Screens that Separate but Don't Isolate

A half-height early modernist partition. It is a freestanding white panel or an open steel tube shelving unit, only 140 cm high, open above; it separates the living and dining areas but allows the line of sight to pass over. Both sides of the panel are finished, with no front or back. It does not connect to the wall, leaving a gap for passage. Avoid: using full-height partition walls, attaching the partition to the wall, using patterned and carved screens, exposing unfinished structure on the back of the partition.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一道半高的早期現代主義隔屏。它是一片獨立的白色板或一段開放的鋼管層架,高度只到一百四十公分,上方是通的;它把起居與餐廳分開但視線可以越過。板的兩側都是完整的,沒有正反面之分。它與牆不相接,留出一道通過的縫。避免:使用及頂的隔間牆、把隔屏貼在牆上、使用有圖案與雕花的屏風、讓隔屏的背面露出未完成的結構。