Organic Shapes of Openings

An Art Nouveau opening with an irregular outline. The doorway to the next space is neither square nor a regular arch, but an organic shape that is wider at the top and narrower at the bottom, with different curvatures on its two sides; the wooden or stucco trim along the edge changes thickness with the curve; the top of the opening might have an inward-curving line like the edge of a leaf. The entire opening resembles a void created by surrounding plants. Avoid: using square and regular semicircular openings, making the curvatures of the two sides symmetrical, adding regular moldings to the opening, making the organic shape into an unreasonably exaggerated form.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一個輪廓不規則的新藝術開口。通往下一個空間的洞口不是方的也不是規則的拱,而是一個上寬下窄、兩側弧度不同的有機形狀,邊緣的木作或灰泥收邊隨著曲線改變厚度;洞口的頂部可能有一道向內垂落的曲線像葉子的邊。整個開口像被植物包圍出來的空隙。避免:使用方形與規則半圓的開口、讓兩側的弧度對稱、在洞口加上規則的線板、把有機形狀做成不合理的誇張造型。