(Retail project)
A tea shop and tasting room built around one long table, paper screens and a wall of handmade ceramics.
Location
Copenhagen, Denmark
Size
80 m²
Duration
10 weeks
Year
2024
(01)
The brief
Kōen sells rare teas and ceramics from small Japanese makers. The owners needed a shop that could also host tastings for twelve, on a narrow street-level unit with one window and a very small budget.
Tasting room, tatami corner, ceramics wall and the garden room.
Photography — Ida Holm
(02)
The approach
We gave the room one long table in solid oak, wrapped the walls in simple shelving for the ceramics, and filtered daylight through paper screens. Everything else was left out, so the tea and the objects do the talking.
(03) Key spaces
Room by room.
Three rooms that changed the most — and why.
Tasting table
32 m²
One oak table for twelve, lit from above, where every tasting happens.
Ceramics wall
18 m²
Simple open shelving, deep enough to hold every cup at eye level.
Tatami corner
12 m²
A raised corner behind paper screens for private ceremonies.
(04) Materials
Five materials, nothing extra.
A short, honest palette that lets the ceramics stand out.
Solid oak
Table & shelves
Washi paper
Screens
Clay plaster
Walls
Raw linen
Cushions & noren
Blackened steel
Fittings
“
People come in for a bag of tea and end up staying for an hour. That was exactly the point.
Aiko Mori — Founder, Kōen
(05) Credits
Interior design
Interiora Studio
Joinery
Kaj Snedker
Ceramics
Studio Mori
Build
Nørrebro Byg
Photography
Ida Holm
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