Colored Pipes: Using Structural Color as Decoration

Colored pipes: using structural colors as decoration. In an interior space, elements that would normally be hidden are painted in vibrant colors to serve as the sole decoration: sprinkler pipes, electrical conduits, structural steel columns, and the slender steel handrails of the stairs are all painted the same bright red or cobalt blue, while the walls and ceiling remain entirely white. The pipes run in straight lines and right angles, with visible connectors at turns. The furniture is achromatic: white tabletops, gray chairs, stainless steel shelving. Because only one color appears on the pipework, the visual focus of the entire space moves along the path of the pipes. Sunlight enters from side windows, casting thin shadows of the pipes on the white walls. Avoid: using multiple colors for pipes, adding other color blocks to walls, hiding pipes in the ceiling, using the same color for furniture.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

室內空間裡,把原本會被藏起來的東西塗成鮮豔的顏色當作唯一的裝飾:噴淋管、電線槽、結構鋼柱、樓梯的細鋼扶手,全部塗成同一個鮮紅或鈷藍,而牆與天花維持全白。管件的走向是直線與直角,轉折處看得見接頭。家具是無彩度的:白色桌面、灰色椅、不鏽鋼層架。因為只有一個顏色出現在管線上,整個空間的視覺焦點沿著管線的路徑移動。日光從側窗進來,管件在白牆上留下細細的影子。避免:管件使用多種顏色、牆面加入其他色塊、把管線藏進天花、家具也使用同一顏色。