Damascus・Summer Loggia

A loggia fully open to the courtyard. A huge pointed arch opens up the entire facade, with a painted wooden ceiling and three-sided seating within the arch. The ground is level with the courtyard; in the afternoon, it is completely in shadow, and the sound of the courtyard fountain drifts in. The outer edge of the arch is made of black and white striped masonry. Avoid: installing glass doors or windows in the archway, having the loggia face west (afternoon sun), removing the seating and replacing it with dining tables, lowering the height of the arch and losing its ventilation effect.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一個朝向中庭全開的敞廳。巨大的尖拱把整面打開,拱內是彩繪的木天花與三面的坐榻,地面與中庭齊平;午後這裡完全在陰影中,中庭的噴泉聲傳進來。拱的外緣是黑白條砌。避免:在拱口裝上玻璃門窗、讓敞廳朝向西曬的方位、拿掉坐榻改放餐桌、把拱的高度壓低失去通風效果。