Teahouse at Taifong Golf Club / Álvaro Siza Vieira + Carlos Castanheira

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Changhua County, Taiwan
  • Practice In Portugal: CC&CB – Architects, Lda.
  • Project Coordination: Pedro Carvalho, Elisabete Queirós
  • Collaborators In Portugal: Carolina Leite, Susana Oliveira, Pedro Afonso, Rita Saturnino, Jorge Santos, Germano Vieira, Nuno Rodrigues, Filipa Guedes
  • 3d/Render: Germano Vieira
  • Consultant: Xue Xue Institute, Xue Xue Foundation
  • Practice In Taiwan: HO+HOU Studio Architects / Studio Base Architects
  • Coordination: Jen Suh Hou, Albert Ho
  • Collaborators In Taiwan: Si Yin Wu, CJ Wang, Chao-Yu Chen, Hsuan-Um Huang, Mark Sun
  • Architect In Charge: Ming Wei Hwang
  • Supervision: HO+HOU Studio Architects / Studio Base Architects
  • Structure: Envision Engineering Consultant
  • Electrical Installations: Majestic Engineer consultants. INC.
  • Mechanical Installations: HungChun consultant
  • Construction: JuGang Construction. Co / Skyhawk Enterprise Co, LTD
  • City: Changhua County
  • Country: Taiwan
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Text description provided by the architects. We don’t need to play golf to design the buildings that are required where it is played. 

But it is necessary to have an understanding of the functions, habits, some rules and also the requierments and expectations of the client and the players. You must visit the site. 

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With this information the first step in the project is taken. It’s like jumping into a void, but well prepared and armed with our professional tools. 

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Paper, pencil, erasor, coloured pencil, images of the site, a model of the site as existing and a generous dose of optimism. 

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Possibilities emerge which are immediately tested. Some with a prospect of continuity, some dying immediately. One avoids the obvious; the enemy of design. Castrating. 

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Teahouse at Taifong Golf Club / Álvaro Siza Vieira + Carlos Castanheira - Interior Photography, Concrete
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Small, rough models are made. The process of selection is continuous and sometimes it is necessary to start again. 

A choice is made. A common consensus is necessary. It must be developed and tested, with models and any other tool that comes to hand. 

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Teahouse at Taifong Golf Club / Álvaro Siza Vieira + Carlos Castanheira - Exterior Photography, Facade
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Function dominates. Morphology completes. When it is complete, it even seems obvious. 

The small building, the Tea House at Taifong Golf Course is a pit stop for a rest and a snack. This is all it is. An architectural solution to the desired and intended function.

Teahouse at Taifong Golf Club / Álvaro Siza Vieira + Carlos Castanheira - Exterior Photography
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Cite: "Teahouse at Taifong Golf Club / Álvaro Siza Vieira + Carlos Castanheira" [Casa de Chá Taifong Golf Club / Álvaro Siza Vieira + Carlos Castanheira] 27 Sep 2024. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/1021713/teahouse-at-taifong-golf-club-alvaro-siza-vieira-plus-carlos-castanheira> ISSN 0719-8884

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