Our Architectural Works #1

CHASHITSU à Roppongi, Tokyo

Un pavillon de thé indépendant au sein d'une résidence privée de Roppongi, où pierres, mousse et un vieux prunier réemployés prolongent la mémoire du lieu dans un espace dédié au thé.

Low stone water basin (tsukubai) with a bamboo ladle, set among moss, gravel, and natural stones in a Japanese tea garden.

Le bassin de purification

Wooden Japanese tea house illuminated at blue hour, surrounded by a lit garden with trees and a traditional stone lantern.

Le pavillon au crépuscule

Entrance of a wooden tea house with a hanging wooden name plaque, viewed through bright green Japanese maple leaves in the foreground.

L'entrée derrière les érables

Interior of a Japanese tea room with timber walls and a low bench, corner windows looking onto a green garden, and a lit washi andon lamp.

L'intérieur ouvert sur le jardin

  • Tatami tea room interior with a woven bamboo ceiling and shoji screens, traditional Japanese architecture in a Roppongi chashitsu.
  • Illuminated entrance and stone garden of a chashitsu at night, Japanese tea house architecture in Roppongi, Tokyo.
  • Hand-carved wooden name plaque framed by green maple leaves, a detail of the Japanese tea room.
  • Japanese tea room interior with a timber bench, sunken earthen step and tatami flooring, traditional chashitsu architecture.
  • Close-up of hand-crafted asanoha kumiko latticework and woven bamboo, a fine Japanese architecture detail in the chashitsu.
  • Japanese tea room with an indoor stone-and-sand court, hanging scroll and paper lamp, traditional chashitsu architecture.
  • Tea house entrance opening onto a stone-and-moss garden, Japanese tea house architecture in Roppongi, Tokyo.
  • Veranda and stepping-stone garden of a chashitsu lit at night, showing Japanese tea room architecture.
  • Engawa corridor with an indoor sand garden leading to tatami rooms, traditional Japanese architecture of the chashitsu.
  • Japanese garden with a bamboo fence, pine, stone lantern and stepping-stone path beside a Roppongi chashitsu.
  • Tile-roofed Japanese tea house glowing at dusk within a city garden, Japanese architecture in Roppongi, Tokyo.
  • Tatami tea room at night with a natural log post and paper andon lamps, traditional chashitsu architecture.
  • Japanese tea room with a tokonoma alcove and calligraphy scroll beneath a woven bamboo ceiling, traditional chashitsu architecture.
  • Mizuya preparation room with cedar shelving and shoji screens, a functional detail of Japanese tea room architecture.
  • Engawa bench with bamboo sudare blinds and shoji framing a garden view, Japanese tea house architecture.
  • Chashitsu lit at dusk with a stone tsukubai water basin in the garden, Japanese tea house architecture in Tokyo.
  • Connected tatami rooms with shoji and a woven bamboo ceiling, the spatial composition of Japanese tea room architecture.
  • Tatami tea room at night with a tokonoma, calligraphy scroll and kumiko lattice, a traditional Japanese architecture detail.
  • Symmetrical view through shoji onto an engawa bench and garden, a balanced composition of Japanese tea room architecture.
  • Detail of woven bamboo herringbone walls, a kumiko window and cedar boards, craftsmanship of Japanese tea house architecture.