Rogers | Maggie's West London: Orange Walls and No Corridors

A circle of saturated orange-red walls separates the building from the large hospital next to it. Inside the walls is a single-story cluster of rooms surrounding a central courtyard. The entire building has no corridors—rooms connect directly to each other or via the courtyard, so people don't experience the feeling of being 'led to a room.' The roof is a floating thin slab, with its edges detached from the walls, allowing light to fall through the gaps. Trees are planted in the courtyard, and greenery is visible from every room. The color is deliberate: next to the gray hospital, orange declares that this place is different. Shot from the courtyard looking outwards during the day, with the orange wall, the light gap in the roof, and trees in the frame. Avoid: adding corridors, changing the color to neutral, the roof being tightly connected to the walls, the courtyard not being visible.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一圈飽和的橘紅色圍牆把建築與旁邊龐大的醫院隔開,牆內是一個由數個房間圍出中庭的單層聚落。整棟建築沒有一條走廊——房間直接彼此相接或經由中庭連通,人因此不會經歷「被帶去某個房間」的感覺。屋頂為一片懸浮的薄板,邊緣與牆脫開讓光從縫隙落下。中庭種著樹,每個房間都看得見綠意。顏色是刻意的:在灰色的醫院旁邊,橘色宣告這裡不一樣。日間從中庭向外拍攝,橘牆、屋頂的光縫與樹同框。避免:加入走廊、顏色改為中性、屋頂與牆密接、看不見中庭。