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Han Ao Receives the Bronze A' Design Award for Huixian Lou Restaurant in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
Han Ao 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 Bronze A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category for Huixian Lou Restaurant by Han Ao, designed for Beijing Hantang Landscape Interior Design Co., Ltd.. The recognition forms part of 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 assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
The Bronze A' Design Award Explained
The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.
More About Huixian Lou Restaurant
Huixian Lou is a restaurant located on Beijing Financial Street. The project covers 860 square meters. The exterior is wrapped in a pale gray metal grid that forms several hazy layers between the street and the dining areas. These layers create a calm transition and leave the noise of the city outside. The interior recalls the elegance of Song dynasty style through a modern expression of traditional culture. One hall is six meters high and shows a video artwork on the wall. A stage surrounded by semi-translucent gauze hosts harp performances each evening.
About Han Ao
Ao Han is an experienced designer. He focuses on creating better design, making design better through aesthetics and innovation. He is highly skilled in combining different local culture with his works. In his design, he can get rid of anything other than what is essential and simplify everything complicated. He contributes to presenting the most Chinese restaurant aesthetics through contemporary design language.
Award Record
This recognition makes Han Ao a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
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/107833
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/107833
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!107833
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/281064
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Huixian Lou Restaurant
- Function
- Restaurant
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Dark Slate Gray, Black, Dark Olive Green, Gray and Dim Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Beijing Hantang Landscape Interior Design Co., Ltd.
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Han Ao
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #107833
Credits
- Image Credits
- Photographer Wu Bing, 2019
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Leisure life in prosperous city "Small-time hermits hide in the mountains, but the real hermit lives downtown", Huixianlou is located on Beijing Financial Street, the most prosperous place in a city, and the designer wanted to create a feeling of "leisure life in prosperous city". A leisure life does not have to be found in the mountains and forests. It is a higher level to find peace in a prosperous city, such as Beijing.
- Inspiration
- "Huixianlou" wasthe largest restaurant in Kaifeng, Bianliang, Northern Song Dynasty, which a place for gathering place for literati. Therefore, designerjust wanted to create the sameelegance of Song style. The reason for choosing the most prosperous place in Beijing, the Financial Street, is to find an inner peace and the elegant state of the ancients. The hotter and irritable the outside is, the more peace of mind is needed inside.
- Research
- The small hall on the right is six meters high, and the video playing on the wall is a piece of art taken by the designer from the Art Basel in Hong Kong. With the surging of the fog, the whole picture changes from hazy to gradually clear, to full bloom, and then to the haze, which is a metaphor for reincarnations in the world. There is a stage surrounded by semi-translucent gauze in the air, where harp players perform every night. Consumers can only hear the sound but not see the people.
- Challenge
- The atmosphere that designer wants to create is a kind of mistakenly entering the wilderness, the garden, the study room and the Southern Song Dynasty which bring the sense of time-travel, the sense of amazement. This kind of feeling has no violation and pressure, but surprises, happiness and nourishment...
- Realization and Technology
- According to themodern expression of traditional culture, the entire exterior of the restaurant is covered by a pale gray hazy metal grid, presenting a restrained, subtle oriental beauty. It is these several layers of hazy metal grids that create the most important "space" the exterior and interior. When you step inside, it's as if you are filtered and the noise of the world is left behind. The whole person calms down.
- Operation and Interaction
- Market survey, Site survey, Layout plan, Simulation renderings, Construction practices and details.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in Beijing on April 10, 2019 and completed in Beijing on December 20, 2019.
- Specifications
- Project area: 860 square meters.
- Keywords
- Northern Song Dynasty , subtle oriental beauty , literati landscape paintings, gourmet food, amazing scenery, beautiful utensils
