Circulation as Form: Carved Corridors

A futuristic space where form is determined by circulation. The shape of the space directly corresponds to human movement: a main path meanders on the plan, with walls on both sides bulging out and narrowing along this path; where a stop is needed, the space expands into an elliptical area, and where it is merely a passage, it narrows into a thin corridor. The form thus appears to be sculpted by the flow of people. Avoid: creating the form first and then forcing circulation into it, keeping the corridor width uniform without variation, using decorative shapes unrelated to circulation, making the path a straight axis.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一個形體由動線決定的未來主義空間。空間的形狀直接對應人的移動:一條主要的路徑在平面上蜿蜒,兩側的牆面順著這條路徑向外鼓出與收窄;在需要停留的地方空間放大成一個橢圓的區域,在只是通過的地方收成一條窄的通道。形體因此像被人流沖刷出來的。避免:先做形體再塞入動線、讓通道的寬度一致沒有變化、使用與動線無關的裝飾造型、把路徑做成筆直的軸線。