Cantilevers: Heavy Things Float Overhead

A brutalist space with a large cantilever. The upper floor or a mezzanine section cantilevers out more than two meters, with a flat concrete underside and no visible supports. The cantilevered edge is a sharp right angle, revealing the slab thickness. When standing underneath, a heavy horizontal plane is overhead. The cantilevered part casts a distinct shadow below. Avoid: adding columns and diagonal braces to the cantilever, making the cantilever distance too short to be noticeable, enclosing the underside with a ceiling, making the cantilever edge beveled to reduce perceived weight.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一個大量體懸挑的粗獷主義空間。上方的樓層或一段夾層向外挑出兩米以上,底面是平整的混凝土,沒有任何支撐;挑出的邊緣是俐落的直角,可以看到樓板的厚度。人站在下方時,頭頂是一片沉重的水平面。挑出的部分在下方投下明確的陰影。避免:在懸挑處加入柱子與斜撐、把懸挑的距離做得太短看不出來、讓底面用天花板封起來、把懸挑的邊緣做成斜切減輕重量。