The Chinese word “jian” can be translated into “gap” or “interval”, but it is also the unit word for a “room”. In an architectural sense, this term can be understood as a threshold condition—the physical mediation between two contrasting spatial environments, such as interiority and exteriority, or public and private—but it also implies that the threshold is not a passive mechanism, having the potential to actively alter spatial configurations and relationships. Threshold
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