Taiwanese Street Houses of the 1930s: Terrazzo and Geometric Gable Tops

A 1930s Art Deco style shophouse on an old street in Taiwan. The three-story facade is made of off-white washed aggregate, topped with a stepped geometric pediment on the parapet. The pediment features a relief of the shop's name in the center and a fan-shaped sunburst pattern. The facade has vertical fluted pilasters and horizontal sunshades. The ground floor has an arcade (qilou), with fluted washed aggregate columns. The afternoon sun casts soft shadows on the washed aggregate. Avoid: Baroque floral stucco pediments, modern tiles covering the facade, the arcade being covered by corrugated iron extensions and signs, a large number of motorcycles and power lines in the scene.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

台灣一條老街上的一九三〇年代裝飾藝術風格街屋,三層樓的立面是灰白色的洗石子,頂部女兒牆是一個階梯狀的幾何山頭,中央嵌著店號的浮雕字與一個扇形的日芒圖案;立面有垂直的溝槽壁柱、水平的遮陽板,一樓是騎樓,柱子也是溝槽洗石子。午後的陽光在洗石子上投下柔和的陰影。避免:使用巴洛克式的花草泥塑山頭、立面貼滿現代的磁磚、騎樓被鐵皮加蓋與招牌遮住、畫面出現大量機車與電線。