Low Furniture: Sightlines Near the Floor

A set of Korean-style furniture close to the ground. The low table is thirty centimeters high, the cushions are only eight centimeters thick, and storage cabinets do not exceed sixty centimeters in height; no piece of furniture is higher than the waist. Because the furniture is all low, the proportion of exposed walls and door frames is extremely large, emphasizing the horizontal sense of the space. The eye-level of a person sitting on the floor becomes the design standard for the space. Avoid: using standard-height sofas and dining chairs, adding tall cabinets and bookshelves, having furniture of varying heights, or making furniture in Western proportions.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一組貼近地面的韓式家具。矮桌高三十公分、坐墊只有八公分厚、收納櫃的高度不超過六十公分;沒有任何一件家具高過腰部。因為家具都很矮,牆面與門格露出來的比例極大,空間的水平感被強調。人坐在地上時的視線高度成為空間設計的基準。避免:使用一般高度的沙發與餐桌椅、加入高櫃與書架、讓家具的高度參差不齊、把家具做成西式的比例。