Teahouse-Scale Reception Desk: Fine Woodworking and Low Light

A small reception area where the counter is not a corporate-style long volume, but a piece of furniture-scale fine woodworking: approximately 1800mm wide and 600mm deep, composed of mortise-and-tenon jointed solid wood frames and panels, with visible joint sections at the corners. The back wall is a vertical-grain wooden piece of the same material, with only a 300mm deep recess in the center, holding a ceramic vessel and a plant. The flooring is gray terrazzo. There are only two light sources: a downlight in the recess and indirect lighting along the bottom edge of the counter. The overall brightness is low, like entering the antechamber of a tea room. Avoid: making the counter a glowing solid volume, hanging a company logo on the back wall, filling the ceiling with recessed lights, adding standard configurations like a sofa waiting area.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

小型接待區,櫃檯不做成企業式的長條量體,而是一件家具尺度的細木工:寬約 1800mm、深 600mm,由榫接的實木框架與嵌板組成,轉角處看得見接合的斷面。背牆是一片同材質的直紋木作,只在中央開一道 300mm 深的凹龕,放一個陶器與一枝植物。地坪是灰色的水磨石。照明只有兩處:凹龕裡的一盞下照燈,以及櫃檯下緣的間接光。整體亮度偏低,像走進一間茶室的前室。避免:櫃檯做成發光的實體量體、背牆掛公司標誌、天花裝滿嵌燈、加入沙發等候區的制式配置。