Skylights: Light Pours Down

A skylight cut from a concrete ceiling. It is a narrow slit or a square hole, surrounded by thick concrete sections; light falls vertically, forming a bright area on the floor and wall below, and creating a gradient along the side walls of the opening. Because the ceiling is very thick, the light is restricted to a distinct column. There are no side windows around. Avoid: adding a diffuser panel below the skylight, simultaneously opening large side windows to weaken the effect, making the skylight too large to fully illuminate the interior, making the opening without thickness.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一道從混凝土天花切開的天窗。它是一個狹長的縫或一個方形的洞,四周是厚實的混凝土斷面;光垂直落下,在下方的地面與牆上形成一塊明亮的區域,並沿著洞口的側壁形成漸層。因為天花很厚,光被限制成一道明確的柱狀。四周沒有側窗。避免:在天窗下方加設擴散板、同時開設大面側窗削弱效果、把天窗做得過大讓室內全亮、讓洞口沒有厚度。