WORKSHOP: Traveling Teahouse

From February 22 to 27, 2026, the Faculty of Architecture and Design STU in Bratislava will host a student Erasmus+ BIP workshop entitled  Traveling Teahouse – Urban Experiment Stimulating Cultural Exchanges. Thirty students from FUA TUL Liberec, FA ČVUT Prague, ENSA Versailles, and FAD STU in Bratislava are spending a week immersing themselves in the topic of tea and tea ceremonies – from the philosophical background, specifics of the Japanese tea ceremony and traditional spatial solutions, to contemporary approaches to the creation of teahouses. Working in groups, the students will develop their own designs for mobile/temporary spaces for tea ceremonies.

The event is led by Japanese architect Akio Sassa from ENSA Strasbourg, architect Roberta Borghi from ENSA Versailles,Benjamin B. Olshin, Ph.D., Fulbright Scholar and teachers from FAD STU in Bratislava, architect Michal Bogár and designers Martin Mjartan and Martin Baláž.

 
The week-long program will conclude with the opening of an exhibition of student projects on Friday, February 27, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. in the foyer of FAD STU in Bratislava. The opening will also feature a tea ceremony demonstration by tea ceremony master Akiko "Somei" Fuhrmann.

Funded by the European Union.