Maison du Thé

This article is part of the [Sí] , a personal project curated by Marta López García where she wills to shed light on a twice silenced reality. The goal remains to recover and spread pieces of architecture displaced to the periphery; although this time focused on the work of female architects. Este artículo es parte de la serie [Sí] , comisariada por Marta López García que busca ofrecer una vision sobre una realidad doblemente silenciada. El objetivo es recuperar y difundir obras de arquitectura que han sido desplazadas a la periferia, teniendo como punto de partida proyectos de mujeres arquitectas. “Meanwhile let us have a sip of tea. The afternoon glow is brightening the bamboos, the fountains are bubbling with delight, the soughing of the pines is heard out in our kettle. Let us dream of evanescence, and linger in the beautiful foolishness of things.” Extract from ‘The Book of Tea’. “Mientras tanto déjennos saborear un sorbo de té. El brillo de la tarde ilumina los bambús, las fuentes borbotean con placer, el susurro de los pinos se escucha en nuestra tetera. Déjennos soñar con la evanescencia, y perdernos en absurda belleza de las cosas.” Extracto de ‘El Libro del Té’ (Traducción de la autora). Charlotte Perriand read ‘The Book of Tea’ while she lived in Japan and Vietnam during the II War World. Both the book and the years of exile had a huge impact on her ideas and her design skills. Long time after her return to France in 1946 she was commissioned by her friend Hiroshi Teshigaharato design a Teahouse to be part of the Japanese Cultural Festival held in Paris in 1993. Her proposal was to be located on the rooftop of the UNESCO headquarters, along with other Tea houses designed by Tadao Ando, Ettore Sottsass and Yae Lun Choi. Charlotte Perriand leyó ‘El Libro del Té’ en los años que pasó en Japón y Vietnam durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Tanto el libro como los años de exilio tuvieron una gran influencia en su capacidad técnica y creativa.