Nov 28, 2007
weak architecture
In search of flexible buildings - Kengo Kuma uses the term “”. His teahouse does not rise up from the ground as a fixed wooden construction, but unfolds as an airborne ephemeral structure. When a ventilation system is activated, the teahouse swells into shape like a white textile blossom. In its interior, comprising a surface of approximately twenty square metres, are nine tatami mats, an electric stove for the water kettle, and a preparation room.
Integrated LED technology allows the use of the teahouse at night; the interior can be heated by way of the membrane. The is situated in the garden of Museum für Angewandte Kunst in Frankfurt. via interactivearchitecture via luminapolis
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