Das Japanische Teehaus – Idee, Wettbewerb, Planung, Bau und Nutzung. Erleben Sie eine Teezusammenkunft!

A house within a house: the Japan collection features a modern interpretation of a tea house with a Berlin-based architect. Today you can see and taste a tea party in and around it.

Hans-Dieter Hegner has been the Director of Construction at the Humboldt Forum Foundation in the Berlin Palace since 2016. The civil engineer was previously Head of Division at the Federal Ministry of Building.

Alexander Hofmann has been curator for art from Japan at the Museum of Asian Art since 2004 and in this role was involved in the redesign of the presentation at the Humboldt Forum. He is particularly interested in art from Japan from the 16th century to the present day as well as the historical art market and art historiography in Japan.

Nobuko Sugai-Baumgarten grew up in Kyoto. After studying art at Musashino Art University in Tokyo, she completed graduate studies at the Düsseldorf Art Academy and worked as a freelance artist. After spending several years in New York, she has lived in Berlin since 2004. There she returned to the Urasenke tea path and the comprehensive artistic aspects of the Japanese tea tradition, which she had already encountered as a student. She received her tea name "Sōchō" from the Urasenke Grand Master Zabōsai Sōshitsu XVI in 2017.

In 2013, she was involved in the founding of the Chado Urasenke Teeweg-Verein Berlin e.V., which she chairs today. She organizes and leads events on the Japanese Way of Tea, such as tea demonstrations, tea gatherings, workshops, lectures and classes in the tradition of the Urasenke Way of Tea - including in the "Bōkian" tea house in the Humboldt Forum, in Japanese missions abroad and in her tea room "Genchōan" in Berlin. She played a decisive role in the realization of the "Bōkian" tea room in the Museum of Asian Art in the Humboldt Forum.

- 5 euros.

- Please book your ticket in advance online or at the ticket desk in the foyer.

- You will find the meeting point for the guided tour on your booking confirmation.

- Duration: 90 min

- Language: German

- Humboldt Forum

- Belongs to: Ready!, special tours to mark the completion of the reconstruction