Curtain carport: Minimal cost shelter

A row of parallel parking spaces, each separated by a solid partition wall. The front of each parking space has a heavy plastic or canvas curtain hanging down to the ground. After a vehicle drives in, the curtain naturally falls back to cover the rear of the car and the license plate. The color of the curtain matches the building facade, and its lower edge has a weighted iron bar. Above the parking space, there is a low-level sensor light. This is the lowest-cost but most common approach, with the key being the weight and length of the curtain—too light and it will be blown up by the wind, too short and it won't cover properly. The image shows the moment a car has just driven in and the curtain is falling. Avoid: no partition walls between parking spaces, curtain being too short to expose the license plate, curtain made of light and thin material, parking spaces located on the building's street-facing front.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一排並列的車位,每一格之間以實體隔牆分開,車位正面則垂掛一道及地的厚重塑膠簾或帆布簾,車輛開進去之後簾子自然落回遮住車尾與車牌。簾子的顏色與建築立面一致,下緣有加重的鐵條。車位上方有一盞感應式的低位燈。這是成本最低但最普遍的做法,關鍵在簾的重量與長度——太輕會被風掀起,太短遮不住。畫面呈現一台車剛開進去、簾子正在落下的瞬間。避免:車位之間沒有隔牆、簾子做短露出車牌、簾子使用輕薄材質、車位設在建築正面臨街處。