Horizontal Extension: Growing Outward Along the Ground

An architecture emphasizing horizontal lines. The massing is low and long, with deep eaves extending outwards from the roof slab, creating several continuous horizontal shadow lines on the facade. The floor height is compressed, making the entire house appear to lie on the ground rather than stand. The projecting roof extends outwards into platforms and walkways, which then connect to the ground, allowing the building to spread into the landscape. Avoid: making the massing vertically towering, having shallow roof eaves, using a facade that emphasizes vertical divisions, and having no platform transition between the building and the surrounding ground.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一棟強調水平線的建築。量體是低而長的,屋頂板深深地往外挑出,在立面上形成幾道連續的水平陰影線;樓層的高度被壓低,讓整棟房子看起來是趴在地上而不是站著。挑出的屋頂往外延伸成平台與步道,再往外接到地面,建築因此往地景裡蔓延出去。避免:把量體做成垂直高聳的形式、讓屋頂的出簷很淺、使用強調垂直分割的立面、讓建築與周圍地面沒有平台過渡。