This is exactly the case where architecture does not announce itself but dissolves into its context. The tea pavilion, created by Hiroshi Sugimoto on the island of Naoshima, takes the form of a glass cube raised above the mirror-like surface of the water. The minimalist volume refers to the Japanese tea tradition but is expressed in a contemporary language: clean, abstract, almost immaterial. Every element is rigorously calibrated to emphasize the fusion of nature, space and ritual.
