Reading Tea 茶馆 by Ling Zhou is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award 金奖 in 室内空间与展览设计 Competition Category.

金室内· 2020

Reading Tea 茶馆

by Ling Zhou

Client: Chongqing Zhou Decoration Design Co., Ltd.

A' Design Award 金奖 Winner in 室内 Category

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The Design

About Reading Tea 茶馆

《读茶》是位于重庆的一处茶馆室内空间，面积380平方米。设计将中国传统材料与现代空间手法相融合。天然原木被分解为宽100毫米、厚5毫米的木片，这些柔韧的木片被弯曲成曲面造型，既保留了木材的天然质感，又塑造出全新的空间形态。同色调的木饰面墙与不锈钢墙面将各个区域相互串联。天然石材经打磨形成凹凸不平的表面，与木材质感相得益彰。灰色调与质朴的地砖共同营造出宁静素雅的空间氛围。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 金奖

Reading Tea 茶馆是 A' Design Award 金奖得主，这是授予一流、绝妙而杰出设计的极为崇高的认可。金奖得主是极具创新、极富远见且璀璨夺目的创作，反映出其设计师的天才、智慧与才干。预计Reading Tea 茶馆将成为一项备受赞誉、引领潮流、气势恢宏的发明，带来前所未有的价值。这件赢得 A' Design Award 金奖的设计是一个壮观而受人敬重的项目，极大地造福并拓展艺术、科学、设计和技术的边界。Reading Tea 茶馆激起强烈的渴望，唤起激情，鼓励创造力，令我们着迷。

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.