Contemporary Mud-Colored Volumes: Traditional Proportions, Modern Techniques

A contemporary building that adopts traditional proportions and vocabulary but is executed with modern construction methods: the walls are fair-faced concrete dyed an earthy ochre, retaining the horizontal layering of the formwork and tie holes, giving a texture similar to rammed earth but with higher precision. The triangular openings on the walls are retained but enlarged to 600mm and fitted with dark, low-reflection glass. The sawtooth parapet of the roof is simplified into a continuous triangular profile, without decoration. Windows are still deeply recessed, with a recess depth of 800mm. The overall massing is rectilinear, without curves. Strong sunlight, sharp shadows. Avoid: massing made into a glass box, triangular elements made into applied decoration, walls painted with a smooth earth-tone coating, adding curved shapes.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一棟當代建築沿用傳統的比例與語彙,但用現代工法完成:牆體是染成泥赭色的清水混凝土,表面保留模板的水平分層與繫件孔,質感接近夯土但精度更高。牆上的三角形開口保留下來,但尺寸放大到 600mm,並鑲入深色的低反射玻璃。屋頂的鋸齒女兒牆簡化成連續的三角剖面,沒有裝飾。窗仍然深凹,凹深達 800mm。整體量體是方正的,沒有曲線。日照強烈,陰影銳利。避免:量體做成玻璃盒、三角元素做成貼附的裝飾、牆面塗成平滑的仿土色塗料、加入曲線造型。