TIANLICHUJU — PERSONAL VERIFICATION WORKSHEET
A soft-futurist dining screen that borrows light without stealing space
https://tianlichuju.com/journal/a-soft-futurist-dining-screen-that-borrows-light-without-stealing-space/

PROPOSED CHECKS — NO MEASURED RESULTS SUPPLIED
Date: __________________  Units: __________________
Room / product reference: __________________

1. View requiring separation
Where: From the entry, each dining seat and the adjacent activity behind the proposed screen.
Record: Sketch sightlines and note the precise objects or activity to soften rather than assuming full enclosure is needed.
Your observation: ______________________________________________
Interpretation: The required panel may be smaller than the first full-height concept.
Alternative: Compare a partial screen, lower element or revised furniture arrangement.

2. Material under unequal light
Where: At the intended viewing distance with representative objects behind the actual translucent sample.
Record: Photograph visible silhouettes and fine detail by day and with one side brightly lit in the evening.
Your observation: ______________________________________________
Interpretation: Light transmission does not establish privacy or concealment of activity.
Alternative: Change material, location or the stated goal rather than promising complete privacy.

3. Complete screen footprint
Where: Around occupied dining chairs and the serving route, including frame, base, track and moving panels.
Record: Mark operating areas and projecting supports in centimeters, noting chair or foot conflicts.
Your observation: ______________________________________________
Interpretation: A visually thin panel can still consume necessary physical space.
Alternative: Shorten the screen or choose a different separation strategy.

PRACTICAL TRIAL
1. Use a safe lightweight outline through a normal meal before selecting the final material or frame.
2. Obtain a complete product and support specification appropriate to expected contact and the actual building location.
3. Test any proposed glowing effect from seated positions and confirm the partition remains useful with decorative light off.

COMPARE THE SAME SCOPE
- Required sightlines and panel dimensions
- Actual sample privacy behavior
- Frame and operating footprint
- Support, cleaning and service arrangement
Cost drivers: Panel material and fabrication; Fixed or moving support system; Integrated lighting and accessible components
Choose another route when: A screen is unsuitable when its separation benefit is smaller than the circulation or access it removes from the dining area.

EVIDENCE BOUNDARY
These are visual and footprint trials. They do not establish impact performance, structural adequacy or compliance of a partition assembly.

PHOTO REFERENCE
A wide doorway frames a table and chandelier, with another room visible across the opening.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maple_St_New_Orleans_Living_room_to_Dining_Room.jpg

DECISION CONDITIONS
choose: Choose a partial translucent screen when a real sample obscures the unwanted view under both rooms’ normal lighting and its footprint leaves dining and circulation workable.
alternative: If only one sightline needs interruption, compare a smaller panel or a rearrangement before enclosing the whole boundary and sacrificing borrowed light.
stop: Reject a screen specification based solely on an attractive texture when its safety-glazing application, fixing, door movement or night privacy remains unverified. Translucency alone is not a privacy guarantee.

PUBLISHED REFERENCES
Pilkington: Glass Handbook 2014
https://www.pilkington.com/-/media/pilkington/site-content/poland/trade/downloads/handbook_2014_eng.pdf
Pilkington’s glass handbook treats decorative appearance, light transmission and safety-related product characteristics as distinct matters. This supports asking separate questions about a screen’s visual obscuration and its suitability for the installed location, rather than assuming an appealing patterned-glass sample answers both.
Scope: This is a historical manufacturer handbook, not confirmation of current availability, local glazing compliance or the performance of a particular proposed panel.
Photographer: Infrogmation of New Orleans
Licence: CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0

Notes: ________________________________________________________