Press Release
Bronze A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design Goes to Oasis Sustainable Hotel by Liyang Chen and Zhengyan Jiang
Liyang Chen and Zhengyan Jiang recognized for interior space and exhibition design by the international grand jury of the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 20, 2023 /DesignNewswire/ Oasis Sustainable Hotel by Liyang Chen and Zhengyan Jiang, designed for Tainan University of Technology/Interior Design Department, has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The award was conferred within the 2022 - 2023 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.
What the Bronze A' Design Award Means
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 Oasis Sustainable Hotel
Oasis hotel is a sustainable recreation hotel decorated with the concept of natural architecture, most of the original appearances from the abandoned old building was preserved, least construction material used and built in simplest way. Plants and lights, the essentials elements were integrated into the whole environment. One can feel the traces of time from the exposed original building texture, floor-to-ceiling glass windows at the lobby allow skylights on all sides forms a dreamy glass house, an ideal space for tourist or business travel find an escape in the modern busy city.
About Liyang Chen and Zhengyan Jiang
Prof. ChungSheng Chen, a self-proclaimed "design missionary," possesses extensive experience in both design practice and education. He frequently expresses his perspectives on society through his work, blending an optimistic outlook, keen observation, and a deep emotional connection to life. His cross-disciplinary approach integrates various processing techniques and material applications, embodying a fundamental design philosophy.
Award Record
Liyang Chen and Zhengyan Jiang is a winner of 25 A' Design Awards, including this recognition. The awards span the editions from 2016 - 2017 to 2022 - 2023 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
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://dezigners.org/151073
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/151073
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!151073
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/179403
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Oasis Sustainable Hotel
- Function
- Sustainable Hotel
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Saddle Brown, Dark Olive Green, Dark Slate Gray, Sienna and Black
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Tainan University of Technology/Interior Design Department
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Liyang Chen and Zhengyan Jiang
- Country
- Taiwan (China)
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2022 - 2023
- Design ID
- #151073
Credits
- Team
- LiYang Chen, ZhengYan Jiang, ChunMin Tsai, ChungSheng Chen and Tainan University of Technology/Interior Design Dept
- Image Credits
- Image #1~#5: Liyang Chen
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- To refresh and reborn an abandoned hospital building for years, a sustainable recreation hotel was proposed. Most of the original appearance from the old building is preserved, maximizing sunshine and natural breeze to flow into the building, and the space is decorated and integrated into the environment with the lowest consumption materials and in the simplest way. Full of vines and climbing plants cling on the pillars in the hotel lobby, lively plants decorated in guest rooms and rooftop bar, creating the whole building with natural sunlight and greenery space, like an oasis in a concrete city.
- Inspiration
- With the high development of the city, natural environment will inevitably shrink or disappear within cities, people are gradually moving away from nature. Moreover, many old buildings were abandoned especially in mega cities, idle waste of spaces. To create natural buildings that coexist with nature and plants, have become a new landscape in contemporary architecture. Reborn of the building by combining environmentally friendly building materials, soft light ambient and greenery plants, to create a hotel escape in the city.
- Research
- Research how to integrate local culture and nature into architecture in a highly developed environment, so that architecture is no longer just a building, but a bridge between man and nature.
- Challenge
- Original of the site was a hospital that was abandoned for more than three decade and the building was in disrepair, within the building, column structure was quite dense. In order to revive the dilapidated building, how to refresh and reborn this abandoned building to be restore vitality again. Maximizing sunshine and natural breeze to flow into the building, and to create a space for tourist or business travel find an escape in the modern busy city.
- Realization and Technology
- Taking "natural architecture" as the design concept, the original appearance of a large number of old buildings is preserved, and the space is decorated and integrated into the environment with the lowest consumption materials and in the simplest way. Planting and light are two important elements of natural architecture. Discarded steel bars are used as the branches of the iron tree in the hall. Reuse driftwood or dead wood into furniture. Discarded shrimp and crab cages are reused as lamps.
- Operation and Interaction
- In every corner of the hotel, you will not feel only the building, but the unprecedented warmth and vitality brought by the plants. Keeping the concept that stepping into the hotel is a relaxing vacation, carefully design each place to make people linger and forget to return.
- Project Duration and Location
- This project started from July 2022, finished by April 2023 in Tainan, Taiwan. First Debut on May 2023 in NanGang World Trade Center,Taipei.
- Specifications
- Gross Built Area: 5950 sqm Rooms: 25 Villa rooms Facilities:Gym Room, Indoor Rock Climbing Wall, Flora Classroom, Art gallery, Outdoor swimming pool, Open-air coffee bar, Sky restaurant, Rooftop bar.
- Keywords
- Hotel, Sustainable, Leisure, Natural Architecture, Plants, Nature, Bar, Cafe, Rock Climbing, Art Gallery
