Travertine and Rough Stone: Two Textures

A space that combines two types of unpolished stone. Travertine is used for interior countertops and partial walls: the surface is matte, the holes are unfilled, the color is a warm beige, and the texture is delicate and dry. The other is roughly chiseled limestone or tuff, built into a wall or a section of flooring with larger blocks, retaining chisel marks and natural cleavage surfaces, with an unevenness of several centimeters, and a grayish color. The roughness of the two differs greatly—one has fine pores, the other has large-scale chiseled surfaces—thus, when juxtaposed, their respective textures are highlighted. Paired with plain white plaster, dark walnut, and fine brass lines. Light strikes at a grazing angle. Avoid: polishing both types of stone, using two types of stone with the same roughness, adding a third type of stone, using uniform frontal lighting.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一個並用兩種未拋光石材的空間。洞石負責室內的檯面與局部牆面:表面霧面、孔洞未填、顏色是溫暖的米黃,質地細緻而乾。另一種是粗鑿的石灰岩或凝灰岩,以較大的塊體砌成一面牆或一段地坪,表面保留鑿痕與自然的劈裂面,凹凸落差達數公分,顏色偏灰。兩者的粗糙度差異很大——一個是細密的孔洞、一個是大尺度的鑿面——因此並置時各自的質感被彼此突顯。搭配素白的灰泥、深色的胡桃木與黃銅細線。光以掠射角度打過來。避免:把兩種石材都拋光、使用同樣粗糙度的兩種石材、加入第三種石材、使用正面均勻打光。