Coral Stone and Rawshan: Wooden Bay Windows on the Red Coast

A five-story building in an old town along the Red Sea coast. The walls are constructed from irregular coral stone blocks, with gaps filled with lime mortar, and the wall surface is plastered with a layer of white lime that is now peeling. The most prominent feature on the facade are the layers of projecting wooden bay windows (Rawshan), extending from the second floor to the top floor, occupying the full width of each bay, and projecting 800mm deep. The bay windows are entirely composed of dense grilles made of thin wooden strips, with grille patterns varying on different floors. The wood is teak, weathered to a dark brown, with some components showing new wood from repairs. Avoid: walls made of brick or cement, bay windows made of glass, all grille patterns being identical, wood depicted as brand new or freshly painted.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一棟紅海沿岸老城的五層建築,牆體是珊瑚礁石砌成的,石塊形狀不規則,縫隙以石灰砂漿填實,牆面抹一層已經斑駁的白色石灰。立面上最顯著的是層層外挑的木製凸窗,從二樓一直做到頂層,寬度佔滿整個開間,深度出挑 800mm。凸窗完全由細木條組成密集的格柵,格柵的圖案在不同樓層各不相同。木頭是柚木,已經風化成深褐色,部分構件有修補的新木。避免:牆體使用磚或水泥、凸窗做成玻璃窗、格柵圖案全部相同、木頭畫成全新或重新上漆。