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Zhijun Zhong Is Honored with the Bronze A' Design Award for Junanli Mogan Mountain Blue Town Prototype House in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
Zhijun Zhong acknowledged for interior space and exhibition design by the international grand jury of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 22, 2022 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Bronze A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category for Junanli Mogan Mountain Blue Town Prototype House by Zhijun Zhong, designed for Herabenna. The award was conferred within the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition and was decided 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.
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.
Regarding Junanli Mogan Mountain Blue Town Prototype House
Junanli Mogan Mountain Blue Town is a prototype house set on a flat area of Mogan Mountain in Huzhou, China. The two-floor home covers 150 square meters. Native plants around the villa are fully preserved, so the house appears to have grown within nature. The interior uses natural materials, including stone floors with continuous textures, cut wooden boards shaped by modern carpentry, carved stone containers and a hand-woven bamboo and rattan side table. Floor-to-ceiling windows and heat-reflective glass increase daylight and reduce energy use.
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
With this recognition, Zhijun Zhong is a winner of 3 A' Design Awards. The awards were granted between the 2019 - 2020 and the 2021 - 2022 editions 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. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to interior designers, interior architects, architects and decorators from all countries. Typical entries include residential interiors, restaurants, hotels, offices, galleries and retail stores. The awarded interior designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/interior
About A' Design Award & Competition
Organized annually since 2008, A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The philanthropic mission of the A' Design Award is 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. Nominations are peer reviewed and evaluated anonymously 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. Eligible laureates receive the A' Design Prize, which 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, uploading a work and receiving a 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. More information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://designers.org/134283
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/134283
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!134283
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/254188
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://www.herabenna.com
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Junanli Mogan Mountain Blue Town Prototype House
- Function
- Prototype House
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Dim Gray, Dark Slate Gray, Gray, Silver and Light Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Herabenna
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Zhijun Zhong
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2021 - 2022
- Design ID
- #134283
Credits
- Image Credits
- Photographer Yi Qian Du, 1, 2019.; Photographer Yi Qian Du, 2, 2019.; Photographer Yi Qian Du, 3, 2019.; Photographer Yi Qian Du, 4, 2019.; Photographer Yi Qian Du, 5, 2019.
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The project is located at Junanli, a flat land on Mogan Mountain. To ensure the natural properties of the project, we completely preserved native plants around the villa, making the house appear as if it had grown in nature. In terms of interior space design, the designer strives to carry a large number of natural and original objects, draw materials from nature, and finally return to nature.
- Inspiration
- The design is inspired by the definition of original ecological design. We advocate de-stylization, abandon the complex shapes and heavy materials of furniture, and impress the residents through the beauty of texture and elegant lines of pure natural raw materials; In this way, we give the occupants a comfortable, self, close to nature, and a good living experience of life, so as to convey a simple, spiritual, environmentally friendly and natural lifestyle.
- Research
- With the development of the city, the prosperous high-rise buildings symbolize the economic strength of the city. People are huddled in the "reinforced concrete" matchbox, more and more eager to return to nature and live a comfortable life. The exhaustion of a large number of urbanites on urban life has triggered our new thinking on interior space design: the design of private space should be people-oriented and reflect people's needs. It should return to authenticity and purity instead of focusing on luxurious appearance. The living space should provide residents with a comfortable, relaxed and open-hearted leisure experience.
- Challenge
- The biggest challenge of this project is how to integrate the rustic decorative elements into the space, and then present an ultimate taste, make the space look casual yet not random, and make the layout seem simple but logical. The designer is good at using subtraction and discards a lot of decorations. Several pieces of ceramic art were randomly placed on the tabletop. The fine craft texture and the original texture of natural materials echo each other, presenting the supernatural craftsmanship of nature, and at the same time enhancing the lasting charm of the space.
- Realization and Technology
- The interior floor is made of natural-textured stone with precise continuous textures. From the cabinets to the tables and chairs, the designer uses blocks of cut wooden boards to retain the integrity of the wood texture through modern carpentry techniques. After polishing and later design, they have a continuous appearance, which is a test of fine craftsmanship and ingenuity. The container in the space is made of natural stone, processed by cutting and superb carving techniques. The side table was hand-woven with natural bamboo strips and rattan weaving, so as to be closer to nature and the life.
- Operation and Interaction
- The designer personally went to Mogan Mountain to inspect the local climate conditions and selected indoor materials such as heat-reflective glass according to the natural environment to achieve the effect of constant temperature indoor, maintaining natural light, and reducing energy consumption. Residents can experience a more primitive and ecological lifestyle endowed by nature, and enjoy the breeze in summer and the warm sun in winter.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in January 2019 and finished in September 2019. Located in Mogan Mountain, Huzhou, Zhe Jiang province, China.
- Specifications
- Two floors, 150 square meter
- Keywords
- resort, showroom, interior, design, Bauhaus, house, villa
