Project Description
FROM THE ARCHITECT:
T · CAFE is a space where conversation about environmental sustainability takes place. We used fender woods collected from the demolished Wan Chai Pier in Hong Kong to fabricate tables, benches, stools, and “Ocean cubes.” The hundred-year-old fender woods had been immersed in the harbor for more than 40 years. We categorized fender woods into three types according to their levels of erosion and designated each type for different furniture—the most intact ones were sculpted as dining table and long benches; those moderately eroded was for coffee table and short benches; woods that were seriously defaced were for stools and a special furniture of what we called “Ocean Cubes.” “Ocean Cubes” preserve the eroded wood with ocean-blue resin; the idea is to return the fender wood into the ocean, just like the old days at Wan Chai pier.