Press Release
Silver A' Design Award in Architecture, Building and Structure Design Goes to RGB Hotel Homestay by Xiaobing Yao
Xiaobing Yao recognized for architecture, building and structure design by the international grand jury of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 28, 2022 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that RGB Hotel Homestay by Xiaobing Yao, designed for Yao Xiaobing Space Design Studio, has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Architecture, Building and Structure Design category. The recognition forms part of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition and was decided 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 Silver A' Design Award Means
The Silver A' Design Award celebrates top-tier designs that embody excellence and innovation. This award acknowledges creations that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also highly functional, reflecting the designer's deep understanding and skill. Silver A' Design Award recipients are recognized for their contribution to raising industry standards and advancing the practice of design. Their work often incorporates original innovations and elicits a strong emotional response, making a notable impact on the improvement of everyday life.
More About RGB Hotel Homestay
RGB Hotel is a hotel building in Kangding, covering 15000 square meters. The design improves the basic functions while making the architecture more open and public, so that more people can be served. The new building is blended with the surrounding environment and the local traditional culture. Main materials include art paint, wood floor tiles, tung oil bark, steel structure and natural wood. The roof is made of local bark soaked in tung oil and is combined with modern white walls. Each guest room has an independent bubble pool supplied with flowing hot spring water.
About Xiaobing Yao
Xiaobing Yao, a famous independent designer, is the founder and design director of Yao Xiaobing Design Studio. In his opinion, design is an applied art rather than a pure art. He pursues the lasting vitality of space, and believes that even the best design works also need exquisite details of the craft to reflect. His design concept does not limited to a certain design style, with the precise positioning of the customer's target demand, he combines design sense, humanization and intellectualization, and achieves high-quality and efficient spatial solutions through artistic expression.
Award Record
Xiaobing Yao is a winner of 8 A' Design Awards, including this recognition. The awards span the editions from 2018 - 2019 to 2021 - 2022 of the A' Design Award & Competition.
About the A' Architecture, Building and Structure Design Award
The A' Architecture Design Award is an international architectural design competition recognizing good architectural designs by best architects worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to architectural design studios, building contractors, structural engineering firms and architecture and design consultants from all countries. Entries typically include skyscrapers, museums, residential buildings, commercial complexes, educational institutions and religious structures. Awarded architectural projects are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/architecture
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://dezigners.org/138755
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/138755
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!138755
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/230854
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- RGB Hotel Homestay
- Function
- Homestay
- Category
- Architecture, Building and Structure Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture
- Colors
- Teal, Dark Slate Blue, Steel Blue, Black and Dark Slate Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Yao Xiaobing Space Design Studio
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Xiaobing Yao
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2021 - 2022
- Design ID
- #138755
Credits
- Team
- Baoan Luo and inbei Zhao
- Image Credits
- Photographer Xuanmin Jin, RGB Hotel, 2021.
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The design strategy is, while improving the basic programs and functions, to make the architecture more open and public, capable of serving more people, and blend in the new building equipped with architectural and structural innovation with the surrounding environment and its traditional culture.
- Inspiration
- Starting from the local lifestyle and national culture, the design of RGB Hotel hopes to convey to people the brand positioning of visualization, youth and life through modern design methods. At the same time, it also perfectly fits the three elements, namely, red represents sunrise and sunset, green symbolizes ecological jungle and blue implies sky hot spring.
- Research
- Although the second floor uses the contemporary architectural system, the material selection echoes the local traditional way. The roof is made of local bark soaked in tung oil, combined with the modern white wall to deduce the beauty of ancient and modern integration.
- Challenge
- Each guest room of the hotel has an independent bubble pool, which can continuously supply flowing hot springs for residents through thermal energy conversion, so as to avoid energy waste and environmental pollution caused by large consumption of electricity and natural gas.
- Realization and Technology
- The main materials in this project are art paint, wood floor tiles, tung oil bark, steel structure, ecological large stone pieces, original wind wood.
- Operation and Interaction
- Retaining the broken wall is not only a dissemination of beauty, but also a protection of ancient buildings.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in December 2020 in Kangding and finished in August 2021 in Kangding.
- Specifications
- The project covers a total of 15000 square meters.
- Keywords
- Architecture, Hotel, Elite, Modern, Simple, Natural, Elegant, Wild, Luxury
