Sloped-Ceiling Building Structure for Indoor-Outdoor Visual Continuity
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional building structures with sloped ceilings and embedded curtain boxes create a visual separation between indoor and outdoor spaces, hindering the connection and integration of these areas.
Innovation Solution
A building structure with a groove part embedded in the sloped ceiling, featuring a cover body that extends from the ceiling's lower end and is formed in the same material and slope as the ceiling, along with a translucent part and eaves that enhance the visual continuity between indoor and outdoor spaces.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If a conventional embedded-type curtain box is disposed on a sloped ceiling, then the curtain box can be installed and functional, but it creates a visual boundary on the ceiling that separates indoor and outdoor spaces
Solution Approach 1:
A cover body is introduced as an intermediary element that visually connects the groove part to the sloped ceiling. The cover body has a lower surface with a slope identical to the sloped ceiling, creating a gradual transition that eliminates the abrupt visual boundary while still accommodating the functional curtain box structure
Solution Approach 2:
The cover body is formed of ceiling material in a color identical to the sloped ceiling material. This color matching makes the cover body visually blend with the ceiling, causing the groove part to be less visually recognizable and maintaining the overall visual continuity of the ceiling surface
2Ease of manufacture
If the groove part is formed deeper to accommodate the curtain box, then the curtain box can be properly installed, but the groove part becomes more visually prominent and disrupts the ceiling continuity
Solution Approach 1:
The cover body serves as a visual intermediary that bridges the gap between the groove part and the ceiling surface. By providing a sloped surface that matches the ceiling angle, it creates a seamless visual transition that masks the depth of the groove while allowing the curtain box to be properly installed within
Solution Approach 2:
The cover body is integrated with the groove part structure, forming a unified assembly that combines the functional depth requirement with the aesthetic ceiling surface. The cover body and groove part work together as a single visual element that maintains ceiling continuity while accommodating the curtain box
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AI summary
A building structure 1a, 1b, and 1c incorporates an outer wall 6 provided on a lower side of a sloped ceiling 2 in a slope direction, an opening part 5 formed in the outer wall 6, a box-shaped groove part 15 formed at a lower end of the sloped ceiling 2 along the outer wall 6 and having a lower opening 14 opened downward, and an attachment part 17 provided inside the groove part 15 and to which an upper end part of a light shielding material 16 that shields light incident on the opening part 5 is attached, wherein the groove part 15 is a ceiling-embedded type embedded in the sloped ceiling 2, and a lower end of a side plate of the groove part 15 on a side opposite to the opening part 5 is lower than a height of a lower surface of a frame 23 on an upper side of the opening part 5.