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Chashitsu, which is the Japanese term for a teahouse or tea room is a construction specifically designed for holding the Tea Ceremony, a traditional Japanese ritual in which the host prepares and serves tea for guests. Teahouses are usually small, intimate wooden buildings, where every detail is intended to help withdraw the individual from the material disturbances of the world.
Teahouses involve a special setting meant to suggest a contemplative mood and feel the awakening of the senses through the connection with nature and others. This can be done through special attention to the surroundings; usually peaceful gardens serving as beautiful scenery; or through architectural decisions such as the low door -symbolizing that all who enter must lower themselves-, and minimal interior furnishings or strict etiquette.
Pan Projects creates floating Teahouse Ø on Copenhagen canal
London architecture studio Pan Projects has designed Teahouse Ø as the first in a series of floating pavilions aimed at opening up Copenhagen s canals to the public.
Created with Danish designer Helene Christina Pedersen, Teahouse Ø was informed by the way in which the surface of the water changes, reflecting both its surrounding environment and the seasons.
Top image and above: the floating Teahouse Ø can move around Copenhagen s canals
Made in a local Copenhagen workshop, the roof and base of the teahouse were made with a wood structure clad in fibre-reinforced, plastic-covered styrofoam.
Numerous transparent, acrylic tubes were suspended from its roof to create an effect that resembles running water.