「KAI-KI」や「KAI-SOU」で展開してきた継手仕口の技術をつかって、KAIのなかに組み立て式の二階建茶室｢KAI-RO｣をつくります。一階は「待合い」を兼ねた囲炉裏の場、二階はさまざまに変容する「茶室」です。いずれも四畳半。二階へあがる螺旋階段も仕立てにこだわりました。鍋を囲んだり、句会をひらいたり、亭主の趣向によって七変化する｢KAI-RO｣で、どうぞひと時をお過ごしください。

Two-story tea house “KAI-RO”

Utilizing the techniques of tsugite-shiguchi joinery, which we have deployed in “KAI-KI” and “KAI-SOU”, we have built an assembly type two-story tea house “KAI-RO” within KAI. The first story is a hearth area that also serves as a machiai waiting room, while the second story is a chashitsu tea-ceremony room that can be converted for various uses. Both are four-and-a-half-mat rooms. Attention has also been paid to design in the spiral staircase that leads to the second floor. “KAI-RO” can be modified in various ways according to the householder’s tastes, for example, it can be used to host hotpot parties or haiku gatherings. Please come and spend some time here.