Indoor-Outdoor Continuity: The Same Floor Extending Outwards

Indoor-Outdoor Continuity: The Same Floor Extending Out
A space with a blurred indoor-outdoor boundary. Floor-to-ceiling glass sliding doors can fully retract into wall pockets, disappearing completely when open. The indoor flooring material—warm beige mineral ground—extends uninterrupted to the outdoor platform, with both surfaces perfectly flush, no thresholds or grooves, not even a dividing line. The ceiling also extends outwards to form an outdoor canopy. Outside is a courtyard with plants and gravel, and the branches and leaves of several large plants extend into the indoor area. Thus, it is impossible to determine where the indoor space ends. Light enters directly from outside, creating a gradient on the continuous floor.
Avoid: Showing thresholds and height differences, using different indoor and outdoor flooring materials, using fixed floor-to-ceiling windows that cannot be fully opened, adding trim strips at the junction.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一個室內外界線模糊的空間。落地的玻璃拉門可以完全收進牆體內的口袋,打開時門扇完全消失。室內的地坪材料——溫暖的米色礦物地面——不間斷地延伸到室外的平台,兩者的高度完全齊平,沒有門檻與溝槽,連分隔的線都沒有。天花也延伸出去成為外側的雨庇。室外是一片有植栽與碎石的庭院,幾株大型植物的枝葉伸進室內的範圍。因此無法判斷室內從哪裡結束。光從外面直接進入,在連續的地面上形成漸層。避免:出現門檻與高低差、讓室內外的地坪材質不同、使用固定的落地窗無法完全開啟、在交界處加收邊條。