New Insertion in Old Building: Counter Not Touching Original Wall

In the lobby of a hotel converted from a historic building, the original stone walls, arches, and mottled plaster are completely preserved and unadorned. The new reception counter is an independent metal volume, made of rusted corten steel or matte brass, in the pure form of a cuboid, 3600mm long. It is deliberately not placed against any old wall, leaving at least 600mm of space around it, and also raised 80mm off the ground, supported by hidden slender legs, thus clearly an object placed in later. There is no transition or trim between the new and the old. Sunlight streams diagonally through the old high windows. Avoid: the new counter being against the wall or embedded in the old structure, the old walls being repainted or repaired, the new volume using antique-mimicking materials, adding modern decorative ceilings.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

改建自歷史建築的酒店大堂,原有的石牆、拱與斑駁的粉刷完全保留不修飾。新的接待櫃檯是一個獨立的金屬量體,材質是鏽蝕的耐候鋼或霧面黃銅,形狀是純粹的長方體,長 3600mm。它刻意不貼著任何一面舊牆,四周至少留 600mm 的距離,底部也離地 80mm,由隱藏的細腳支撐,所以是一件明顯後放進來的物件。新與舊之間沒有任何過渡或收邊。日光從舊的高窗斜射進來。避免:新櫃檯貼牆或嵌入舊結構、舊牆重新粉刷修補、新量體使用仿古材料、加入現代的裝修天花。