Colonnades: The Ring Between the Courtyard and the Rooms

A colonnade encircling the courtyard. The columns are slender and dense, the arches are uniform in form, the depth of the corridor is about two to three meters, and the ground is one step higher than the courtyard; there is shade under the corridor all day, serving as a place for people to actually stay and pass through, with all room doors opening to the inner side of the corridor. Avoid: having rooms open directly to an exposed courtyard, insufficient corridor depth for shade and lingering, excessively wide column spacing that disrupts rhythm, or enclosing the colonnade with glass to turn it into an indoor space.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

環繞庭院一圈的柱廊。柱子細而密,拱的形式統一,廊深約兩到三公尺,地面比院子高一階;廊下全天有陰影,是人實際停留與通行的地方,房門都開在廊的內側。避免:讓房間直接開門到曝曬的院子、廊深不足無法遮蔭與停留、柱距過大失去節奏、把迴廊用玻璃封起來變成室內。