Damascus・Rooftop Terrace

A rooftop terrace at dusk. The flat roof is paved with rammed earth or flagstones, surrounded by a chest-high parapet. In one corner, there is a grape vine pergola with a few low stools, and clothes are drying and food is sunning nearby. In the distance are layers of interconnected rooftops and the silhouette of distant mountains. Avoid: making the roof a pitched roof, adding modern railings and glass fences, arranging the terrace as a restaurant patio, removing the parapet to allow views to and from neighbors.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

黃昏時的屋頂。平坦的屋面鋪著夯土或石板,四周是及胸的女兒牆,一角有葡萄藤棚與幾張矮凳,旁邊晾著衣物與曬著食材。遠處是層層相連的屋頂與遠山的輪廓。避免:把屋頂做成斜屋頂、加設現代的欄杆與玻璃圍籬、把平台佈置成餐廳露台、拿掉女兒牆讓視線與鄰居互通。