It's for a Tai-chi master

(a San Diego Police officer) who wanted to be able to practice, and teach in his backyard

.

It gets pretty hot in the Summer here in the inland San Diego area, so he asked me to design him an outdoor Tai-chi dojo area with a nice shade structure.

I had been just been researching azumayas, and the Dutch-hip roof structure, funny how things seem to just fall into place sometimes.

We used timberframe trusses to gain more interior headroom.

The azumaya is fabricated from

rough-sawn, full dimensioned

California redwood.

The shade material is rolls of copper-tied bamboo cane.

Copper hip-cap

covers the hip cut

in the bamboo.

         Looking up ..

 Beautiful 70% shade.

The curved ridge beam is made from a 4x6 and 4x8 glued and bolted together.

Anyway, it's a beautiful space now, with a wonderful sense of harmony, and the Sensei says there's plenty of chi.