Modern Teahouse Frankfurt
The Teahouse was a present for the city of Frankfurt / M. by Japanese companies.
It is placed in the entrance hall or on a little hill in the garden of the museum.
When it is not used, it is waiting packed on a dolly.
Architect Kengo Kuma Japan
The Teahouse got the working title ”peanut” because of its shape. A bigger cover encloses a smaller inner one.
The two are welded airtight and are blown up like an inflatable mattress. Instead of bars both covers are connected with 306 cables which create a golf ball like surface
When an inner pressure of 1.000 Pascal is reached the ”Peanut” stands, with 1.500 Pascal the ‚smooth shell ’ is stable enough to resist a storm.
The size of the contact area and the inner pressure determine significantly the stability
membrane: Gore Tenara 3T40
630 gr/m2 PTFE-glas fabric with laminated fluoric foil and 38% translucency
