Curio Shelves: Grids of All Different Sizes

A display shelf serving as a partition. It extends from floor to ceiling and is transparent on both sides, allowing views through. The key lies in the compartments—each one varies in size, height, and width, arranged in an asymmetrical yet balanced composition: some are tall and narrow, some wide and flat, and some are square. The dividing shelves are staggered and not aligned, so the entire unit lacks a regular grid pattern. Each compartment holds only one item—a vase, a jade piece, an inkstone, a book—and about half of the compartments are empty. Through the empty spaces, another room can be seen. The wood is dark hardwood, and the shelves are thin. Avoid: making the compartments into a regular, equally sized grid; filling every compartment with objects; using a back panel that makes the shelf opaque; making the shelves thick and heavy.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一座作為隔斷的博古架。它通高落地,兩面通透可以看穿。關鍵在於格眼——每一格的大小、高度與寬度都不相同,以不對稱但平衡的方式錯落組合:有的高而窄、有的寬而扁、有的是正方,彼此之間的分隔板位置錯開而不對齊,因此整面架子沒有規律的網格感。每一格只放一件東西——一只瓶、一件玉、一方硯、一本書,大約半數的格子是空的。透過空格可以看見另一個空間。木料是深色硬木,層板薄。避免:把格眼做成規則等大的網格、讓每一格都放滿物件、使用背板讓架子不通透、把層板做得厚重。