Modern Zen Tea Room: The Smallest Complete Space

A small tea room in a contemporary style. The area is only two pings (approx. 6.6 square meters), with square proportions and a low ceiling of two meters twenty. The floor is covered with rush matting, divided into modules. One wall has a simplified rectangular niche containing a small hanging scroll and a single flower vase. Another side is a small shoji screen, through which soft light filters. In the corner is a square hearth embedded in the floor. In the center is a hemp cloth and a set of tea utensils, with two cushions facing each other for host and guest. The entrance is a low opening that requires bending to enter. The walls are smooth earthen plaster, without any other decoration. The overall space is extremely small, minimalist, and very quiet. Avoid: making the space large, adding standing-height furniture, using colorful and patterned decorations, making the entrance a standard-height door.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一間當代做法的小茶室。面積僅兩坪,比例方正,天花低到兩米二。地面鋪藺草蓆,以模矩分割。一面牆有一個簡化的矩形壁龕,裡面是一幅小掛軸與一只花器。另一面是一片小小的障子,光透進來很柔。角落是一個嵌在地板中的方形爐口。中央是一塊麻布與一組茶具,主客兩個坐墊相對。入口是一個必須彎腰才能進入的低矮開口。牆面是平整的土質塗料,沒有任何其他裝飾。整體極小、極簡、極安靜。避免:把空間做大、加入站立高度的家具、使用彩色與有圖案的裝飾、把入口做成一般高度的門。