Álvaro Siza . Carlos Castanheira ARCHITECTS . photos: © C.K.L. . renders: © Germano Vieira
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.
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.
Paper, pencil, erasor, coloured pencil, images of the site, a model of the site as existing and a generous dose of optimism.
Possibilities emerge which are immediately tested. Some with a prospect of continuity, some dying immediately. One avoids the obvious; the enemy of design. Castrating.
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.
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.
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Architects:Álvaro Siza with Carlos Castanheira
Office in Portugal:CC&CB – Architects, Lda.
Project Architect:
Pedro Carvalho,
Elisabete Queirós
Collaborators:
Carolina Leite
Filipa Guedes
Jorge Santos
Nuno Rodrigues
Pedro Afonso
Rita Saturnino
Susana Oliveira
3D and Renderings: Germano Vieira
Creative Integration Consultant: Xue Xue Institute, Xue Xue Foundation
Office in Taiwan: Ho+Hou Studio Architects, Studio Base Architects , Fielddirektor
Project Coordinator: Jen Suh Hou, Albert Ho, Ivan
Collaborators:
Si Yin Wu
Principal in charge:
Ming Wei Hwang
Collaborators:
CJ Wang
Chao-Yu Chen
Hsuan-Mu
Huang, Mark Sun
Project management & construction supervision: Ho+Hou Studio Architects, Studio Base Architects, Fielddirektor
Structure: Envision Engineering Consultant
Electricity: Majestic Engineer Consultants Inc.
Mechanical: Hung Chung Consultant
Total Building Area: 71, 7 m2
Photo Credits: ©C.K.L.
