500 square meter.
- Keywords
- Jupiter I, Zhangjiang, shadows, hotel, sloped roof structure, the Solar System
