Juxtaposition of East and West: Two Scales in the Same Space

An interior space deliberately allows two proportional systems to coexist: one half features Western-style high ceilings and large windows, with a ceiling height of 3600mm and a windowsill height of 300mm; the other half uses a wooden slat ceiling lowered to 2400mm, with windows changed to slender horizontal openings and a windowsill height of 900mm. There is no wall between the two, only a difference in ceiling height and a change in flooring material—one side is stone, the other is tatami-sized wooden flooring. Furniture also corresponds: Western-style tables and chairs on the high side, and floor-level cushions and low tables on the low side. The light presents two different qualities due to the varying window shapes. Avoid: both sides using the same ceiling height, adding screens or sliding doors for separation, mixing furniture, flooring material only changing color without changing texture.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一個室內空間刻意讓兩套比例系統並存:一半是西式的高天花與大開窗,天花高 3600mm,窗台低到 300mm;另一半用木格柵天花壓低到 2400mm,窗改成細長的橫向開口,窗台高 900mm。兩者之間沒有牆,只有天花高度的落差與地坪材料的更換——一邊是石材,一邊是榻榻米尺度的木地板。家具也相應:高的一邊放西式桌椅,低的一邊是接近地面的坐墊與矮几。光線因為窗的形狀不同而呈現兩種性質。避免:兩邊使用同樣的天花高度、加入屏風或拉門分隔、家具混用、地坪材料只換顏色不換質感。