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Peihe Xie Receives the Bronze A' Design Award for Wu Club in Interior Space and Exhibition Design

The international grand jury of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Peihe Xie for interior space and exhibition design

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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2021 /DesignNewswire/ Wu Club by Peihe Xie, designed for AD ARCHITECTURE (Shenzhen), has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The result belongs to the 2020 - 2021 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.

About the Bronze A' Design Award

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 Wu Club

Wu is an interior design for a Chaoshan cuisine restaurant and club in Shantou, Guangdong. The venue covers 600 square meters and contains private dining rooms, a tea room, a cigar bar, a whisky bar and an audio and video room. Polygonal planes, slanting structures and floating forms shape the interior and give the space a sculptural character. Paint in varied hues and textures is combined with a timber floor and stone surfaces. Light creates a calm and mysterious atmosphere. Western design order is applied to interpret Oriental spatial qualities.

About Peihe Xie

AD ARCHITECTURE Founded in 2015, AD ARCHITECTURE takes win-win, coexistence, and consensus as its concept. AD ARCHITECTURE intends to gather designers of common ideas to form a collaborative design team to develop local design. Its main practice includes architectural design, interior design, and soft decoration. Focusing on design of villas, sales office, offices, clubs, and public spaces, AD ARCHITECTURE is committed to provide high-level architectural and interior designs with its professional position and innovative design concept. Its goal is to create more creative designs.

Award Record

Peihe Xie is a winner of 6 A' Design Awards, including this recognition. The awards span the editions from 2017 - 2018 to 2020 - 2021 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. 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://dezigners.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

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project
Wu Club
Function
Club
Category
Interior Space and Exhibition Design
Discipline
Spatial Design
Industry
Architecture and Packaging & Retail
Colors
Black, Dark Slate Gray, Saddle Brown and Maroon
Images
5
Client
AD ARCHITECTURE (Shenzhen)

The Recognition

Laureate
Peihe Xie
Country
China
Recognition
Bronze A' Design Award
Edition
2020 - 2021
Design ID
#111010

Credits

Team
Xie Peihe and AD ARCHITECTURE
Image Credits
Ouyang Yun

Design Details

Unique Properties
Polygonal planes, slanting structures and "floating" forms are brought into the space, which challenges established architectural values and releases imagination. Irregular geometric shapes break with the convention, and indicate an attitude of exploring undefined order and an experiment of achieving self-worth. The space is conceived as a broken and void sculpture, which features dramatic expressions and artistic tension.
Inspiration
It's a new Chaoshan cuisine restaurant & club, which bears the mission of carrying forward Chaoshan cuisine. Composed of private dining rooms, a tea room, a cigar bar, a whisky bar and an audio/video room, it adopts a novel operation concept and provides a unique spatial environment. The designer conceived it as a kind of modern energy and applied an advanced design concept, aiming to create a "tentative" spatial state: the space is endowed with value and defined by what happens in it.
Research
This space brings people into another world, which is like a virtual world in films. It's surreal, dramatic and abstract, showing a futurist image. In addition, it's storytelling as well. The space connects a series of activities, and forms an interesting and theatrical scene.
Challenge
The project is a multi-functional venue that consists of dining area, bar, cigar room, tea room, etc. Therefore, the challenge lies in how to create a balance design that blends dynamic and silent spaces.
Realization and Technology
The design team adopted a creative and experimental approach to express paint, which is given different hues and textures. Besides, the wooden floor and stone materials form a contrast. The solid and the soft, the cool and the warm, collide yet harmonize with each other. Moreover, elements such as humor, mystery and dream are incorporated into the space.
Operation and Interaction
The designers accentuated light since it's a visible substance, and intended to convey the spiritual world through the materiality of light. Light produces a mysterious, tranquil ambience whilst evoking emotions and illusionary effects. As approaching the project, the design team tried to apply Western design order to create and interpret Oriental spatial qualities and philosophy.
Project Duration and Location
Design Time: January 2020 Completion Time: July 2020 Project Location: Shantou, Guangdong
Specifications
Project Area: 600 sqm Main Materials: Foamed Aluminium, Moorgen Smart System, Metal Net, Rock Slab, Paint, Timber Floor, SIKI Lighting
Keywords
Club, Chaoshan cuisine, AD ARCHITECTURE, Xie Peihe, Light

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