Recycled Material Reception Desk: A Volume with a Visible History

The reception desk volume is made from recycled materials: the front is a pressed recycled plastic panel, with an irregular pattern of colorful fragments embedded in a translucent base material, resembling terrazzo but with more varied colors and larger particles; the countertop is made from old solid wood beams that have been dismantled, re-planed, and joined, showing visible mortise holes and wormholes. The joint between the two materials is finished with only a thin aluminum angle. The proportions of the volume are simple, 2400mm long and 1050mm high. Because the materials themselves are rich in information, the form is deliberately minimalist, without any styling. Avoid: materials forming neat and uniform patterns, old wood planed and stained to look new, adding decorative styling, the volume being curved.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

接待台的量體由回收材料製成:正面是壓製的回收塑料板,表面是不規則的彩色碎片嵌在半透明的基材裡,像水磨石但顏色更雜、顆粒更大;檯面是拆卸下來的舊實木大梁重新刨切拼接,看得見榫孔與蟲蛀的痕跡。兩種材料的接合處只用一道細鋁角收邊。量體的比例樸實,長 2400mm、高 1050mm。因為材料本身資訊量大,形式刻意做得極簡,沒有任何造型。避免:材料做成整齊均勻的圖案、舊木刨平染色成新品感、加入裝飾性的造型、量體做曲面。