Slovakian studio Grau Architects has used spruce, plywood and white cloth to construct the lantern-like Tea Home Pavilion, which provides a spot to relaxation for guests of Hrabinka Lake within the Czech Republic.
The constructing, which is situated subsequent to the lake close to the city of Český Těšín, was designed as a recent tackle conventional Japanese structure.
It has a low desk at its centre that can be utilized for tea ceremonies or for quiet contemplation.
The pavilion is comprised of regionally sourced spruce wooden, serving to to mix the construction into the treeline behind it whereas working inside the undertaking’s sensible and budgetary restrictions.
“We determined to make use of a delicate spruce profile from a neighborhood supply, aligning the design, our personal necessities, price range and the present market supply, which was additionally considerably restricted after the Covid-19 pandemic,” Grau Architects informed Dezeen. “Wooden ages naturally and we naturally settle for it.”
Plywood clads the decrease a part of the nine-square-metre constructing, whereas skinny white cloth protects its higher half and creates an ornamental gauzy roof.
Although the pavilion’s design was knowledgeable by conventional tea homes and can be utilized for tea ceremonies, its most important operate is to supply a resting place subsequent to Hrabinka Lake – situated within the japanese Czech Republic close to the Polish border.
“The pavilion was designed for unknown guests however on the similar time for anyone who want to take time by the river and ponder for some time,” the studio mentioned.
To enter the four-metre-high pavilion, guests must bend right down to cross below a low horizontal beam in a nod to Japanese niriji-guchi doorways, which symbolise the equality of all individuals in tea ceremonies.
The pavilion has a sq. flooring plan measuring three by three metres, offering sufficient house for six individuals to comfortably sit across the low desk. At evening time, the constructing is lit as much as create a lantern-like really feel.
“The delicate and light-weight open development refers to conventional Japanese interiors however brings trendy components into it,” the studio defined.
The pavilion was designed as a part of the 2022 Temper for Wooden worldwide design workshop for college students and younger designers.
Different current Czech tasks embody a gabled wood headquarters for a timber firm and a trio of mirror-clad installations.
The picture is by Matej Hakár.
Challenge credit:
Architects: Grau Architects – Andrej Olah, Filip Marčák, Jana Filípková and Alexandra Májska
Shopper: Temper for Wooden
Co-creators (college students, workshop individuals): Julia Kurnik, Alicja Łosik, Alexandra Gospodarek, Katarzyna Owczarska, Maria Pawłova, Maciej Kuratczyk, Michał Teodorczyk, Jan Chmurski
