Global Design Masters Will Make Their Debut In 2025 China International
Building & Interior Design Forum
Entering 2025, the focus of the hotel industry is also quietly changing. Customer experience, operational efficiency, and spatial design are gradually completing the restructuring of the entire industry in the process of refinement. How to use design to create a symbiotic experience in the hotel ecosystem is an urgent issue that the hotel industry needs to deeply consider in 2025.
In this context, the 2025 China International Building & Interior Design Forum will be launched soon. This year’s forum will be themed “Ecological Coexistence and Integration”, bringing together international first-line design masters, the most active architects and designers in China, as well as representatives of large real estate development groups and hotel management companies and other elites from all walks of life. They will cross national borders and fields, engage in a fascinating interdisciplinary dialogue, and jointly explore the future development path of the hotel industry!
As a star event under the Hotel & Shop Plus Shanghai, the China International Building & Interior Design Forum has always focused on the development of the real estate, hotel and commercial space design industry. In recent years, it has had the honor of inviting international design masters such as Bill Bensley, Tony Chi, Ed Ng, Piero Lissoni, Rob Wagemans to give keynote speeches. It has also attracted star rated hotel groups such as Marriott, InterContinental, Gensler, SOM, HBA, CCD and first-class design companies to share the latest examples and design concepts of commercial engineering projects such as complexes and hotel.
Chris Godfrey is an award-winning Chartered Architect of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). Chris graduated from the Glasgow School of Art and has over 25 years of experience, with highly acclaimed design works.
Chris’s career began with McDowell + Benedetti and Seth Stein Architects. He was passionate about combining architecture and interior design in residential design and established his first design studio, Scape Architects, at the age of 29, which gained international recognition. Afterwards, he joined the renowned high-end residential design studio 1,508 London as its founding creative director, and later established HBA’s highly successful residential division in 2014. In 2022, Chris was promoted to co-CEO of HBA.
Ennismore was founded by entrepreneur Sharan Pasricha in 2011 and formed a joint venture with Accor Group in 2021 to create a new autonomous entity. In 2022, Ennismore will expand its business into the lifestyle and leisure sector, including 17 brands and 2 independent catering groups. Currently, it has a total of 160+open hotels (with over 100 more in preparation) and 500+restaurants and bars.
In 2018, Mark came to Dubai from Los Angeles and joined Ennismore Lifestyle Hotel Group as Vice President of Global Design, co leading Ennismore’s global design team with Charlie North. As the link and link between Ennimore brand and regional design teams, he is responsible for providing hotel design tone and developing Ennimore brand design and product strategies, ensuring that these brands are both forward thinking and faithful to their unique brand DNA and purpose. This time, he will publicly showcase the design of his hotel brand for the first time in China.
Eric W.Tsay holds a Master’s degree in Advanced Architectural Design from Columbia University in New York City and is conducting post master’s research at the Interactive Media Institute at the Imperial College of the Tisch Arts at New York University.
He specialized in architecture and interior design for top-level clients during his nearly 20 years in New York. Later, he established Studio Stay in Beijing, specializing in interior and artistic design for luxury five-star hotels, high-end villas, and clubs.
In recent years, the design works created by Eric W.Tsay have won international mainstream awards and been published in magazines and online media. His representative works include the art and design of the Regent Hotel in Chongqing and the Regent Hotel in Phu Quoc Island, Vietnam DoubleTree by Hilton Taipei、 Representative figures in contemporary luxury hotel design, such as the renovation of InterContinental Suzhou, Hyatt Regency Suzhou, Pullman Kaifeng, and Jianye Only · Theater Hotel, focus on original artistic designs with local cultural context.
Starting from the cultural foundation, excavating the unique historical style language belonging to the project location, transforming it into modern design elements, and cleverly applying them to spatial design, transforming historical and cultural elements into modern decorative language and specific artistic design, the work presents a modern space with cultural significance, which is the representative style of Studio Stay founder Eric W.Tsay.
Ms. Qi Shanshan graduated from Columbia University in the United States with a Bachelor’s degree in Distinction, B.A. in Architecture, and received honors such as PHI BETA KAPPA and CENTENNIAL SCHOLAR, the Lifetime Honors of a Century Scholar. After studying at Harvard University, he obtained a four-year graduate degree in architecture and the PETER RICE Foundation Award. In 2010, he was appointed as the only special research fellow at Harvard University and was sent to RPBW, an architectural firm led by renowned architect Renzo Piano. He participated in the research and design of the Norwegian National Gallery, the global headquarters of Pirelli, and industrial parks. After returning to China, he studied under Pritzker Prize winner Wang Shu and obtained a doctoral degree in architecture. As a special talent, I have been introduced and taught at Zhejiang University, and have served as a graduation design supervisor at the School of Architecture, China Academy of Art until now.
In 2021, Ms. Qi Shanshan was awarded the UNSUNG HERO Special Contribution Award by the International Women’s Pioneer FEMALE FRONTER AWARDS, recognized as one of the 100 Outstanding Women in the Sustainable World, and was invited twice to give TED talks. She was also selected as one of the 20 female architects worldwide.
In 2013, Ms. Qi Shanshan established an independent women’s architecture firm dedicated to reflecting on urban issues in China and rural practices in China, reflecting on how to transcend geographical limitations and bring Chinese culture to the world. She has visited Tibet more than 60 times so far and has been involved in the overall development of the Songtsam Group’s Yunnan Tibet Line since 2016, as well as the planning and design of national lodging projects. The architectural works include the Songtsam Tunnan-Tibet Line series, Annso Hill, Yellow River Suji Feiyiji, Grassland Suji Feiyiji, Qinling Suji, Kongshan Jiutie, Baimi Canteen, Yingpan Three in One School, XPACE Digital Park, etc. The work has won international architectural awards multiple times and has received widespread attention from domestic and foreign media.
At the same time, Ms. Qi Shanshan also serves as a judge for the WAN, a member of the Academic Committee of Xi’an Jiaotong Liverpool University, a member of the Academic Evaluation Committee of Xi’an Eurasia University, a researcher at the Modern Calligraphy Research Center of China Academy of Art, and a member of the Zhejiang Provincial Political Consultative Conference. She firmly believes that architects must have a strong sense of responsibility and sensitivity; And ultimately, architecture is about finding a ‘just right’ state.
Mai Chongchaiyo has over 20 years of design experience and is skilled in creating top-notch luxury spaces. He is responsible for the global hotel and catering design project of SLH, a brand under the Steve Leung Design Group Ltd. In 2021, he won the “40 Under 40” award from the A&D Awards.
With his broad international perspective, unique aesthetic sense, and profound understanding of luxury lifestyle, he leads an excellent team with diverse cultural backgrounds, dedicated to creating modern designs that are rich in cultural heritage and highlight brand charm for high-end luxury hotels and diverse dining venues, creating immersive experiences that resonate emotionally.
Mr. Zhang has a global artistic perspective and was born and raised in Bangkok. After obtaining a bachelor’s degree in interior architecture from Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, he moved to the United States and Asia to accumulate international hotel and catering design experience. He joined internationally renowned design firms such as Wimberly Interiors (WATG), EDG Interior Architecture + Design, and Steelman Partners, and joined our group in 2017. These first-hand experiences of multicultural life enrich his understanding and contemplation of subtle cultural differences and traditions across different regions.
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