About the event
On 8 August, MEP will host its first tea ceremony event, led by Sōbo Mulan Sun, architect ETH and tea master of the Urasenke Tea School.
Taking place on the day of Lìqiū — the beginning of autumn in the traditional East Asian solar calendar — the ceremony will unfold as a seasonal tea gathering, reflecting on the subtle transition from summer heat towards the first signs of autumn.
For this occasion, Sōbo Mulan Sun will respond directly to the spatial atmosphere of MEP and to the current exhibition ALL INSIDE (for E.K.) by Zurich-based artist Patric Sandri. Within the contemporary setting of the exhibition, she will create a small, mobile tea room — a temporary spatial structure in which architecture, tea, movement and perception meet.
Rather than presenting tea ceremony as a fixed tradition, this event approaches it as a living spatial practice. Through carefully choreographed gestures, objects, light, silence and attention, the tea gathering opens a space for slowing down and sensing the relations between body, material, season and environment.
The tea ceremony will be held in two sessions: an afternoon session and an evening session. Each session is limited in capacity.
About Sōbo Mulan Sun
Sōbo Mulan Sun is an architect ETH and tea master of
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About the event
On 8 August, MEP will host its first tea ceremony event, led by Sōbo Mulan Sun, architect ETH and tea master of the Urasenke Tea School.
Taking place on the day of Lìqiū — the beginning of autumn in the traditional East Asian solar calendar — the ceremony will unfold as a seasonal tea gathering, reflecting on the subtle transition from summer heat towards the first signs of autumn.
For this occasion, Sōbo Mulan Sun will respond directly to the spatial atmosphere of MEP and to the current exhibition ALL INSIDE (for E.K.) by Zurich-based artist Patric Sandri. Within the contemporary setting of the exhibition, she will create a small, mobile tea room — a temporary spatial structure in which architecture, tea, movement and perception meet.
Rather than presenting tea ceremony as a fixed tradition, this event approaches it as a living spatial practice. Through carefully choreographed gestures, objects, light, silence and attention, the tea gathering opens a space for slowing down and sensing the relations between body, material, season and environment.
The tea ceremony will be held in two sessions: an afternoon session and an evening session. Each session is limited in capacity.
About Sōbo Mulan Sun
Sōbo Mulan Sun is an architect ETH and tea master of the Urasenke Tea School. She grew up in a Zen Buddhist temple residence in China, where her early life was shaped by the rhythms of temple life and Chinese tea culture.
Her first encounter with Japanese tea ceremony took place during her Bachelor’s studies in Tianjin in 2000, through the tea house at Nankai University — a gift from Hōunsai Soshitsu XV. In 2005, she moved to Switzerland to pursue her Master’s studies in Architecture at ETH Zürich.
Since 2015, she has been studying Japanese tea ceremony with Prof. Soyu Mukai. In 2024, she was awarded the title of Tea Master and the position of Sennin Kōshi by the Urasenke Tea School. Since 2025, she has served on the board of the Urasenke Tankokai Zürich Association.
As an architect, tea master and Zen practitioner, her work explores how tea ceremony can disclose the essence of space through behaviour, movement and attention — where architecture, tea and Zen come together as one practice.
Date
Saturday, 8 August 2026
Sessions
Afternoon Session: 17:00–18:30
Evening Session: 19:30–21:00
Location
MEP, Bürgenstrasse 6, 6005 Luzern
Fee
CHF 85 per person
Language
The ceremony will be guided in German.
English explanations can be provided when needed.
Capacity
Limited seats available.
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