Bronze A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design Goes to Shanshuiheyue Ronghe Guangzhou Prototype House by Zhijun Zhong

Zhijun Zhong recognized 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/ Shanshuiheyue Ronghe Guangzhou Prototype House by Zhijun Zhong, designed for Herabenna, has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. 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.

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 Shanshuiheyue Ronghe Guangzhou Prototype House

Shanshuiheyue Ronghe Guangzhou is a model house interior located in Zengcheng District, Guangzhou, China. The house covers 321 square meters over five floors, so each floor is small. Rock and wood finishes are used throughout the rooms, and the tea table on the lower floor is cut from a single piece of natural travertine. The living room sofa has a backrest that extends into a bench seat shared with the dining table, which saves space. Terraces on the second and third floors let families gather close to nature.

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

Zhijun Zhong is a winner of 4 A' Design Awards, including this recognition. The awards were granted between the 2019 - 2020 and the 2022 - 2023 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/148328
A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/148328
Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!148328
Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/254188
Further Information from the Laureate: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/3YVQOUzrlxmZzkP_l2y0_w

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project: Shanshuiheyue Ronghe Guangzhou Prototype House
Function: Prototype House
Category: Interior Space and Exhibition Design
Discipline: Spatial Design
Industry: Architecture and Packaging & Retail
Colors: Black, Dark Slate Gray, Light Gray, Dark Gray and Dim Gray
Images: 5
Client: Herabenna

The Recognition

Laureate: Zhijun Zhong
Country: China
Recognition: Bronze A' Design Award
Edition: 2022 - 2023
Design ID: #148328

Design Details

Unique Properties: The project is a physical model room, located in the scenic area of Zengcheng District, Guangzhou, which is surrounded by mountains and beautiful scenery in all seasons. In this region, the natural landscape is an innate advantage. Based on nature, the design extends a natural, wild tone and the space has been better integrated into the environment. The location that is away from downtown area also just guides the slow lifestyle of "Secluded in the woods, far away from the noise".
Inspiration: For a long time, Guangzhou has an elegant name as the "Millennium goat city, Pearl of Southern China", and the city's memory is based on a thousand years of history and the integration of Chinese and Western cultures. From the "tea" culture in Guangdong, we can see the city's pursuit of a slow life. Based on this regional context, we have tried to use a simple, wild and oriental design concept to create a two-in-one spatial model of a leisurely, poetic and elegant holiday and life, which convey the return of "oriental poetic life" and the pursuit of spiritual enrichment.
Research: The design of this case is a great breakthrough in terms of drawing on traditional art of China. The saleable area of this project is 321 square meters, with a total of 5 floors, which means that the actual area of each floor is only less than 60 square meters. With such a small area, it is extremely challenging to realize the complete function of each floor space and embody artistic creativity and oriental artistic spirit on the basis of the complete function. In the past, the design of home space was influenced by traditional etiquette, Taoism and other cultures and shows the aesthetic characteristics of rigorous, heavy and complicated .
Challenge: The sofa on the ground floor of the living room is a two-way functional study. Multi-functional design and structural optimization of the product reduces the congestion and heaviness of space, At the same time, the sofa's backrest extends into a card-seat structure to combine with the dining table, which not only realizes the dining function ,but also saves space ,and is more integral than before. The negative floor of tea table continues the concept of structural optimization, and the space derived into various scenes such as tea ceremony, tea party and so on.
Realization and Technology: The space uses a large number of rocks and wood finishes. These textures are formed by the changes and precipitation of time, each of which portrays the story of time and the profound connotation of natural changes, it is the most representative of natural and pure aesthetics. The basement tea table is even made of natural travertine cut in one piece. Natural travertine, with its pure texture and moderate hardness for cutting and processing, is a modern "hot" natural decorative material. Through the extensive use of natural materials, the design leads to a return to nature and respect for it.
Operation and Interaction: The designer is a native of Guangzhou, who has deep feelings and insights into Guangzhou's culture and characteristics. In order to combine the properties of the project itself, the designers conducted a more detailed survey of the residential needs within the project's vicinity to cater their needs. In addition, the designer consulted a large number of Chinese historical buildings, Chinese paintings and poems, deeply understood the characteristics of traditional aesthetics, and recreated them on the basis of continuing traditional concepts.
Project Duration and Location: The project is located at Chenjialin Road, Zengcheng District, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China, and was completed in July 2022.
Keywords: Vacation, Nature, Travertine, Buddhist mood, Aesthetics of China