Kengo Kuma – Weak Architecture
October 9th, 2007
In search of flexible buildings – Kengo Kuma uses the term “weak architecture”. 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 Teehouse of Kengo Kuma is situated in the garden of Museum für Angewandte Kunst in Frankfurt.
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Entry Filed under: Inflatable, Kinetic, Scuplture/Installation
5 Comments Add your own
1. Justin | October 10th, 2007 at 6:10 pm
Finally An Update!!!! You would think you had stuff to do!
J
2. Ruairi | October 10th, 2007 at 8:26 pm
I wonder if you ever do anything Justin?
3. Justin Taylor | October 11th, 2007 at 2:25 am
No not really, I just pretend, do you?
J
As a side not I love this work.
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