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Hung-Yu Huang Is Honored with the Silver A' Design Award for The Ho Hotel in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
Hung-Yu Huang 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 The Ho Hotel by Hung-Yu Huang, designed for HYH Architects, 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 scored anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
What the Silver A' Design Award Means
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.
More About The Ho Hotel
The Ho is a renovated hotel lobby interior of 630 square meters in Taiwan. Gray is the main theme, applied to the stairs, flooring, corridors and furnishings. A dome with staggered linear tassels sits under the high ceiling and echoes an art installation below. Marble, black mirror and artificial stone replace the earlier ornate style. Natural light is retained, and adjustable LED lights are placed at the seats. The lobby offers individual work areas, a multi-person forum and a sofa lounge for business travelers.
About Hung-Yu Huang
We firmly believe in the extension of spatial narrative, including people, space, and storytelling. Therefore, we are committed to finding clues and stacking spatial elements to create the self-evident nature of the work. We firmly believe in the extension of spatial narrative, including people, space, and storytelling. Therefore, we are committed to finding clues and stacking spatial elements to create the self-evident nature of the work.
Award Record
Hung-Yu Huang 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/149303
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/149303
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!149303
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/343265
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- The Ho Hotel
- Function
- Hotel
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Black, Dark Slate Gray, Rosy Brown, Dim Gray and Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- HYH Architects
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Hung-Yu Huang
- Country
- Taiwan (China)
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2022 - 2023
- Design ID
- #149303
Credits
- Image Credits
- HYH Architects
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Even though it is a renovation project, they still put people as the core consideration, which is also the aesthetic pursuit of the project. The theme is gray. The various layers of gray in the lobby stairs, flooring, corridors, and furnishings are all impressive. At the same time, the design team retains the natural lighting advantage of the site, so that the tone of the space can reach the perfect balance. Different from ordinary hotels, the project is targeted at businesspeople, providing more working space for individual meetings or group consultations.
- Inspiration
- The linear ceiling and the staggered design on the walls intertwine a circular base of the lobby. The lobby is like a globe, wrapped in horizontal and vertical lines. The longitudinal and latitudinal imagery represents the optimization of international and commercialized space. The hotel welcomes every visitor from all over the world with a new look.
- Research
- The project is a renovation of a hotel taken over by the second generation. The theme of the interior is gray, supplemented by curved shapes to reverse the impression of the old space. Secondly, the efficiency function for businesspeople is taken into consideration. The design team planned several working areas, including individual work areas and group meeting areas. Mirrors, linear lighting, and grayscale highlight the modern atmosphere. While successfully reversing the brand image, the hotel has also become the first choice for local businesspeople and international travelers to work and relax.
- Challenge
- This project is a renovation. Since the commercial orientation of the site is different from the previous one, the design team optimized the functionality and created a professional design that is more conducive to the local customers, replacing the previous slightly baroque and fancy style with a functional look. The renovation process required more time to confirm the fire protection settings. The design team had to recheck all the fire safety regulations, update and adjust them, and last but not least, the aesthetics.
- Realization and Technology
- Marble, linear lighting, ceiling molding design, light steel frame trims, achromatic color (black, white, and gray), laminate hard plastic sheet, black mirror, artificial stone. The renovation reveals a new style through the renewal of building materials. The design team reversed the look of the original space, redefining the old hotel and creating a more functional and aesthetic experience.
- Operation and Interaction
- Formal or casual, the project has a neutral and modern concept. The design team re-examined the location to create a space that meets the needs of the customers. The lobby on the first floor includes office space for individuals, a multi-person forum, and a sofa lounge. With its high ceiling, the design team introduced bright natural lighting and installed adjustable LED lights at the seats to provide a comfortable experience for customers to relax and work.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project finished in February 2022 in Taiwan.
- Specifications
- The site is a 630 square meter, one-story, nearly ten-year-old hotel lobby. After the second generation takes it over, the hotel becomes a more contemporary, functional, and efficient space this renovation. In the original high-ceilinged space, the design team first added the most characteristic dome with long, staggered linear tassels, echoing the installation art below as the highlight. The gray theme emphasizes the space's elegance, and the grayscale tone changes show a multi-faceted and calm atmosphere.
- Keywords
- Dome, Hotel, Business space, Bright lighting, Aesthetic experience.
