A House with a Ry?rei Style Tea Room / Takashi Okuno Architectural Design Office
A House with a Ry?rei Style Tea Room (tea ceremony performed while seated in chairs) A quiet residential neighborhood near the mountains of Matsuyama.
© Shigeo Ogawa
Architects: Takashi Okuno Architectural Design Office
Location: Japan
Architect In Charge: Takashi Okuno
Area: 234.0 m2
Project Year: 2017
Photographs: Shigeo Ogawa
© Shigeo Ogawa
Text description provided by the architects. A House with a Ry?rei Style Tea Room (tea ceremony performed while seated in chairs) A quiet residential neighborhood near the mountains of Matsuyama.
© Shigeo Ogawa
A historical area where a retreat for the lord of the Matsuyama Domain used to be located. Our client grew up with much exposure to tea ceremonies.
© Shigeo Ogawa
In order to ensure continued use of the tea room even in their old age, the space is designed to allow guests to receive tea while sitting in chairs, and to have orderly traffic paths. The main theme in designing this home was how best to let the living area and the tea room share the space.
© Shigeo Ogawa
The tea room can be altered depending on need. Partition it off with sh?ji (paper-covered wooden lattice panels), and you have a small room the size of 4.5 tatami mats. Remove the sh?ji, and the space becomes a large room with chairs. By lowering or raising the blinds, you can create either a hallway or extra space for seating guests....
© Shigeo Ogawa
Architects: Takashi Okuno Architectural Design Office
Location: Japan
Architect In Charge: Takashi Okuno
Area: 234.0 m2
Project Year: 2017
Photographs: Shigeo Ogawa
© Shigeo Ogawa
Text description provided by the architects. A House with a Ry?rei Style Tea Room (tea ceremony performed while seated in chairs) A quiet residential neighborhood near the mountains of Matsuyama.
© Shigeo Ogawa
A historical area where a retreat for the lord of the Matsuyama Domain used to be located. Our client grew up with much exposure to tea ceremonies.
© Shigeo Ogawa
In order to ensure continued use of the tea room even in their old age, the space is designed to allow guests to receive tea while sitting in chairs, and to have orderly traffic paths. The main theme in designing this home was how best to let the living area and the tea room share the space.
© Shigeo Ogawa
The tea room can be altered depending on need. Partition it off with sh?ji (paper-covered wooden lattice panels), and you have a small room the size of 4.5 tatami mats. Remove the sh?ji, and the space becomes a large room with chairs. By lowering or raising the blinds, you can create either a hallway or extra space for seating guests....
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