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Silver A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design Goes to Kai Yuan Hotel by Liang Fang

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

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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2021 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Silver A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category for Kai Yuan Hotel by Liang Fang, designed for China Han Design. The award was conferred within the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition and was determined 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.

Regarding Kai Yuan Hotel

Kai Yuan is a hotel lobby interior located in Wuhan, China. The lobby covers 20000 square meters and rises to a height of 8 meters. A wind corridor porch at the entrance separates the busy city from the interior and opens a wide view. Tall cabinets and facing screen doors frame the arrival of guests and give the space a generous scale. Cyan and orange-red, drawn from local colors, define the palette. Wood, glass, metal and stone are the main materials. LED screens show changing visual art, adding movement to the quiet space.

Award Record

This recognition makes Liang Fang a winner of 3 A' Design Awards. The awards were granted between the 2019 - 2020 and the 2020 - 2021 editions 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. 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

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project
Kai Yuan Hotel
Function
Hotel
Category
Interior Space and Exhibition Design
Discipline
Spatial Design
Industry
Architecture and Packaging & Retail
Colors
Dark Slate Gray, Dim Gray, Black, Dark Gray and Rosy Brown
Images
5
Client
China Han Design

The Recognition

Laureate
Liang Fang
Country
China
Recognition
Silver A' Design Award
Edition
2020 - 2021
Design ID
#120050

Credits

Team
Huan Tian, Min Zhang and Hui Yu
Image Credits
Photographer: Ming Chen,2020

Design Details

Unique Properties
The rich colors and the empty lobby create a shocking and immersive experience, narrowing the distance between people and space. The 8-meter-high entrance hotel wind corridor porch separates the noisy city from the door, creating a transparent and open view The experience of entering the house; the towering cabinets and the opposite screen doors are like outstretched arms, welcoming every guest who enters the lobby, making the overall space atmosphere more magnificent.
Inspiration
The collision and fusion of cyan and orange-red may be the background color here. The designer reorganizes the human touch of the local culture with the exclusive local colors and "green and orange" as the clues, using modern and concise design language and diversified art spaces. Leave warm memories for people on busy journeys and reshape people's perception of business travel experience.
Research
Oriental aesthetics is an aesthetic art dedicated to Chinese people that has been tempered for thousands of years. It has unlimited meaning: architecture, landscape painting, calligraphy, courtyard, clothing. all-inclusive, constructing a complete set of aesthetic language. Abandon the traditional and rigid form of "beauty" label, interpret oriental aesthetics with modern and simple techniques, create in-depth social scenes, and use the ultimate service to meet customers' various personalized needs from business travel to leisure vacation.
Challenge
Design is not only the reconstruction and innovation of space, but also the use of artistic thinking to balance commercial value. Starting from the humanistic perception and life experience, the designer constructs a new hotel stay experience that is both oriental and full of vitality, caring for local culture and returning to international expression, both urban business travel and leisure vacation, caring for the soul and deep social experience. Redefine the connotation of urban business resort hotels.
Realization and Technology
Wood, Glass, Metal, Stone
Operation and Interaction
The space and time axis intersect here, expressing the humanistic connotation of Wuhan; the opposite scene uses LED screens to display visual arts of different themes, bringing a flow of vibe to the quiet space. Being in it, letting go of worldly troubles.
Project Duration and Location
Located in Wuhan, China,the project began in December 2018 and was completed in August 2020.
Specifications
This space is the hotel lobby, with a total area of 20000 square meters and a height of 8 meters.
Keywords
Modern, China, Natural, Artistic

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