Open timber roof: hammer beams and braces

An upward view of an oak roof truss. The main beam does not span directly, but is supported by curved braces extending from the walls, raising it upwards, leaving an open space in the middle; the nodes have carved corbels and pendants. The timber is dark old oak, with hand-hewn axe marks on the surface. Avoid: covering the truss with a flat ceiling, using straight modern trusses, painting the wood light colors or varnishing it, or having nodes without carvings and corbels.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

抬頭看的橡木屋架。主樑不是直接橫跨,而是由牆面伸出的短樑承接曲線的撐木再往上抬,中間留出開放的空間;節點有雕刻的托座與垂飾。木料是深色的舊橡木,表面有手工的斧鑿痕。避免:用平天花把屋架遮住、使用筆直的現代桁架、把木材漆成淺色或上亮漆、讓節點沒有雕飾與托座。