Length - 01:41 Award-winning designer and author, Fu-Tung Cheng discusses decorative concrete and good design at the Teance Tea Shop in Berkeley, Calif. Cheng designed this tea shop and shares his insights on designing with concrete. One of the aspects of concrete that make it great to design with is its mass and its sense of structure. This is displayed in the tea shop on a curved shelf that cantilevers out into the shop as though it is weightless. By playing up its structure using rebar inside, the concrete looks as though it is not being held up by anything. By contrast, cold rolled steel, which is also considered a heavy material, is used directly above the concrete. Here the heavy steel also cantilevers into the room and looks as though it is floating. When tea pots and cups are placed on the shelving, they are enhanced because they are framed with the idea of good design.
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