High Ceilings and Wide Spans: Living Spaces Over Five Meters

A high-ceiling living space in a mountain dwelling. The clear height is five to seven meters, rising from the lower side to the higher side following the shape of the pitched roof; the span is ten to twelve meters with no columns in between. The higher side is a full-height glass gable wall, and the lower side features a fireplace and a mezzanine. When standing inside, one would first look up at the ceiling and then down at the furniture. Avoid: making the ceiling flat and low, adding columns in the middle to break up the space, having the high-ceiling part and the glass gable wall on different sides, using grilles and suspended ceilings that reduce the height.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一個挑高的山居起居空間。淨高五到七米,順著坡屋頂的形狀從低的一側升到高的一側;跨距達十至十二米中間沒有柱。高的那一側是整面的玻璃山牆,低的那一側是壁爐與夾層。人站在裡面會先抬頭看天花再低頭看家具。避免:把天花做平做低、在中間加柱切斷空間、讓挑高的部分與玻璃山牆不在同一側、使用格柵與吊頂把高度吃掉。