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Tea Room
As the
landing of the external stair which connects ground and first levels, a stone
platform of 2.5m x 9m is designed to take advantage of the best natural sun
access, and the residing family requested for a tearoom to be built there. The only problem is, at the same
location there exists from decades ago, a tree which bears the name of the
family.
The
easiest solution would be to cut the tree down, however it means erasing that
part of the history coexisted with the family from the view of the garden. It is where we designed to not build
the platform where the root of the tree is. At the first glance it appears that the tearoom is built on
top of the platform. However in
reality, there is a big hole in the platform over the tree root, above which
the tearoom floats. Further more,
interlocking 100mm x 100mm solid pine square sections formed a deep beam to
structurally span over the big hole, which not only bears the role of
structure, it is also the skin of the tearoom, and its finishing material.
The
effort in protecting the symbol of the family ultimately intertwines with the
spirit of “balance”, which is embedded in the culture of tearoom.
landing of the external stair which connects ground and first levels, a stone
platform of 2.5m x 9m is designed to take advantage of the best natural sun
access, and the residing family requested for a tearoom to be built there. The only problem is, at the same
location there exists from decades ago, a tree which bears the name of the
family.
The
easiest solution would be to cut the tree down, however it means erasing that
part of the history coexisted with the family from the view of the garden. It is where we designed to not build
the platform where the root of the tree is. At the first glance it appears that the tearoom is built on
top of the platform. However in
reality, there is a big hole in the platform over the tree root, above which
the tearoom floats. Further more,
interlocking 100mm x 100mm solid pine square sections formed a deep beam to
structurally span over the big hole, which not only bears the role of
structure, it is also the skin of the tearoom, and its finishing material.
The
effort in protecting the symbol of the family ultimately intertwines with the
spirit of “balance”, which is embedded in the culture of tearoom.
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