The Tea House is located in an approximately 110 m2 little garden, where a tall paulownia stands and covers our little building under its huge crown. Before that, this small place could not be seriously called garden, for it was something residue left by two staircases connecting to the neighboring office. Therefore, how to make the Tea House occupy this space at a minimum level so as to form a garden, becomes a key point in the design process.

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Architects: Atelier Deshaus

Location: Longteng Avenue Xuhui Area ,Shanghai , China

Design Team: Liu Yichun, Shen Wen, Wang Weishi,

Area: 12.0 m2

Photographs: TIAN Fangfang, LIU Yichun

Client: Exception
Structure Design: Zhang Zhun

Sturcture Engineer: structure AND architecture OFFICE

Landscape Design: July Cooperative Company

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The Tea House is located in an approximately 110 m2 little garden, where a tall paulownia stands and covers our little building under its huge crown. Before that, this small place could not be seriously called garden, for it was something residue left by two staircases connecting to the neighboring office. Therefore, how to make the Tea House occupy this space at a minimum level so as to form a garden, becomes a key point in the design process.

Plan

We decide to put the building in t...