Light is chopped: lattice screen and perforation

A room without large, unbroken areas of light. During the day, sunlight passes through wooden screens and cast-iron grilles on windows, leaving dense geometric light patterns on the floor and walls; at night, light comes from perforated brass lamps, casting a myriad of star-like points on the ceiling and walls. No surface in the entire space is uniformly lit; light is always filtered by some pattern. The overall illuminance is low. Avoid: using large areas of uniform lighting, allowing direct sunlight to flood the interior in unbroken sheets, installing ceiling recessed lights and track lights, making the space brightly and clearly lit.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一個沒有整片光的房間。白天的日光穿過木格屏與窗上的鑄鐵格柵,在地板與牆上留下密密麻麻的幾何光斑;夜晚的光來自穿孔黃銅燈,在天花與牆上投出滿佈的星點。整個空間找不到一塊被均勻照亮的表面,光永遠是被某個圖案篩過一次的。照度整體偏低。避免:使用大面積的均勻照明、讓陽光直接整片打進室內、安裝天花嵌燈與軌道燈、把空間照得明亮清晰。