The Oppression of Mass is Intentional

A brutalist space deliberately creating a sense of weight. The ceiling is very low, the beams are very deep, and the walls are very thick; a massive concrete volume cantilevers overhead, with a flat bottom, making people feel its weight as they walk beneath it. Openings are small and deep, with the wall's cross-section clearly visible at the openings. The space is not light and transparent, but rather enveloped and pressed down by the materials. Avoid: making the ceiling high and open, using large areas of glass to reduce weight, making beams and columns slender, making the space feel light and transparent.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一個刻意製造重量感的粗獷主義空間。天花很低、樑很深、牆很厚;一個巨大的混凝土量體懸挑在頭頂上方,底部是平的,人走過時感覺得到它的重量。開口小而深,牆的斷面在洞口處清楚可見。空間不是輕盈通透的,而是被材料包圍與壓住的。避免:把天花挑高做得開闊、使用大面積的玻璃減輕重量、把樑與柱做得纖細、讓空間感覺輕盈通透。