Living on the Floor: Center of gravity below forty centimeters

A living space designed with the premise of sitting on the floor. The floor is a raised wooden platform about twenty centimeters high or covered with tatami mats, and people sit directly on it or on thin cushions. Furniture consists only of a low table under forty centimeters in height and a few cushions, with no sofas or armchairs. Because the eye level is only about one meter, the position of windows, the height of hanging paintings, the base of alcoves, and the shelves of cabinets are all reconfigured according to a sitting posture—these relationships would be invalid when standing. The image is presented from a sitting perspective, showing how all elements align with this height. Avoid: using a standing eye-level perspective, adding sofas and high-backed chairs, placing windows high up, having hanging paintings and alcoves at standing eye-level.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一個以坐在地面為前提的起居空間。地面是一片架高約二十公分的木平台或鋪著草蓆,人直接坐在上面或坐在薄的坐墊上。家具只有一張高度四十公分以下的矮桌與幾個坐墊,沒有沙發與扶手椅。因為視線高度只有一米左右,窗的位置、掛畫的高度、壁龕的底板、櫃體的層板全部依照坐姿重新配置——站起來時這些關係會失效。畫面就以坐姿的視點呈現,可以看出所有元素都對齊這個高度。避免:使用站立高度的視點、加入沙發與高背座椅、把窗開得高、讓掛畫與壁龕落在站姿的視線上。