Modernization is Reduction, Not Imitation of Antiquity

A Spanish Revival interior that retains its skeleton but removes excessive ornamentation. Thick walls, arches, wooden beams, and terracotta floor tiles are present, but traditional decorations are largely eliminated: no carved wooden cabinets, no wrought iron scrollwork, no entire walls of painted tiles, no tapestries or religious paintings. The furniture consists of contemporary, clean-lined, minimalist volumes. What remains is the power of form and material itself, making the space look like a modern house rather than a museum. Avoid: adding carved furniture and scrollwork iron, covering entire walls with painted tiles, adding religious paintings and tapestries, making the space a colonial-era restoration scene.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一個保留骨架但拿掉繁飾的西班牙復興室內。厚牆、拱、木樑與赤陶地磚都在,但傳統的裝飾被大量刪除:沒有雕花的木櫃、沒有鍛鐵的捲草紋、沒有整面的彩繪磁磚、沒有掛毯與宗教畫。家具是當代製作的簡潔量體,線條乾淨。剩下的是形體與材料本身的力量,空間因此看起來是現在的房子而不是博物館。避免:加入雕花家具與捲草鐵飾、整面鋪滿彩繪磁磚、加入宗教畫與掛毯、把空間做成殖民時期的復原場景。