Press Release
Bronze A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design Goes to Hermit Huts Resort Hotel by Cheng Zhang
The international grand jury of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Cheng Zhang for interior space and exhibition design
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2020 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Hermit Huts Resort Hotel by Cheng Zhang, designed for Zhangcheng Interior Design, has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category. The recognition forms part of the 2019 - 2020 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 assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
What the Bronze A' Design Award Means
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.
About Hermit Huts Resort Hotel
Hermit Huts is a short-term rental resort hotel set in the mountains of Chongqing. The ten rooms cover a total area of 470 square meters. The exterior follows the thatched hut form once common in the mountains of western China. Interior furniture and fittings are made of old wood, shaped on site by traditional craftsmanship. A three-dimensional layout follows the natural slope and links garden, terrace and indoor space, reducing dampness and improving daylight. The intent is a quiet stay close to nature and away from the city.
About Cheng Zhang
Cheng Zhang, the design director of Chongqing Zhuzao Engineering and Design Co., Ltd, graduated from Yangtze Normal University, majoring in arts and crafts. He conducts further study in environmental art in Tsinghua University. He mainly engages on design of private residence and service. He provides service for owners of famous property companies such as Longfor, Luneng, Rongchuang. He was awarded Outstanding Design Youth in Chongqing in 2018-2019.
Award Record
With this recognition, Cheng Zhang is 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/93376
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/93376
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!93376
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/254726
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://dwz1.cc/ICLEs94P
Media Contact
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Hermit Huts Resort Hotel
- Function
- Resort Hotel
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Rosy Brown, Gray, Black, Saddle Brown and Dark Olive Green
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Zhangcheng Interior Design
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Cheng Zhang
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2019 - 2020
- Design ID
- #93376
Credits
- Team
- Zhang Cheng, Wan Rong, Zhao Qian and Tan Yuanchao
- Image Credits
- Shoot by Dai Zhonghai in October 2018.
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The project is a short-term rental resort hotel built in the mountains, with a very beautiful mountain scenery for users to travel, or use on vacation. The owner hopes that users can enjoy the natural environment in the mountains to the greatest extent and create a mood and life experience away from the city.
- Inspiration
- The design was inspired by the most common thatched huts in the mountains of western China in ancient times, hence the project theme was named "Maoshe" (also refers to thatched hut). The design idea of this project is to regard the time label and cultural symbol as the design elements to create the space and time environment of the traditional small mountain villages, as well as the psychological state far away from the hustle and bustle of the city, so that users can gain maximum inner peace.
- Research
- The project regards time label and cultural symbol as design elements to create a quiet environment. The short-term resort hotel room makes people keep inner peace. The project has solved the problem of dampness and lack of lighting caused by the buildings that is close to the mountain and arranged in a line. The designers applied three-dimensional design approach to deal with the relationship between garden, terrace, and indoor living space. The designers extensively used old wood to make interior furnishings in the whole design.
- Challenge
- All furniture and woodwork in the project are made on site using old wood, there are high requirements on traditional production process and techniques. It is necessary to find a group of experienced traditional craftsmen to complete work on site. During indoor construction, large-scale mechanical equipment cannot be used for hoisting. Therefore, original oak with a diameter of 30cm-40cm in some rooms were manually hoisted, greatly increasing the construction difficulty and manufacturing period.
- Realization and Technology
- The designers regard time label and cultural symbol as design elements to create a unique and relaxing space environment: Firstly, the building exterior adopts the typical thatched hut structure of a hundred years ago. In terms of time, it creates a feeling of being away from the modern city for the user. Secondly, all the interior furniture and accessories are made of old wood, which is manufactured by traditional craftsmanship, allowing users to experience a more pure old-age living environment. Thirdly, in Chinese traditional culture, there is a hermit culture, which represents an attitude of life to leave the city and pursue inner peace.
- Operation and Interaction
- Architectural space conveys a kind of leisure experience away from city and return to nature. Designers adopt three-dimensional design method according to mountain natural slope to carefully handle the relationship between main space and the surrounding environment, so that hillside, trees and buildings are harmoniously merged and stacked. Seen from outside, the building is almost consistent with the mountain, after entering the users can enjoy a spacious living space with an independent garden.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project was launched in Chongqing in May 2018, completed in Chongqing in October 2018, and officially opened at the end of October 2018.
- Specifications
- The total area of the ten rooms is 470 square meters.
- Keywords
- Interior design, short-term rental hotel, retro building, handmade furniture, moisture proof, traditional Chinese craft
