Cha Le Teahouse in Vancouver, Building Interior British Columbia, Cafe Architecture
Cha Le Teahouse in Vancouver
Contemporary Cafe Building Interior BC, Canada ? design by Leckie Studio Architecture + Design Inc.
Sep 22, 2017
Cha Le Tea Cafe in Vancouver
Design: Leckie Studio Architecture + Design Inc.
Location: 1207 Hamilton Street, Vancouver, southern British Columbia, Canada
Cha Le Teahouse in Vancouver
Cha Le Teahouse provides a modernist interpretation of the traditional Chinese tea ritual. The space is defined by a minimalist character that relies on an interplay of geometry and material uniformity. A meticulously coordinated plywood matrix operates as an ordering system for the casework and retail display – this motif is replicated throughout the space to create a sense of rhythm, depth and shadow.
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This uniform material backdrop lends visual calm and abstract serenity to the immersive sensual experience of drinking tea.
The focus on wood is economical, and alludes to the sensitivity to materiality that is significant to traditional Chinese tea ceremonies, and often expressed through humble materials. The sculptural mass and quality of the ?tea bar? creates and shapes the space around it, finding inspiration in the Modernist sculptures of Donald Judd, in which materials such as plywood are distilled into their reductionist forms.
Cha Le Teahouse makes use of a restrained quantity and minimal tonal qualities in the materials used, expre...