Glass is a Gap: Not a Facade

Glass as a void, not a facade. The main body of the building consists of heavy shells and walls, with glass appearing only in a few excavated locations: a continuous skylight strip along the ridge, a large opening on the valley side, and several irregular light wells. The glass is directly embedded into recesses in concrete or stone, with no exposed frames or glazing beads; thus, from the outside, it appears as dark voids in the solid mass, not an entire curtain wall. Avoid: making the facade a continuous glass curtain wall, using prominent aluminum frames and mullions, making the glass area larger than the solid mass, using flat glass拼接 on curved surfaces.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一片鑲在實體裡的玻璃。建築的主體是厚重的殼與牆,玻璃只出現在幾個被挖開的位置:一道順著屋脊的天窗帶、向谷那一側的大開口、幾個不規則的採光洞。玻璃直接嵌進混凝土或石材的凹槽,沒有外露的框與壓條;因此從外面看是實體上的幾個暗色缺口,不是一整面的帷幕。避免:把立面做成連續的玻璃帷幕、使用明顯的鋁框與豎挺、讓玻璃的面積大過實體、在曲面上使用平板玻璃拼接。