Teahouse in Fuzhou
Neri & Hu Design and Research Office- Type Culture / Leisure Commercial / Office Refurbishment
- Date 2021
- City Fuzhou
- Country China
- Photographer Chen Hao
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Inspired by the Jinshan Temple nearby, this teahouse harbors within it the structure of a high-ranking Qing dynasty official’s residence, relocated from Anhui to its new home in Fuzhou with its ornamental carvings and intricate joinery intact. The Relic Shelter, as it is called, a work of the Shanghai practice of Lyndon Neri and Rosanna Hu, sits on a concrete base, while its sweeping metal roof, penetrated by sky wells, echoes the historical piece contained within.
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