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To Tsai

To Tsai

Type
Commercial
Surface
100 m2
Location
Athens, Greece
Client
Private
Date
2014
Code
CMR_00100_ATH_14
Status
Completed
Collaborators

Production Manager: Kostas Papatheodorou
Construction Manager: Georges Batzios Architects
Wood Construction: Mixalis Petritis
Electrical Works: Giorgos Mastorakis
Steel Works: Giorgos Friganiotis

Press
Awards
  • 1st Prize EUROPEAN ARCHITECTURE AWARDS 2017
    BEST COMMERCIAL/ RETAIL BUILDING
  • 1st Prize BIG SEE AWARDS
    INTERIOR DESIGN AWARD
  • Honorable Mention DOMES AWARDS
    BEST PROJECT OF A YOUNG ARCHITECT FOR THE PERIOD 2012-2016

Mlesna Hellas request for a unique tea house, a tea island in the middle of the center of Athens guide us to an auto-referent introverted space with minimalistic architectural details based on the characteristics of the traditional Japanese architecture such as wood light and shadows.
An, ornament free, wooden framework occupies the newly constructed interior skin of the tea house. A skin that shapes the ensemble of the functionalities of the tea house while forming its visual perception. Form texture and function are melted under the same distinctive element. 200 panels of glued laminated timber cover the entire interior space in all dimensions in a regular repetitive rhythm that brakes up its regularity periodically while keeping the same rhythm in order to organize the functional areas of the tea house.

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