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Nanjing Fishing Port Restaurant by Zhecheng Xu and Yuefeng Zhou Receives the Golden A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
Zhecheng Xu and Yuefeng Zhou recognized for interior space and exhibition design by the international grand jury of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 22, 2020 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Nanjing Fishing Port Restaurant by Zhecheng Xu and Yuefeng Zhou, designed for Yuefeng ZHOU,Zhecheng XU,Haiwei WANG, has been granted the Golden A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category. The award was conferred within the 2019 - 2020 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 scored anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
What the Golden A' Design Award Means
The Gold A' Design Award is granted to designs that demonstrate a high level of innovation and a significant impact on their intended audience. Recognized as a major achievement by the A' Design Awards, these designs are characterized by their visionary approach and the exceptional skill of their creators. Winners of the Gold A' Design Award are noted for their ability to push the envelope in art, science, design, and technology, delivering solutions that not only meet but exceed expectations. These designs serve as benchmarks for excellence, encouraging further innovation and inspiring future generations of designers.
Regarding Nanjing Fishing Port Restaurant
The project is a converted restaurant with three floors in Nanjing, covers about 2,000 sqm. Apart from catering and meetings, tea culture and wine culture are available. The decor ties together a vivid new Chinese feel from the ceiling to the stone layout on the floor. The ceiling is decorated with Chinese ancient brackets and roofs. It forms the main element of design on the ceiling. Materials like wood veneer, golden stainless steel, and painting signifying new Chinese feel are mixed together to create a new Chinese feel space.
About Zhecheng Xu and Yuefeng Zhou
Yuefeng ZHOU is a professional interior designer and artist currently based in Nanjing China. His work focuses mainly on interior design, industrial design, and corporate identity. He believes the inside of a space is as important as the outside. Influenced by historical interiors of all periods, Yuefeng ZHOU’s interior design studio has been championing Chinese and English country style for the last 2 years, for a roster of A-list famous clients. When he produces a scheme he tends to not leave anything out, even in an initial presentation. For him, it’s about the whole space and every item contributes to the overall feel.
Award Record
With this recognition, Zhecheng Xu and Yuefeng Zhou is a winner of 4 A' Design Awards. The awards were granted in the 2019 - 2020 edition 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/89437
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/89437
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!89437
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/231386
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Nanjing Fishing Port Restaurant
- Function
- Restaurant
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Silver, Gray, Dim Gray, Dark Slate Gray and Rosy Brown
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Yuefeng ZHOU,Zhecheng XU,Haiwei WANG
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Zhecheng Xu and Yuefeng Zhou
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Golden A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2019 - 2020
- Design ID
- #89437
Credits
- Team
- Zhecheng XU, Haiwei WANG, Yuefeng ZHOU and Yuwei JIA
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Yubo Fishing Port Restaurant - a converted restaurant with three floors in Nanjing, covers about 2,000sqm. Apart from catering and meetings, tea culture and wine culture are available. The decor ties together a vivid new Chinese feel from the ceiling to the stone layout on the floor. The ceiling is decorated with Chinese ancient brackets and roofs. It forms the main element of design on the ceiling. With designed stone flooring layout, it makes space look like a sparkling river. Yubo Fishing Port Restaurant pays homage to the purest form of design by subtly blending the elements lending themselves to both poetic and finished decor.
- Inspiration
- This project is exactly inspired by the poetic scene where a Chinese boat with lighting lanterns stays in a river enveloped in fog. When people come in, they'll feel like in a dream back to an ancient Chinese boat.
- Research
- In early 2019, the client team invited us to set up a design research group to specialize in the new Chinese feel restaurant design where people can feel ancient China. In 2019, the client team hopes to establish an experimental restaurant in Nanjing. Our team has officially started the project.
- Challenge
- Considering the existing site condition, we did a lot of work in creating an efficient and remarkable space. All pipes and equipment are precisely located in the construction drawing.
- Realization and Technology
- Yubo Fishing Port Restaurant is realized through a wide variety of materials. Main material: Wall with wood veneer, latex paint, stone, stainless steel, wall covering fabric; Floor with stone, carpet, reinforced wood flooring, ceramic tile; Furniture, Lamp, Hardware. The theme of the project is making people feel like they are in a Chinese boat staying in a river enveloped in fog with all red lanterns lighted and offering venues to encourage people to have a good relaxation and rest. A huge variety of materials have been used from tiles to wooden flooring and wood being the primary materials.
- Operation and Interaction
- This project is a converted restaurant with three floors in Nanjing, covers about 2,000sqm. All ancient Chinese elements like brackets, roofs, red colors are important design elements in this design. It also integrates with the stone flooring layout and other elements in elevation. All these design elements create a new Chinese feel space, where people can feel poetic and peaceful.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in May 2019 in Jianye, Nanjing, China and is under construction for now. The project is estimated to finish in June 2020 in Jianye, Nanjing, China
- Specifications
- The project has a total area of about 6000 Sq.mt.
- Keywords
- China, Fishing, Port, Restaurant, interior space, commercial, ancient, lantern
