Modular "Tong"

Project Description

INTRODUCTION: MODULAR “TONG’’ IS FAMILIAR AS TONG ER DOKAN OR CHAYER TONG LOCATE  ROADSIDE.

IDEA: THE MODULAR  TONG IS A CONCEPTUAL IDEA THAT EMBODIES THE FLUIDITY OF MODERN LIFE,RICHNESS OF TEA TRADITIONS,AND GROWING NEED FOR COMMUNITY DRIVEN,SUSTAINABLE SPACE.BUILD WITH TRADITIONAL BUILDING MATERIALS THAT EXPRESS SIMPLE YET PROFOUND VISION.

STORY DESCRIPTION: A COMMUNITY OF ELDERLY PEOPLE WHO ARE IN RETIREMENT,THEIR DAILY ACTIVITY OF DRINKING AND GOSSIPING TOGETHER IN A TEA STALL THAT BUILDUP A CLOSE EMOTIONAL BONDS.BASED ON THEIR FRIENDSHIP AND TRUST,OWNING A MODULAR TONG BY A GROUP OF  6 TO 7 ELDERLY PEOPLE.THEY MAKE AND SERVES TEA WITH LOCALLY SOURCED MILK.THEY WORKS BY SHIFTING TIME AS THERE WILL BE NO SPECIFIC OWNER.PEOPLE EXPERIENCE A SMALL BOOK CORNER IN TONG WITH THE VIBE OF COMFORTABLE AMBIANCE.FROM MORNING TO NIGHT THEY WELCOME VARIES PROFESSION OF PEOPLE AS A FRIENDFUL CUSTOMER.THIS PLACE BECOME MORE THAN JUST A PLACE AND SHARE STORIES THAT FEEL AT HOME.

IMPACT: ELDERLY,WHO WERE OFTEN MARGINALIZED IN MODERN SOCIETY,FOUND BOTH ECONOMNICAL PROFIT PURPOSE AND JOY IN SHARING THEIR STORIES AND TEA WITH OTHERS.THEIR STORIES WEAVE A TAPESTRY OF LOCAL HISTORY AND FOLKLORE THAT SHAPES THE CULTURAL IDENTITY OF THE TEA STALL.

YOUNG PEOPLE COMES THE TONG SIPPING TEA WITH BOOK THAT PROMOTES READING AND GAINING KNOWLEDGE.MANY SOCIALIZE WITH NEW FACES.DIFFERENT LEVEL PEOPLE,RICKSHAW PULLER TO SINGER COMES TO DRINKS TEA AND EXPRESSING THEIR LIFE WITH THE VIBE OF TRADITION.TONG TEA STALL REFLECT THE SPIRIT OF THE DIVERSE COMMUNITY,INCLUSIVENESS,AND WELCOMING TO ALL.