Flowing Ceilings: Height is Not Fixed

A space with a continuously changing ceiling height. The ceiling is not a horizontal plane but an undulating curved surface: it lowers above the seating area, forming a soft concave shape to create a sense of enclosure; it rises above the passage and in front of the windows, making the space feel open; the transitions between high and low are continuous arcs with large radii, without any sharp angles or steps. The surface is a continuous white or beige coating, seamless, without coving, and without light fixture openings. Lighting is hidden in the curved grooves where the ceiling meets the walls, with light diffusing along the curved surface. Because the ceiling height changes with function, different areas have different atmospheres, but the space itself is continuous. Avoid: using a horizontal flat ceiling with distinct dropped panels, sharp angles and steps, recessed light openings in the ceiling, and defining the boundary between ceiling and wall with coving.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一個天花高度連續變化的空間。天花板不是一片水平的面,而是一片起伏的曲面:在座位區上方降低並形成柔和的內凹,製造包覆感;在通道與窗前升高,讓空間變得開闊;高低之間以大半徑的弧線連續過渡,沒有任何折角與階差。表面是連續的白色或米色塗料,無縫、無線腳、無燈具開孔。照明藏在天花與牆交接的曲線凹槽內,光沿著曲面漫射。因為天花的高度隨機能變化,不同區域的氛圍不同,但空間本身是連續的。避免:使用水平的平天花與明確的降板、出現折角與階差、在天花開嵌燈孔、讓天花與牆以線腳分界。