Lattice Framework and Bracing

Another method of timber framing. Vertical posts and horizontal beams divide the wall into large, nearly square grids. Diagonal braces or curved timber elements are then added within these grids to form patterns, making the white infill area larger than the timber area. This method is common in more northern regions and later periods. Avoid: making the grids elongated, removing the diagonal braces and leaving the grids empty, making the timber area exceed the infill area, or arranging the patterns without any repetitive regularity.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

另一種木構架的做法。立柱與橫樑把牆面分成接近正方的大格子,格子裡再加對角的斜撐或曲線的木構成圖案,白色的填充面積因此比木料大。這種做法常見於較北的地區與較晚的年代。避免:把格子做成細長的比例、拿掉斜撐讓格子空著、讓木料的面積超過填充面積、把圖案排得毫無重複規律。