Reading Tea Tea Etxea by Ling Zhou is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Urrezko Saria A' Design Award in Barruko Espazioa eta Erakusketa Diseinua Competition Category.

UrreBarrualdea· 2020

Reading Tea Tea Etxea

by Ling Zhou

Client: Chongqing Zhou Decoration Design Co., Ltd.

Urrezko Saria A' Design Award Winner in Barrualdea Category

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The Design

About Reading Tea Tea Etxea

Reading Tea 380 metro koadroko tea etxe baten barnealdea da, Chongqing hirian kokatua. Diseinuak Txinako material tradizionalak ikuspegi espazial modernoarekin uztartzen ditu. Enbor naturalak 100 milimetro zabal eta 5 milimetro lodi diren egur piezetan zatitzen dira. Pieza malgu hauek forma kurbatuetan tolestu dira, egurraren izaera mantenduz eta forma espazial berri bat sortuz. Egurrezko hormek eta tonu bereko altzairu herdoilgaitzezko hormek eremuak lotzen dituzte. Harri naturala gainazal irregular batean leundu da, egurrarekin ondo ezkontzeko. Tonu grisek eta zorurako baldosa landatarrek osatzen dute giro lasaia.

The Recognition

About the Urrezko Saria A' Design Award

Reading Tea Tea Etxea Urrezko Saria A' Design Award irabazlea da, lehen mailako, zoragarriak eta nabarmenak diren diseinuei ematen zaien aitorpen izugarri prestijiotsua. Urre-mailako irabazleak berrikuntzaz beteriko, ikuspegi handiko eta distiraz liluragarriak diren sorkuntzak dira, beren diseinatzaileen genioa, jakituria eta trebetasuna islatzen dutenak. Reading Tea Tea Etxea oso goraipatua, joera-markatzailea eta monumentala den asmakizuna izatea espero da, balio aurrekaririk gabea eskaintzen duena. Urrezko Saria A' Design Award irabazi duen diseinu hau proiektu ikusgarri eta errespetatua da, artearen, zientziaren, diseinuaren eta teknologiaren mugak oso onuragarriro zabaltzen dituena. Reading Tea Tea Etxea desira-sentimendu biziak sortzen dituen, grina pizten duen, sormena bultzatzen duen eta liluratzen gaituen lana da.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Nowadays, most of the Chinese tea spaces are dominated by the traditional Chinese style. In order to break the fixed thinking, the designer uses the relationship between the wood wall and the stainless steel wall with the same tonality to connect the whole space, which seems to be independent but closely related to each other, so as to overlap the multiple levels of space and show the pure design details.
Dimensions & Packaging: The project covers a total of 380 square meters. In the entrance area, natural logs are used as the main materials. The designer divides the original logs into wood chips with a width of 100 mm and a thickness of 5 mm. The processed wood chips are flexible and can be bent and folded at will, which makes the design more possible.
Tags: Interior, Commercial, Tea House, Oriental Elements, Natural, Elegant, Cultural, Modern
Production Technology: The circular space form made of wood chips retains the characteristics of woodiness, but people also see the formation of new space form. The designer hopes to break the tradition and keep it at the same time, so as to achieve the symbiosis of culture and architecture. The natural stone is polished to form the uneven surface, which also makes the visual sense of stone and wood more perfect and harmonious.
Design Challenge: Under the premise of not replacing the original Chinese furniture, it is a big difficulty to renovate the shop in a modern way. Chinese window made of wood is our most common and traditional way, but in this space, the designer hopes that the traditional elements have changed, so the bronze stainless steel material instead of the traditional wood material, making Chinese window and style both Chinese direction and not too traditional.
Research: The design purpose of this case is not simply to seek aesthetic changes. In addition to aesthetic feeling, we must also give consideration to practicality and durability, so that the space will last forever. For the designer, it is the most valuable thing to create a comfortable tea space and make users feel happy. He thinks that each material can present different forms of expression through design.
Inspiration: Party A hopes that the renovated space can retain the traditional Chinese elements, but does not want to see the traditional Chinese appearance. Therefore, the designer uses the spatial design method to create the state of the whole teahouse, and expresses to people that even the traditional Chinese materials can also have a different sense of design direction. He re sized the wood to create a new spatial framework, which is the highlight of the project.
Project Duration: The project started in June 2019 in Chongqing and finished in October 2019 in Chongqing.
Operation Flow: The spatial tone is made of gray, coupled with natural lying wood texture and rustic gray floor tiles, creating a simple fashion full of organic style, presenting a rustic and natural aesthetic point of view.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Ling Zhou, 2019.
Team Members: Ling Zhou
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer Chuan He, Entrance Area, 2019.
Image #2: Photographer Chuan He, Entrance Area 2, 2019.
Image #3: Photographer Chuan He, Reception Desk, 2019.
Image #4: Photographer Chuan He, Box, 2019.
Image #5: Photographer Chuan He, Box 2, 2019.