Calm proportions: width greater than height

A space that achieves a sense of stability through horizontal proportions. All elements are wide and low: the main wall's divisions are horizontal rectangles rather than vertical ones; furniture has deep depths and low heights—sofa backrests do not exceed seventy centimeters, sideboards are below waist height, and console tables are long and flat; paintings are horizontal; windows are long, horizontal strips. Vertical lines are minimized. Because horizontal lines are overwhelmingly dominant, the space appears calm, grounded, and weighty, without an upward tension. Although the ceiling is high, the low furniture enhances the sense of openness by creating ample negative space above. A corner of the image shows a comparison with a vertically proportioned version, which appears cramped and unstable. Avoid: making the two versions similar, adding tall and slender furniture and vertical divisions, changing paintings to vertical format, eliminating the dominance of horizontal lines.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一個以橫向比例取得穩定感的空間。所有的元素都是寬而低的:主牆的分割是橫向的長方形而不是直立的;家具的進深大、高度低——沙發的椅背不超過七十公分、邊櫃只到腰部以下、案桌長而扁;掛畫是橫幅的;窗是橫長的一道。垂直的線條被壓到最少。因為水平線佔絕對多數,空間顯得沉靜、向下、有重量,不會有向上的緊張感。天花雖高,但因為家具低矮,上方的留白反而強化了開闊。畫面的一角以縱長比例的版本作對照,顯得侷促而不穩。避免:讓兩者相似、加入高瘦的家具與直立的分割、把掛畫改為直幅、消除水平線的主導。