波士顿的正宗日本茶馆
Bringing an Authentic Japanese Tea House to Boston, By Suzumori Architecture

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茶叶公司Gen sou en在波士顿开了一家新分店。这个茶馆给熙熙攘攘的coolidge corner带来一点日本文化的味道。这个城市的人们对茶印象不佳，但很明显，这家正宗的茶馆会受到欢迎。在日本，饮茶伴随着很多仪式。饮茶的每个部分都非常注重细节——更不用说，茶馆的设计与这些仪式是相契合的。

Gen sou en, the tea company, has opened a new location in Boston. This tea house gives the bustling coolidge corner a little taste of Japanese culture. While the city has a bad reputation when it comes to tea, it’s clear that this authentic cafe will receive a much better reception. In japan, drinking tea goes along with much ceremony. Every part of the process is given great attention to detail — needless to say, the design had to be precise.


Image by Shuji Suzumori

就像茶本身一样，这个空间是由来自日本的Suzumori architects精心打造的。 对于首席建筑师Shuji Suzumori而言，传统的Gen sou en公司的创意哲学是必不可少的，同时它必须与波士顿独特的建筑环境相结合。此设计具有高雅、舒缓、简单的节奏韵律。Suzumori运用了圆形元素的语言，这是他从波士顿砖砌拱门建筑语言中提炼而出的。这也是茶馆与日本传统略有差异的地方。在日本的茶馆里，曲率是非典型的，传统趋向于线性，以适应町屋的严格几何形状。在融合波士顿与日本元素的过程中，当地的Hammer 设计和开发咨询公司提供了不少的帮助。

Like the tea itself, the space was carefully crafted by Suzumori architects, a firm with Japanese roots. For lead architect Shuji Suzumori, the traditional Gen sou en philosophy was an essential prompt for his design, which had to be merged with Boston’s distinct architectural context. The design has a tasteful, almost soothing simplicity and rhythm. Suzumori mentioned the language of circular elements in this work, which he attributes as a reference to Boston’s landscape filled with brick arches. This is where the tea house strays slightly from tradition. Curvature is atypical in Japanese tea houses, which tend to be linear, to suit the strict geometry of the machiya row houses. These merging of Boston and Japanese elements was aided by local consultants Hammer design & development.


Image by Yorgos photography

Suzumori的设计借鉴了传统的町屋元素，但他把它融入了波士顿和21世纪的现代背景，而又不失旧时代地传统韵味。正如建筑师所说的那样，“茶馆的系统元素被轻轻地提升为圆形，其简洁的线条融入了传统日本建筑特色的现代感：榻榻米长椅，暖炕（隐藏式座椅），茶室和中央庭院，树木和花草在圆顶天窗下生长。”

Suzumori’s design borrows elements from the classic machiya row houses, yet, he takes it into the context of boston and the 21st century without losing the old-world charm. As put by the architect ‘the tea house’s programmatic elements are nestled into gently ascending circular forms, whose clean lines house modern takes on traditional Japanese architectural features: tatami benches, horigotatsu (recessed seating), tea ceremony room, and the central nakaniwa garden, where a tree and grasses grow beneath a hooded circular skylight.’


Image by Yorgos photography

Gen sou en专营绿茶，并提供许多日本的烘焙食品。就如茶馆的设计一般，Gen sou en公司将传统茶艺与现代科技创新融合一起。在室内，顾客有一系列的座位安排，他们可以选择在哪里享受他们的茶。 其中有传统的地毯，也有配有榻榻米的茶室。每一种安排都使顾客的视觉得到舒缓，而清晰的线条对称，也让空间变得放松起来。茶馆最重要的元素之一就是庭院，这是一个由Suzumori提出的美丽的圆形天窗，用于将太阳光照射到中心种植的植物。 这是茶馆设计的核心。
  
Gen sou en specializes in green teas and also offers many Japanese baked goods to complement. Much like the design Gen sou en takes traditional tea and creates revolutionary new blends with modern tech. Internally, patrons have an array of seating arrangements where they may choose to enjoy their tea. Among these are the traditional floor mats, in the tea ceremony room, complete with tatami. Every one of these arrangements maintains an eye-soothing, clean line symmetry that makes the space so relaxing. One of the most essential elements of the tea house is the courtyard, which Suzumori alludes to with the beautiful circular skylight that casts defused rays of sun onto the central plant. This is the heart of the tea house.


Image by Yorgos photography


Image by Yorgos photography


Image by Shuji Suzumori


Image by Shuji Suzumori


Image by Yorgos photography

  
Image by Shuji Suzumori


Image by Yorgos photography


Image by Yorgos photography


Image by Shuji Suzumori


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