Rounded Corners: Softness Shaped by Hand

A space where all corners are hand-smoothed into curves. The corners where walls meet, where walls meet the ceiling, the edges of door and window openings, and the edges of built-in seating and countertops are all soft, rounded corners, with radii varying from approximately three to eight centimeters, and not mechanically precise arcs—because they are hand-smoothed, the radius at each point varies slightly, and the curve is not perfectly uniform. As a result, the space has a soft, hand-molded feel. The surface is white lime plaster, thick and undulating, with visible trowel marks. When strong sunlight falls on these rounded corners, it creates continuous and soft gradients of light and shadow rather than sharp divisions. Avoid: retaining sharp right angles, making the curves of the rounded corners mechanical and precise, using corner beads, making the surface flat and smooth without marks.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一個所有轉角都被手工抹圓的空間。牆與牆的轉角、牆與天花的交接、門窗洞的邊緣、內建座椅與檯面的邊,全部是柔和的圓角,半徑約三到八公分不等,而且不是機械的精準弧線——因為是手工抹製的,每一處的半徑略有差異,曲線也不完全均勻。因此空間有一種被手捏出來的柔軟感。表面是白色的石灰塗料,厚而有起伏,可以看見抹刀的痕跡。強烈的陽光落在這些圓角上時,形成連續而柔和的明暗漸層而不是銳利的明暗分界。避免:保留銳利的直角、讓圓角的弧線機械而精準、使用護角條、把表面做成平整無痕。