Tea is one of the
most featured activity which can fuse the functional requirements with the
sense of ritual in Chinese life. In China, tea is considered as a belt that can
fulfill spiritual communication between human and nature, it means that “a
person stands among the woods and grass” in ancient Chinese. Tea is one symbol
of Chinese Zen life, so a teahouse is not just a place for people to have tea,
but also has some profound significance. We can gain the generosity of spirit
in a confined space once we start to enjoying a cup of tea.
999 sticks
arranged by an identical center in the rectangular room, and they are cut out of
an oval space. In this case, every stick has its own different angle and length,
and the available space has a clear outline. These sticks accomplish a gradual
transition from the rectangular room (size: 3.8m*4.7m) to an oval activity
space. The teahouse contains two geometry shapes and three different densities.
All these designs display a great orderliness and refinement. When the sunlight
is reflected from the cut surface of every stick, we will see a rhythmic change
in different sizes of circles.
On one side of the
room, a round window faces the urban road, while a square
doorway is
adjacent to a garden on the other side. That is because the designer was inspired
by an old Chinese saying—“The circle has a
tread of auto-rotating , and the square has a tread of stable”. The specificity
of the space brings the people strong psychological hints. The theme of the
teahouse is “ONE”. “ONE” and“RESTART” are two
words of the space where we could reach a higher state of consciousness.
It took workers
three months to renovate the house. In the teahouse, everyone will get spiritually
reborn by tea.