TEATHER

The project is based on integrating migrant cultures into a community using tea growing as a social engagement device.

The proposal seeks to bio-remediate and convert a former chemical plant site into a tea plantation with mixed-use co-op housing. The plantation and processing of tea would be managed by the community and sold on site.

At the heart of the community lies the Teather Tea Centre, a cultural, social, and economic hub where Western and Eastern tea cultures mix. Functioning as a lab for processing tea and an educational place where the history of tea culture can be understood.

The Arrival City

Offenbach am Main

Window of Misfortune

Window of Opportunity

Research Themes

Sharing Economy

Situationist’s Derive

Moment I

Moment II

Migrant Group: Chinese

Migrant Group: Turkish

Migrant Group: German

Integration Model

Chinese Tea Ceremony for Two

A History of Tea

Manifesto Model

Spatial Exploration I

Spatial Exploration II

Conceptual Vessels

The Site

Existing Site Context

Phasing Strategy

Proposed Site Plan

Ground Floor Level

First Floor Level

Second Floor Level

Third Floor Level

Roof Level

Exploded Axonometric

X-Ray Manifesto Visual

Community Courtyard

Rooftop Spa House

Tea Gallery

Tea Chamber

Meditation Room

Tea Ceremony

Teather Tea Centre

Examination Wall Board