Press Release
Sun Valley Healing Exclusive Store by Hao Sun Wins the Silver A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
Hao Sun honored for interior space and exhibition design by the international grand jury of the 2025 - 2026 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 19, 2026 /DesignNewswire/ Sun Valley Healing Exclusive Store by Hao Sun, designed for SunHao Design Institute, has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The award was conferred within the 2025 - 2026 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.
Regarding Sun Valley Healing Exclusive Store
Sun Valley is a bathhouse interior designed as a wellness and healing space in Tianjin, China. A traditional bathhouse was converted into a set of connected zones, including a water bar, a dining area, a healing area, and a cashier area. Curved steel framing, hyperbolic plaster walls, Italian textured art paint, and solid wood form the main surfaces. Soft lighting systems and a parametric water circulation design support comfort and energy efficiency. The open layout guides guests smoothly between all zones.
About Hao Sun
Sun Hao is an award-winning, experienced designer celebrated for an innovative, emotionally resonant design language that harmonizes spatial aesthetics with authentic human experience. He has contributed to numerous acclaimed projects spanning wellness, hospitality, commercial, and office spaces, bringing a thoughtful focus on integrating cultural insights with spatial storytelling to every endeavor. His practice centers on crafting environments that transcend mere functionality—drawing from cultural context and intuitive human needs to create spaces that feel purposeful, relatable, and deeply engaging.
Award Record
Hao Sun is a winner of 1 A' Design Award, including this recognition.
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/174674
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/174674
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!174674
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/370602
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Sun Valley Healing Exclusive Store
- Function
- Healing Exclusive Store
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Black, Dark Slate Gray, Dark Olive Green, Saddle Brown and Dim Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- SunHao Design Institute
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Hao Sun
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2025 - 2026
- Design ID
- #174674
Credits
- Image Credits
- Photographer TOPIA, Sun Valley, 2024.
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- This design transforms a traditional bathhouse into a multisensory healing space, integrating poetic Oriental aesthetics with modern spatial logic. Through the interplay of flowing hyperbolic surfaces, minimalist structures, and emotional lighting, it elevates the bathing experience into a ritual of comfort and inner balance.
- Inspiration
- Inspired by the rise of emotional consumption and wellness demand, the design draws from five-star hotel hospitality, natural rhythm, and Eastern philosophy. It seeks to redefine bathing spaces as holistic healing destinations, where comfort, service, and sensory stimulation merge into a contemporary sanctuary for the body and soul.
- Research
- User centered research focused on elevating customer experience in bathing spaces. Methods included service model benchmarking, behavior flow mapping, and material testing. Tools involved spatial simulation and parametric modeling. Stakeholders included designers, brand operators, and customers. Results showed sensory immersion and service segmentation improved satisfaction and brand perception.
- Challenge
- The biggest challenge was avoiding repetition with the previous store while achieving meaningful innovation. Balancing sensory aesthetics with spatial functionality required overcoming constraints in traditional perceptions of bathing spaces. Integrating healing, dining, and hospitality required cross-industry research and bold spatial redefinition.
- Realization and Technology
- The project employs curved steel framing, hyperbolic plaster walls, Italian textured art paint, real solid wood, soft lighting systems, and parametric water circulation design. These materials and technologies are precisely coordinated to achieve seamless transitions, sensory resonance, and energy-efficient performance.
- Operation and Interaction
- Guests enter a fluid space where visual openness and service transparency guide movement. Interactive touchpoints such as the open water bar, healing zones, and breakfast area create smooth transitions. Spatial layering and light dynamics respond to user rhythm, making the entire experience emotionally engaging and restorative.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in February 2024 in Tianjin, China and finished in December 2024.
- Specifications
- The project includes water bar, dining, healing, and cashier areas, integrating complex functions within a seamless spatial system. Hyperbolic wall geometry, parametric pool overflow design, modular furniture, and intelligent lighting define the technical structure and spatial programming across all zones.
- Keywords
- Bathing Space, Healing Design, Immersive Wellness, Sensory Architecture, Hyperbolic Walls, Eastern Aesthetics, Minimalism, Emotional Experience, Luxury Hospitality, Spatial Transparency
