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Tianzhoushan Tea House

Tianzhoushan Tea House
© Frédéric Henriques

TIANZHOUSHAN TEA HOUSE

Archiplein

ARCHITECTS
Archiplein

AREA
1000 m²

YEAR
2011

LOCATION
China

CATEGORY
Coffee Shop

Tianzhoushan Tea House
© Frédéric Henriques
Tianzhoushan Tea House
© Frédéric Henriques

Text description provided by architect.

The project is located in Anhui province, in one of the 5 sacred Taoist mountain of China.

Tianzhoushan Tea House
© Frédéric Henriques
Tianzhoushan Tea House
© Frédéric Henriques

To define the new relation between this building and the surrounding nature, the project has been inspired by the typical Chinese painting.

In this kind of painting, the building and the nature are not 2 separated system stick together, they are represented as an integrated whole where the architecture is not the main focusing point of the composition.

Tianzhoushan Tea House
© Frédéric Henriques
Tianzhoushan Tea House
© Frédéric Henriques

It reproduces in a way the natural form and follows the general movement of the landscape.

For this specific situation we develop this philosophy of vanishing.

Tianzhoushan Tea House
© Frédéric Henriques
Tianzhoushan Tea House
© Frédéric Henriques

The strategy is to consider the building as the continuity of the existing topography so as to reduce his impact on the land.

The building is bended by following the natural movement and defines as set of different faces that minimizes its size.

Tianzhoushan Tea House
© Frédéric Henriques


Tianzhoushan Tea House
© Frédéric Henriques
Tianzhoushan Tea House
© Frédéric Henriques
Tianzhoushan Tea House
© Frédéric Henriques
Tianzhoushan Tea House
© Frédéric Henriques
Tianzhoushan Tea House
© Frédéric Henriques
Tianzhoushan Tea House
© Frédéric Henriques
Tianzhoushan Tea House
© Frédéric Henriques
Tianzhoushan Tea House
© Frédéric Henriques
Tianzhoushan Tea House
© Frédéric Henriques
Tianzhoushan Tea House
© Frédéric Henriques
Tianzhoushan Tea House
© Frédéric Henriques


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Tianzhoushan Tea House
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