Simplified arches: Retaining only the shape

A contemporarily treated arched opening. The arch shape is traditional, either semicircular or flattened, with carefully considered, stable width-to-height proportions. However, all ornamentation is removed: no keystone, no columns, no moldings, no frame. The edge of the arch opening is simply the cross-section of the wall itself, finished with a smooth, rounded corner, continuous with the adjacent wall surfaces and in the same color. The thickness of the wall is clearly visible at the arch opening, approximately twenty centimeters, forming a deep opening rather than a mere hole in a thin wall. Through the arch, the spatial depth and light of another room are visible. The wall color is warm off-white. Avoid: adding keystones and molded decorations, using thin walls that make the arch opening lack depth, making the arch edges sharp, using colors that contrast with the wall.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一個當代處理的拱形開口。拱的形狀是傳統的半圓或扁圓,比例經過推敲,寬高關係穩定。但所有的裝飾全部取消:沒有拱心石、沒有柱式、沒有線腳、沒有邊框,拱洞的邊緣就是牆體本身的斷面,以圓潤的圓角收邊,與兩側的牆面連續成同一個表面與同一個顏色。牆體的厚度在拱洞處清楚可見,約二十公分,形成一個有深度的洞口而不是一片薄牆上的開孔。透過拱洞可以看見另一個房間的空間深度與光線。牆面是溫暖的灰白色。避免:加入拱心石與線腳裝飾、使用薄牆讓拱洞失去厚度、把拱的邊緣做成銳角、使用與牆面對比的顏色。