New Chinese Style Hotel Lobby: Sequence and Terminus

The lobby of a New Chinese style hotel. The space is organized into a layered sequence: the entrance first leads into a low-ceilinged foyer, with dark wood on both sides; turning ninety degrees, one enters the high-ceilinged main hall, where the ceiling rises to eight meters; at the far end of the main hall is a full-height window framing the exterior courtyard and an old tree. Along this axis, a flying screen, a set of floor-standing screens, and a display shelf (bogujia) appear in sequence, with their transparency gradually changing. The floor is dark stone, and the seating consists of grouped horseshoe-back armchairs and luohan beds. A set of simplified paper lantern-shaped chandeliers hangs from the ceiling. The illumination is low, with accent lighting only on a few artifacts and the end view. Avoid: making the space an unobstructed open hall, adding intricate traditional decorations, using bright and uniform lighting, having no layered changes in the sequence.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一座新中式酒店的大堂。空間被組織成一條有層次的序列:入口先是一段天花壓低的門廳,兩側是深色木作;轉九十度後進入挑高的主廳,天花升到八米;主廳的盡端是一整片落地窗框住外面的中庭與一株老樹。這條軸線上依序出現一道飛罩、一組落地罩與一片博古架,通透的程度逐級改變。地面是深色石材,座椅是成組的圈椅與羅漢榻。天花懸掛一組簡化的紙燈籠形吊燈。照度低,重點光只落在幾件器物與端景上。避免:把空間做成一覽無遺的大廳、加入繁複的傳統裝飾、使用明亮均勻的照明、讓序列上沒有層次的變化。