Iron Interior Space and Exhibition Design · 2021
SeeAnn Retreats
by Heng Zhou
- A' Design Award 2021 Iron Winner in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Awarded April 15, 2021
- CLIENT: Zhdi
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 9,082
- Verification code F3D6A5A312 · Verify this award
About SeeAnn Retreats
SeeAnn is a holiday retreat interior with a total area of 600 square metres. The design is minimalist and calm, and it serves both commercial use and the comfort of guests. Rooms feature white cement walls, light wood grain and rattan, with custom made furniture placed in between. Each room follows a different theme, including a spring room, a tea room and a family room. Walls, columns, floor slabs and ceiling slabs are arranged to conceal pillars and to create an open space at a controlled cost. Natural materials and daylight shape a quiet setting close to nature.
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- Unique Properties
- As a place for holiday relaxing, it is designed to be a minimalist and calming space. The project aims to not only satisfy the basic commercial use as a functional and efficient building, but also provide a cozy environment that is comfortable for its occupants. Moreover, it precisely controlled the cost and effectively analyzed the spatial relationships among different building elements.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- total area:600square metres.
- Tags
- structure, integrity, texture, light, scenery
- Production Technology
- The case rooms feature white cement walls, light wood grain and rattan, with custom made furniture dot in-between. The furniture of minimalism strikes a good balance between visual appeal and the cost. Different rooms are designed accordingly with different themes concerning the shapes and sight lines. They are the spring room, the tea room and the family room, etc.
- Design Challenge
- The hiding of may pillars in the space and the limit of cost.
- Project Duration
- The project started in April 2019 in ZheJiang and finished in May 2020 in ZheJiang.
- Operation Flow
- Get off the internet and take a vacation here.
- Research
- Through properly arranged the positions of each wall, column, floor slab and ceiling slab, the project adopted a concise and economic way to achieve an open and clean space. It all seems so simple, but it requires the most rigorous discipline. Therefore, it created spacious places and astonishing moments to facilitate diverse human activities, and made an intimate ambience to find an appropriate balance between human and nature.
- Inspiration
- SeeAnn Retreat was completed during the Covid-19 pandemic. In the time of the pandemic, a nature-connected way of living gives us the chance to cure and cleanse ourselves. people desperately need a vacation space for relaxation, for shortly fleeing from the mega cities. Here they can cleanse themselves, hold back the desires, and chew over life philosophy. A space presented by shaping unique structures through natural materials and the interesting play of light.
- Image Credits
- Image #1:Photographer Heng Zhou,Seeann1,2020.
Image #2:Photographer Heng Zhou,Seeann2,2020.
Image #3:Photographer Heng Zhou,Seeann3,2020.
Image #4:Photographer Heng Zhou,Seeann4,2020.
Image #5:Photographer Heng Zhou,Seeann5,2020.
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Design Interview about SeeAnn Retreats
Through properly arranged the positions of each wall, column, floor slab and ceiling slab, the project adopted a concise and economic way to achieve an open and clean space.
The project aims to not only satisfy the basic commercial use as a functional and efficient building, but also provide a cozy environment that is comfortable for its occupants.
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Lower funding and the backwardness of the construction team.