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Xiangxin Huzhou Songyuanli Prototype House by Zhijun Zhong Wins the Silver A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
Zhijun Zhong honored for interior space and exhibition design by the international grand jury of the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 20, 2023 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Xiangxin Huzhou Songyuanli Prototype House by Zhijun Zhong, designed for Herabenna, has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category. The award was conferred within the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition and was reached through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who evaluated anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
About the Silver A' Design Award
The Silver A' Design Award celebrates top-tier designs that embody excellence and innovation. This award acknowledges creations that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also highly functional, reflecting the designer's deep understanding and skill. Silver A' Design Award recipients are recognized for their contribution to raising industry standards and advancing the practice of design. Their work often incorporates original innovations and elicits a strong emotional response, making a notable impact on the improvement of everyday life.
About Xiangxin Huzhou Songyuanli Prototype House
Xiangxin Huzhou Songyuanli is a residential interior design that also serves as a prototype house shown to the public. The project covers 696 square meters in Huzhou, Zhejiang Province, China. The architecture draws on traditional Huizhou building, with white walls and black tiles. Inside, crystal and metal are combined, and gold and silver wares and antique paintings complete the rooms. The furniture uses local Huzhou silk. Traditional engraving, embroidery and garden techniques are joined with a modern lifestyle, so the home meets the needs of the owner and of visitors.
About Zhijun Zhong
Zhong is the founder of Guangzhou Herabenna Interior Design Co. He has been in the design business for more than 15 years. He manages the company’s business decisions and sets the strategic guidelines for his team to assure that all his clients are satisfied with the services provided. The company has since its initiation offered design solutions for luxury hotels, high-end apartments such as the White Swan Hotel Qingyuan, Greentown Rose Garden Hotel, Vanke Ten Miles Zephyr, and other famed apartments and hotels. The Westin Zhujiajian Resort in Zhoushan was listed in 《City Traveler》 as the best hotel.
Award Record
This recognition makes Zhijun Zhong a winner of 5 A' Design Awards. The awards span the editions from 2019 - 2020 to 2022 - 2023 of the A' Design Award & Competition.
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/148815
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/148815
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!148815
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/254188
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/xL6U5TGffUigemXC0KWlOw
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Xiangxin Huzhou Songyuanli Prototype House
- Function
- Prototype House
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Dim Gray, Black, Dark Olive Green, Gray and Dark Slate Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Herabenna
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Zhijun Zhong
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2022 - 2023
- Design ID
- #148815
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The project is located in Huzhou, Zhejiang Province, and its architecture draws on the traditional "huizhou architecture" with its white wall and black tile, recreating the highlight of "Aesthetics of China". It intends to respect tradition, review history with contemporary aesthetic taste, open up the lifestyle of modern aristocrats, reorganize the elements of the new era, and write new "story chapters ",which can be traced back to the Chinese modern era.
- Inspiration
- When we think back to China in 1930s, the lifestyle of the upper aristocracy has always been regarded as a classic of the times. Chinese people's aesthetic appreciation began to go from traditional classical subtlety to international modernity. Interior decoration styles began to show the characteristics of the industrial era, not only modern and stylish but also retaining the traditional subtle and elegant temperament.
- Research
- n the 1930s and 1940s, the area around the Yangtze River Basin, headed by Shiliyangchang (Shanghai), was gradually westernized. The aristocratic circle's recognition of "Ambilight" decoration has reached the peak of the times, and the classical and luxurious temperament of the space given by the luxury materials such as crystal, metal and leather is generally accepted by people in the circle, which has formed a unique interior decorative style such as naval style and Hong Kong style by integrating with the traditional implicit, class distinct interior layout style.
- Challenge
- "Fusion is a better reservation" In an era of rapid development of science and technology, the inheritance of handicrafts and excellent traditional culture has always been facing great difficulties. The design of the large space draws inspiration from modern 'Shanghai', applying the 'cross-border fusion' model once again to the design, integrating traditional culture with contemporary lifestyles and fusing Chinese and Western design features. The multifunctional parlour in the basement will lead the design to trendy movies and video games, and then disassemble and reorganize them to create a boy's ultimate dream playground.
- Realization and Technology
- Under the contemporary background, the design shows the aesthetics of China, incorporating classical British expressions into the design, and enhancing the space with soft furnishings such as gold and silver wares and antique paintings. In terms of material selection, c crystal and metal are perfectly integrated, showing the prosperity of the industrial age and reappearing the golden years of the Oriental Modern. The interior furniture uses local silk products from Huzhou as raw materials, and the joint design with BIZZOTTO, the world leading furniture brand. This reflects the quality and craftsmanship, and conveys the essence of high quality spirit.
- Operation and Interaction
- This project is the private residence of the project developer, and also needs to be shown to the public as a prototype house. Therefore, we are faced with a paradox: our works should conform to both the owner's preferences and the audience's design preferences, which means that our design works should be both "relatively universal" and "exclusively pertinence". In the first stage, from the perspective of the audience circle, we mainly researched design preferences. In the second stage, we conducted a more detailed investigation on the design details for the owners, thus achieving both the exhibition purpose and meeting the exclusive needs of the owners.
- Project Duration and Location
- This project is located at No. 58 Meiquan Road, Wuxing District, Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province, China, and was completed in May 2022.
- Keywords
- Mansion, luxury, classical, golden age, aristocratic circle, Modern Times of China
