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SEI-AN Stargazing Tea Rooms Trano Lanonana Dite by Moriyuki Ochiai

SEI-AN Stargazing Tea Rooms Trano Lanonana Dite by Moriyuki Ochiai is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2018 A' Design Award Vy in Famolavolana Maritrano, Trano ary Rafitra Competition Category.


VyMaritrano· 2018

SEI-AN Stargazing Tea Rooms Trano Lanonana Dite

by Moriyuki Ochiai

Client: Moriyuki Ochiai Architects Inc.

A' Design Award Vy Winner in Maritrano Category

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The Design

About SEI-AN Stargazing Tea Rooms Trano Lanonana Dite

- Constellation of Stargazing Tea Rooms - Moriyuki Ochiai Architects dia nanamboatra vondron-dite izay manolotra fomba fijery ny manodidina sy ny lanitra feno kintana ho toy ny "trano dite mampitohy ny olona amin'ny kintana sy ny natiora" ao amin'ny tanànan'i Bisei, Prefektioran'i Okayama, fantatra amin'ny anarana hoe toerana masina ho an'ny fijerena kintana. Amin'ny fampifangaroana an'io fehikibo misy efitra fisotroana dite io miaraka amin'ireo havoana tsy manam-paharoa, tendrombohitra ary lanitra feno kintana ao Bisei, ny ekipan'ny mpamorona azy ireo dia nitady hanamboatra trano dite izay mamolavola indray ny panorama ny tanàna.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Vy

Nandresy ny A' Design Award Vy ny famolavolana SEI-AN Stargazing Tea Rooms Trano Lanonana Dite, fankasitrahana malaza omena ny famolavolana tsara izay mahafeno ny fepetra ara-barotra sy ara-indostria andrasana amin'ny famoronana natao tsara. Ny mpandresy Vy dia mampiseho fahaiza-manao lehibe, fahaizana manokana ambony, fahatakarana manam-pahaizana ary fahaizana mamorona an'ireo mpamorona azy. Andrasana ho famoronana ankasitrahana be, ankafizina ary tiana izay azo ampiharina sady vaovao ny famolavolana SEI-AN Stargazing Tea Rooms Trano Lanonana Dite. Ity famolavolana nandresy ny A' Design Award Vy ity dia mampiray ny fomba fanao tsara indrindra amin'ny indostria ary manana toetra ara-teknika mahomby mifandray amin'ny fahalalana sy ny talenta. Ny famolavolana SEI-AN Stargazing Tea Rooms Trano Lanonana Dite dia hajaina noho ny fitandremany ary natao hanome fanatsarana ny kalitaon'ny fiainana izay manampy hahatonga ny tontolo ho toerana tsara kokoa.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties
The open arrangement of the structures forms a stage conductive to various events and activities by creating a space where multiple indoor and outdoor activities become possible.
The Japanese tea room was developed as an enclosed microcosm called a enclosure, and as such each unit is designed as a spatial installation where one can perceive minute changes in its natural surroundings and experience the wonder and mystery of natural phenomena.
Painted with stellar colors, each volume presents polygonal openings from which can be taken in the beautiful offerings of nature such as light, rain and the starry night sky. Moreover, mirrors placed on the exterior walls reflect the ever-changing outdoor environment like the water surface of rice paddies scattered across Bisei, thus modifying the look and perception of the constructions throughout the day.
Dimensions & Packaging
16 tea house,wide 1800mm, length 1800mm, height 2100mm
Tags
tea room,tea house,tea ceremony,constellation,star,tea,stargazing ,bisei,sky-watching,moriyuki ochiai,design,nijigennomori,galaxy,seian
Production Technology
Materials- Ceiling/Wall:special painted wood
Design Challenge
Visitors can experience the project as a galaxy of tea rooms built independently as they move in and around them freely. The outdoor space, taken as the space comprised between the tea rooms, the surrounding nature and the starry sky are beautifully intertwined to form a new landscape that comes in and out of view through the openings and gaps cut out from the multiple structures. The loose gathering of tea rooms forms an extension of the landscape and creates an environment enhancing the fun and joy derived from human activities.
By merging together this newly formed belt of tea rooms with the idyllic hills, mountains and starry skies of Bisei, we sought to realize an tea house that reshapes the town's panorama.
Research
Please refer to PROJECT DESCRIPTION.
Inspiration
- Constellation of Stargazing Tea Rooms
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We designed a cluster of tea rooms offering a view of the surrounding scenery and the starlit sky as an tea house connecting people to the stars and nature" located in the town of Bisei, Okayama Prefecture, known as a sanctuary for stargazing.

The site is surrounded by rolling hills and distant mountains and offers a view on a spectacular landscape. Deliverable included a place able to accommodate a variety of events held throughout the year by the Astronomy Club and the Tea Ceremony Club as well as a performance stage for concerts and plays.

Named after two rivers running though it, the town of Bisei (beautiful stars in English) is found in Okayama Prefecture which is also known for being the birthplace of Eisai, a Japanese Buddhist priest, credited with introducing green tea to Japan. In alignment with its heritage, the constellation of tea rooms is also in harmony with the surrounding undulating terrain, thus creating a landscape in which the indoor and outdoor expand seamlessly like the flow of a river under the Milky Way.
Project Duration
The project began in December 2016, completed in January. 2018, located in bisei-okayama and awajiiland in Japan
Operation Flow
Please refer to PROJECT DESCRIPTION.
Patents
Moriyuki Ochiai Architects Inc.
Team Members
Client:irbisei, nijigennomori/Pasona Group__Design:Moriyuki Ochiai,Jillian Lei, Xingguang Li, Marie Uno,Haruka Amano,Yuta Takahashi__Constructor:Takei Construction(Kunji Takei),CA leading(Osami Hiroyama,Masakazu Hirose,Yoshiko Makabe,Kazuya Okuno,Sanae Iwamoto),Soken Group__Paint:Masanao Uchida__Special Paint:Osamu Yamaguchi__Soundsystem:Yoshiyuki Kanamori(Oasis)__Videography:Kazuma Goto(OHK Okayama Broadcasting),Noriko Nishiguchi,Shinichi Hisamatsu,Hajime Kishii__Lighting:Color Kinetics Japan(Masaki Yamashita,Koki Yano,Miyahara Yusuke)__Tea ceremony set:Nanzan Ito,Kenyu Mitsuhashi (Kamakurabori Niyodo),Yuko Nakano__Tea ceremony:Fumiko Miyake ,Fujimi Ishikawa __site:Yumegahara__Bisei-cooperator:Naoya Kawakami,Teruyuki Yamamuro Yasuhiro Fujiwara,Kazuyuki Touda,Koushi Takeuchi,Yoshiki Sakai,Tetsuya Yamane,Souhei Mimura,Chikara Nakamoto,Masayoshi Takei,Toshihiro Harada,Kenta Takei,Kazuhiro Harada,Ryo Takasaki,Tatsuhiko shimada,Naoya Sugimoto,Ayako Daito__Cooperator:Norihiro Ariyoshi(soken group),Yoshinori Takedo(grop)
Image Credits
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