Islamic Courtyards: Colleges and Caravanserais

A two-story square courtyard. All four sides consist of identical small rooms, with doors opening onto the surrounding arcade; in the center is a well or pool, and the ground is plain and undecorated. The ground floor has taller bays for goods and livestock. The repetition of the architecture is its order.
Avoid: making each facade different, removing repetitive small rooms and replacing them with large spaces, making the courtyard an ornamental garden, adding residential-style delicate decorations.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一個兩層的方形院落。四面是一間間相同的小房間,門都開向環繞的拱廊;中央有一口井或水池,地面樸實無裝飾。底層有供貨物與牲口使用的較高開間。建築的重複性就是它的秩序。避免:把各面做成不同的立面、拿掉重複的小房間改成大空間、中庭做成觀賞花園、加入住宅式的細緻裝飾。