Swiss-Chinese Chamber of Architects and Artists, Höschgasse 3, Zürich (2026)

26/03/2026

On a rainy Saturday evening Teehaus Liu hosted the joint event by Sinokultur and SCAA.
Rolf and Mary Liu welcomed the guests into their beautiful sanctuary, where you forget the rush of everyday life.

12 interested participants experienced a live tea ceremony led by Mulan Sun, tea master and senior lecturer at Urasenke Tea School.
As founder of SML Architektur, Mulan also designed and planned the tea store and tearoom in Bad Ragaz. While leading the guests through the ceremony, she explained the elements and movements, depicting the very precise but also deeply sensory ritual.

Crossing the Tamina River to reach the tea house, passing through the fabric curtain of Teehaus Liu, entering the beautiful tearoom: the flow created a journey which ended with a charming buffet and lively conversations. Time seemed to have stopped in the warm, serene space, and it possibly took some effort to step back into the cold rain.

Photography by R. Kunz
Text by T. Chiang

25/02/2026

TEA AND ARCHITECTURE
A joint event by and SCAA

is a Chinese architect based in Zurich (SML Architektur GmbH ETH/SIA) and president of SCAA. She is also a tea master and senior lecturer of Japanese Urasenke Tea School. Working across architectural practice, academic research, and cultural exchange, her intercultural and interdisciplinary expertise is reflected in her projects, particularly in the design of tea houses.
During the event, Mulan Sun will guide participants through one of her architectural works, Teehaus Liu in Bad Ragaz, and present a Japanese tea ceremony within the unique spatial setting.

In the 12th century, the monk Eisai 容⻄ brought green tea from Song Dynasty China (960–1279) to Japan. Toward the end of the 15th century, Murata Jukō 村⽥珠光 developed the austere Wabi-cha style of tea ceremony. In the 16th century, his disciple Sen no Rikyū 千利休 elevated the tea ceremony into a refined art form. The principles of Zen Buddhism, with their focus on impermanence and transience, together with the wabi-sabi aesthetic, favoring simplicity over ornamentation, remain central to the Japanese tea ceremony today. The ceremony embodies the beauty of imperfection, humility, and the fleeting nature of existence. Tea house architecture is, on one hand, a materialized event, like any architectural design. On the other hand, it requires an immaterial narrative, a spatial logic shaped by ritual, movement, and perception. Creating such a space demands both architectural knowledge and deep practice of the tea ceremony in order to understand its precise spatial requirements. This event brings together these two worlds Tea and Architecture, offering participants insight into how ritual, philosophy, and space intertwine. The program concludes with a Chinese tea degustation and aperitif by Teehaus Liu.

Date & Time:
Saturday 14.03.2026, 18:00h

Place:
Maienfelderstrasse 5
7310 Bad Ragaz

Fee:
SCAA/Sinokultur members: CHF 80,-
Non-members: CHF 90,-

Please register under:
EVENTFROG link in Story

Become an SCAA Member: http://scaa.ch/become-a-member/
Poster design by

21/01/2026

UPCOMING EVENT – , Studio Visit

Tetiana Kartasheva is a Zurich-based artist whose abstract work explores space, emotion, and memory. Through minimal forms and a restrained palette, she creates timeless environments that invite introspection.

We are delighted to invite you to a private visit to her studio in Zurich, followed by a small apéro over which to explore the artworks.

Date & Time:
Friday 30.1.2026, 18:30h

Place:
Badenerstrasse 816
8048 Zürich

Fee:
SCAA members: free
Non-members: CHF 20,-
Students: CHF 10,-

Please register under:
[email protected]

Become an SCAA Member: http://scaa.ch/become-a-member/
Poster design by

10/09/2025

We are delighted to invite you to our September event, taking place in the heart of Zurich.

HOLY MOTHERS AND HOLY SONS
A Pictorial Journey Exploring Chinese Catholic Art

Dr. Antonio De Caro‘s research focuses on Christianity in China, especially Sino-European exchanges and the reception of Catholic art in the early modern and modern periods. During this talk he examines various forms of Chinese Catholic artwork, tracing encounters between Chinese and European actors and following the circulation of some of these objects between China and Europe.

Lecture by Dr. Antonio De Caro (周盛羅)

Date & Time:
Friday 26.9.2025, 18:30h

Place:
Evangelisch-methodistische Kirche
Sitzungszimmer S1
Promenadengasse 4
8001 Zürich

Fee:
SCAA members: free
Non-members: CHF 20,-
Students: CHF 10,-

Please register under:
[email protected]

Poster design by

09/07/2025

Event Introduction:

Two Lakes ふたつのみずうみ
Lake Lucerne and Lake Biwa: A Comparative Study on the Culture of Water

We warmly invite you to join us for the presentation of Two Lakes, a unique cross-cultural research project and publication that explores the deep connections between water, architecture, and society. The project is the result of a five-year collaboration between the Lucerne School of Engineering and Architecture and the Kyoto Institute of Technology, focusing on two emblematic bodies of water: Lake Lucerne in Switzerland and Lake Biwa in Japan.

Through the central themes of Danger, Beauty, Commons, and Eternity, the research examines how water shapes cultural identity, built environments, and collective memory across two distinct yet interconnected landscapes.

At this event, Mulan Sun Buschor (SCAA President) – Co-Editor and Curator of the Two Lakes project – will present the newly published book and guide us through the accompanying exhibition. Her tour will offer insight into the collaborative design processes, research outcomes, and the broader implications for the future of architecture in dialogue with nature. Join us for an evening of reflection, conversation, and exploration across continents, disciplines, and time!

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Book presentation of TWO LAKES and a guided tour through the exhibition by Mulan Sun Buschor
Time: Thursday 24.7.2025, 18:30
Place: ZAZ Bellerive, Höschgasse 3, 8008 Zürich
Fee: SCAA members free, non-members CHF 30 (entrance fee included)
Registration: [email protected]

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