SANAA | Dior Omotesando: Translucent Acrylic Curtains

The outer layer is a completely transparent, smooth glass box, while the inner side hangs a layer of translucent white acrylic panels, whose surface presents a soft, draped undulation, like a gently pulled curtain. A gap is left between the two layers, allowing light to diffuse within. During the day, the acrylic filters sunlight into a soft milky white; at night, internal light permeates, making the entire building a glowing lantern, with the boundaries of the volume completely disappearing. The position of the floor slabs is hinted at on the facade by horizontal fine lines, but their heights are deliberately uneven, making it impossible to discern the actual floors from the exterior. Shot frontally at night, with the glowing volume's boundaries soft. Avoid: inner layer being opaque, drapes made into regular waves, equidistant floor lines, adding signs to disrupt purity.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

外層為完全通透的平滑玻璃盒,內側則懸掛一層半透明的白色壓克力板,板面呈現柔和的垂墜起伏,像一塊被輕輕拉起的布幔。兩層之間留出空隙,光在其中漫射。白天,壓克力把日光濾成柔和的乳白;夜間,內部的光透出來,整棟建築成為一盞發光的燈籠,量體的邊界完全消失。樓板的位置在立面上以水平的細線暗示,但高度刻意不均等,讓外觀看不出實際樓層。夜景正面拍攝,發光的量體邊界柔和。避免:內層改為不透光、垂墜做成規則波浪、樓板線等距、加設招牌破壞純淨。