{"id":592,"date":"2015-06-30T15:57:24","date_gmt":"2015-06-30T15:57:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/?p=592"},"modified":"2015-06-30T15:57:24","modified_gmt":"2015-06-30T15:57:24","slug":"the-use-of-translucent-blocks-in-a-beijing-tea-house-by-japanese-architect-kengo-kuma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/architecture\/the-use-of-translucent-blocks-in-a-beijing-tea-house-by-japanese-architect-kengo-kuma","title":{"rendered":"The use of translucent blocks in a Beijing tea house by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Japanese architect Kengo Kuma has arranged translucent plastic blocks in a brick-like formation to create new walls for a Beijing tea house overlooking the Forbidden City, changing the architectural design.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/The-use-of-translucent-blocks-in-a-Beijing-tea-house-by-Japanese-architect-Kengo-Kuma_11.jpg\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-599\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/The-use-of-translucent-blocks-in-a-Beijing-tea-house-by-Japanese-architect-Kengo-Kuma_11.jpg\" alt=\"The use of translucent blocks in a Beijing tea house by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma_1\" width=\"655\" height=\"469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/The-use-of-translucent-blocks-in-a-Beijing-tea-house-by-Japanese-architect-Kengo-Kuma_11.jpg 655w, https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/The-use-of-translucent-blocks-in-a-Beijing-tea-house-by-Japanese-architect-Kengo-Kuma_11-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/The-use-of-translucent-blocks-in-a-Beijing-tea-house-by-Japanese-architect-Kengo-Kuma_11-350x251.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 655px) 100vw, 655px\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kengo Kuma and Associates used polyethylene plastic batons to create an elaborate grid across the ceiling and walls of each room of the private member\u2019s club, which is simply named Beijing Tea House.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/The-use-of-translucent-blocks-in-a-Beijing-tea-house-by-Japanese-architect-Kengo-Kuma1.jpg\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-601\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/The-use-of-translucent-blocks-in-a-Beijing-tea-house-by-Japanese-architect-Kengo-Kuma1.jpg\" alt=\"The use of translucent blocks in a Beijing tea house by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma\" width=\"655\" height=\"468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/The-use-of-translucent-blocks-in-a-Beijing-tea-house-by-Japanese-architect-Kengo-Kuma1.jpg 655w, https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/The-use-of-translucent-blocks-in-a-Beijing-tea-house-by-Japanese-architect-Kengo-Kuma1-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/The-use-of-translucent-blocks-in-a-Beijing-tea-house-by-Japanese-architect-Kengo-Kuma1-350x250.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 655px) 100vw, 655px\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The white latticework is interlaced with translucent blue polycarbonate panels \u2013 offering an alternative to the decorative wood panelling and paper screens that are typical within tea houses all over Asia.<\/p>\n<p>These new walls allow light to filter gently into the building from all sides. They also rise above the tea house\u2019s traditional tiled roof to enclose a terrace overlooking the Forbidden City \u2013 Beijing\u2019s former imperial palace, and one of the city\u2019s biggest tourist attractions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/The-use-of-translucent-blocks-in-a-Beijing-tea-house-by-Japanese-architect-Kengo-Kuma_3.jpg\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-602\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/The-use-of-translucent-blocks-in-a-Beijing-tea-house-by-Japanese-architect-Kengo-Kuma_3.jpg\" alt=\"The use of translucent blocks in a Beijing tea house by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma_\" width=\"655\" height=\"468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/The-use-of-translucent-blocks-in-a-Beijing-tea-house-by-Japanese-architect-Kengo-Kuma_3.jpg 655w, https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/The-use-of-translucent-blocks-in-a-Beijing-tea-house-by-Japanese-architect-Kengo-Kuma_3-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/The-use-of-translucent-blocks-in-a-Beijing-tea-house-by-Japanese-architect-Kengo-Kuma_3-350x250.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 655px) 100vw, 655px\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There are numerous tea houses dotted around the outer walls of the UNESCO-listed palace, which was constructed in the early 15th century and occupied by imperial courts until the early 1900s, when it was converted into a museum.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/The-use-of-translucent-blocks-in-a-Beijing-tea-house-by-Japanese-architect-Kengo-Kuma_2.jpg\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-600\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/The-use-of-translucent-blocks-in-a-Beijing-tea-house-by-Japanese-architect-Kengo-Kuma_2.jpg\" alt=\"The use of translucent blocks in a Beijing tea house by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma_2\" width=\"655\" height=\"468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/The-use-of-translucent-blocks-in-a-Beijing-tea-house-by-Japanese-architect-Kengo-Kuma_2.jpg 655w, https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/The-use-of-translucent-blocks-in-a-Beijing-tea-house-by-Japanese-architect-Kengo-Kuma_2-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/The-use-of-translucent-blocks-in-a-Beijing-tea-house-by-Japanese-architect-Kengo-Kuma_2-350x250.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 655px) 100vw, 655px\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chinese studio Cutscape Architecture recently completed one to the north-east corner of the complex, inside a pair of converted brick warehouses, while Kengo Kuma\u2019s stands at the east gate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"post-excerpt\">Japanese architect Kengo Kuma has arranged translucent plastic blocks in a brick-like formation to create new walls for a Beijing&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":594,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11,28],"tags":[61,274,275,276,280,279,277,273,278],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=592"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":603,"href":"https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592\/revisions\/603"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}