KHOUS
TEA HOUSE
شاي خوص · فلق
Feel
the moment.
Khous — the palm leaf woven into baskets, mats and roofs across the south of the Kingdom — gives the tea house its name and its material. An empty concrete shell on a Jazan street becomes a warm journey through time: a palm-leaf canopy and carved door on the street, terracotta, earth plaster and red carpets inside, a waterfall wall, heritage seating and a mezzanine lounge, all under soft 2700 K light.
The survey, moodboards, concept, exterior and interior design, the 3D studies, the technical drawings with the lighting, power and mechanical coordination, the fit-out schedule and the 360° experience were prepared by Mohamed Bider for Ebtsam Design Group.
- Survey & moodboards
- Concept & 3D studies
- Exterior & interior design
- Technical drawings
- Lighting design (DIALux)
- Fit-out schedule
- 360° experience
Levels: a double-height hall and a mezzanine lounge.
Deep, 6.2 m wide — a narrow shell turned into a sequence of spaces.
One warm light temperature for every fitting, from pendants to step lights.
From kick-off and survey (21 January 2024) to technical drawings (17 February 2024).
On a street
in Jazan.
The tea house occupies a ground-floor shell with a mezzanine in Jazan, on the Red Sea coast in the south-west of the Kingdom — a hot, humid city where tea is taken late into the evening and the street frontage becomes part of the café.
- 1Khous Tea House (approximate)
- 2Jazan corniche
- 3City centre
- 400 m walking radius
- City
- Jazan, Jazan Region
- Setting
- Ground-floor shop with mezzanine on a city street
- Climate
- Hot and humid coast — shaded frontage, evening use
- Client
- Khous Tea Trading Est.
The shell.
The survey in January 2024 found a bare concrete shell: a long, narrow hall with a single street opening and a mezzanine slab at the back.
Drawings.
The architectural package: both floor plans with the furniture and finishes, the front elevation and the long section. Select a drawing.
Studies.
Nine studies take the shell apart: the journey through time, the visitor path, the feature areas, the exploded floors, two sections, light, the facade and the full cutaway. Select a study.
Inspiration.
Old houses of the south, tea in small glasses, palm-leaf baskets, clay pots, hand-woven carpets, an old radio and a car parked by the door — the memories the tea house is built from.
Materials
& colours.
Terracotta brick for the tea bar, khous palm-leaf weave on the canopy, earth plaster walls, teak, terrazzo floors with warm chips, red carpets and a single rose accent — the colours of the south under warm light.
Step inside — 360°.
Stand in the tea house: the double-height hall on the ground floor, and the lounge under the rattan canopy upstairs. Drag to look around.
The street.
An authentic heritage front: natural wood and an earth-plaster wall with steel lettering, Arabian seats on the pavement and palm leaves over the door. Clear glass and a carved wooden door bring the street in.
Inside.
Red carpets on terrazzo, terracotta and earth plaster, woven lights and heritage pieces — a long hall that opens up to a mezzanine and ends at the tea bar.
Fit-out.
The schedule of furniture, lighting, decoration and finishes prepared with the design.
Crossback timber dining chairs ×25 · rattan dining chairs ×56 · café tables, lounge sofas and majlis seating
Woven pendants ×40 · ceramic and rattan lanterns ×32 · compact spotlights ×13 · LED downlights ×123, all 2700 K
Hand-woven rugs, palm-leaf plates and baskets, clay pots, brass tea sets and portraits of the region
Rattan ceiling canopy ≈ 70 m² · interior wall finish system ≈ 480 m² · terrazzo floors · terracotta brick bar
Client: Khous Tea Trading Est. Design: Ebtsam Design Group. Sources: Khous Tea House presentations (February 2024), architectural and MEP drawings, survey January 2024.
The survey, moodboards, concept, exterior and interior design, the 3D studies, the technical drawings with the lighting, power and mechanical coordination, the fit-out schedule and the 360° experience were prepared by Mohamed Bider for Ebtsam Design Group.