Tea and Zen Casa de té by Qiang Wang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award de Bronce in Diseño de Espacios Interiores y Exposiciones Competition Category.

BronceInterior· 2022

Tea and Zen Casa de té

by Qiang Wang

Client: HBM Design

A' Design Award de Bronce Winner in Interior Category

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The Design

About Tea and Zen Casa de té

Tea and Zen es una casa de té ubicada en una antigua calle cercana a la calle peatonal Beijing Road, en Cantón. El edificio mide 4,3 metros de ancho, 20 metros de largo y tiene tres pisos y medio de altura. Una fachada de roca volcánica roja se orienta hacia la calle con una presencia serena y discreta. Un patio rectangular y un atrio se sitúan en el primer tercio de la planta, con pasillos a ambos lados, de modo que el estrecho espacio fluye y recibe luz natural, aire y lluvia. Entre los materiales se incluyen roca volcánica, pavimento sensible, pintura resistente y chapa de madera. El diseño introduce una atmósfera natural y silenciosa en la ciudad.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Bronce

Tea and Zen Casa de té ha ganado el A' Design Award de Bronce, un reconocimiento sumamente prestigioso concedido a diseños sobresalientes que se distinguen por su creatividad, ingenio y astucia. Los ganadores de Bronce son artefactos ampliamente hábiles y sorprendentemente creativos que acreditan la vasta experiencia, imaginación e ingeniosidad de sus diseñadores. Se espera que Tea and Zen Casa de té sea un objeto muy apreciado, admirado y querido, notablemente profesional e innovador. Este diseño ganador del A' Design Award de Bronce incorpora las mejores prácticas del arte, la ciencia, el diseño y la tecnología, y es excelente por su atención al detalle. Tea and Zen Casa de té satisface espléndidamente las necesidades, toca los deseos, encanta los sentimientos y atrae la curiosidad.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Tea house is located in an old street near Beijing Road Pedestrian Street in Guangzhou. The facade of red volcanic rock stands on the side of the street with attitude and modesty. The designer realizes a kind of order by arranging some forms. This order is the pure creation of his spirit. He uses these forms to strongly influence our consciousness and stimulate the passion of modeling.
Dimensions & Packaging: The tea house is 4.3 meters wide, 20 meters long and three and a half stories high.
Tags: Interior, Commercial, Oriental elements, Natural, Elegant, Teahouse
Production Technology: The main materials in this project are volcanic rock, sensitive floor, tinning resistant paint, fanpin wood veneer.
Design Challenge: Two houses are close to each other, with windows on the front and back. In such a long and narrow building space, how to design light and air circulation, and reasonable layout, has become the primary design focus point.
Research: Whether its "music, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, wine, tea" or "firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar tea", tea has never been far away from the Chinese people. Born in Guangdong, tea is the most common daily life in the neighborhood of hometown. And pay attention to drinking tea to the extreme, it has become the "tea ceremony". Space and time, water and heat, utensils and temperature, are not the same taste of tea.
Inspiration: The designer wants to design a house that feels natural in the city. So a rectangular patio and atrium were designed at one third of the teahouse. There are passageways on both sides of the atrium, which makes the small space flow. In this tea room, you can feel the circulation of the four seasons and the swimming of light, and you can experience the sunshine and the baptism of rain.
Project Duration: The project started in December 2019 in Guangzhou and finished in October 2010 in Guangzhou.
Operation Flow: The spiritual realm of Taoism is in accordance with the tea's quiet and tranquil character. The teahouse is not really that big. What makes it look big is the shadow, symmetry, long years, loneliness and the cup of tea.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Qiang Wang, 2020.
Team Members: Chief Designer: Qiang Wang
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer Qiang Wang, Display area, 2020.
Image #2: Photographer Qiang Wang, Display area, 2020.
Image #3: Photographer Qiang Wang, Lobby, 2020.
Image #4: Photographer Qiang Wang, Stairs, 2020.
Image #5: Photographer Qiang Wang, Skylight, 2020.