Chinese Tea House Project

Back again at Ringling for Junior year. Sorry it's such a late update but it's taking me a while to find time to post my work.
Here's the project description for my Interior Design 3 class:
We are designing an international tea house for our client The China National Tourism Administration. The CNTA exsists to plan and coordinate the development of the Chinese tourism industry; prepare development policies, programs and standards, draft relevent laws and regulations; and supervise the implementation and provide guidance for regional tourism.
In short, our design is meant appeal to cultures of all kind and demonstrate the innovative thinking and creativity of the presant day Chinese culture.

The concept I've come up with for this project is "Awaken the Senses." It's derived from the research I did about China and the tea culture. I found that when choosing which teas the make, the tea growers base it upon 5 basic principals which are the the shape of the leaf, the color of the liquid, aroma, taste, and the textured apperence of the leaf itself. It's very similar to the use of the 5 senses. Each section of the space will exemplafy one of these 5 principles.

Here is a little look at what I've been working on....

FLOOR PLAN so far


Perspective drawing of the dining area


Perspective of the retail area



I'll be adding more as I go along....still a ways to go before it's finished!