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Half of the Mountain Homestay by Peng Zhang Receives the Silver A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
The international grand jury of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Peng Zhang for interior space and exhibition design
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2020 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Half of the Mountain Homestay by Peng Zhang has been granted the Silver 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 scored anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
About the Silver A' Design Award
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 Half of the Mountain Homestay
Half of the Mountain is a homestay interior located in the Maoshan scenic area of Jintan, Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, China. The design covers nearly 5000 square meters of building and interior space, set within a forest on a tea mountain. Traditional materials from the surroundings are used, including rammed earth, clay plaster, gravel, raw stone, timber, local bamboo, clay fired green tiles and black bricks. Guests can join tea picking, tea making and packaging activities. The intent is to present the local landscape, Taoist culture and craft traditions.
About Peng Zhang
Zhang Peng, senior certified designer of APDC Asia Pacific design center, Professional member of IFI International Interior designer, Professional member of CIDA China Interior Decoration Association, design director and founder of Chengdu ZEN DESIGN. Has been in design industry for about 20 years, he keeps live as non-label designer, and enjoys trying to do a variety of different types of commercial space design, to bring their own different learning and work experience. Moreover, he also likes to participate in such handicrafts as wood, pottery and bamboo weaving to enrich his ideas of interior design.
Award Record
This recognition makes Peng Zhang 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. 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://dezigners.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://dezigners.org/104163
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/104163
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!104163
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/235968
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Half of the Mountain Homestay
- Function
- Homestay
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Dark Slate Gray, Black, Dim Gray, Rosy Brown and Saddle Brown
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Peng Zhang
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2019 - 2020
- Design ID
- #104163
Credits
- Image Credits
- Credits belong to Peng Zhang.
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Guests can fully feel the unique experience of the diversified space of our [half mountain] b&b in the inn, as well as the local landscape and Taoist culture that we are proud of, as well as the simple and natural style of Maoshan Mountain... ... On the overall material transformation of the building, we take the traditional materials integrating with nature as the source point rammed earth, green tiles, raw stone, log, bamboo..., making the building renovation and regional landscape perfect.
- Inspiration
- In the design of this project, we not only refined the local culture, history and other design elements to integrate them, but also implanted the "traceless" in the space atmosphere, which is a perfect fusion of traditional and innovative design.
- Research
- The materials of "rammed earth" and "clay plaster" used in the design, as well as the thermal insulation and insulation of the building roof and other decorative technologies, giving us a chance to get in touch with the old craftsmen who are good at these skills, and we also have more understanding and learning about the application of traditional Chinese architecture and materials.
- Challenge
- The weather of the scenic spot was variable, much of the conditions were rainy day, so that in the early site survey and acquisition of data, it was very difficult for us to do the research. As the owner hopes to be able to complete the construction in a short time to open for business, and the situation was the design area covering nearly 5000 square meters of the building and interior space, which need more than one month to complete the design work, the work intensity was very high.
- Realization and Technology
- We used local bamboo for our interior decoration and accessories, and also used a lot of rammed earth, clay plaster and gravel on the spot. The roof also used traditional clay fired green tiles and black bricks for our interior and exterior decoration.
- Operation and Interaction
- Project site is not only located in the forest, but also on a piece of tea mountain. We had been involved in the design of packaging design where the local tea and local products are sold, which also provide tourists to participate in the tea leaves, tea production and packaging production experience, and these products with local characteristics displayed in certain space for visitors to understand and purchase. It is driven by the local native residents income, also allows the local tourism to a virtuous cycle, visitors can also participate in a series of non-material cultural arts and crafts during the holidays.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in 1st January 2020 and finished in 10th February 2020 in scenic spot of Jintan Maoshan , Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, China.
- Keywords
- Nature, Eco-friendly, Traditional, Conventional, Innovation
