White Walls and Volumes: Forms Rely on Shadows

An early modernist space composed of white volumes. Walls, ceilings, and most facades are the same smooth white; because there is no decoration or color, forms are recognized entirely by light and shadow: the shadow of one wall cast on another, the difference in light and dark at a corner, the rectangle of window light on the floor. The layers of white therefore have five or six gradations. Avoid: adding decorations and paintings to white walls, using colored walls, making lighting uniform to eliminate all shadows, using textured surfaces to disrupt purity.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一個以白色量體構成的早期現代主義空間。牆、天花與大部分的立面都是同一種平整的白;因為沒有裝飾與色彩,形體完全靠光影被辨認:一片牆在另一片牆上投下的陰影、一個轉角的明暗差、窗光在地面上的長方形。白色的層次因此有五六階。避免:在白牆上加入裝飾與掛畫、使用有色的牆面、讓照明均勻消除所有陰影、使用有紋理的表面破壞純粹。