UPM Biomaterials give creative freedom for design
UPM and the Shanghai-based Tongji University College of Design and Innovation started cooperation with a target to create a modern concept for the traditional Chinese tea house. The unique tea house showcases UPM's innovative wood-based biomaterials in a way that combines heritage with the future.
A team of design students from the Tongji University College of Design and Innovation were asked to redefine the design of a traditional Chinese tea house. The aim was to come up with a highly aesthetic, yet modern and functional concept by using UPM’s innovative wood-based biomaterials.