Horizontal Band Window: An Opening Stretching Across

A horizontal continuous long window. The window extends continuously from one end of the wall to the other, with a height of only about 1.2 meters, and solid walls above and below; the mullions are thin metal, evenly spaced. Because it is horizontal, the indoor light is a uniform horizontal band, and the outdoor scenery is cut into a long, continuous picture. There are no curtains in front of the window, or only blinds that can be fully retracted. Avoid: using vertically proportioned windows and floor-to-ceiling windows, making window divisions into grids and traditional forms, adding heavy curtains, making windows discontinuous and separate.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一道橫向的連續長窗。窗從牆的一端連續延伸到另一端,高度只有一米二左右,上下是實牆;分割條是細的金屬,間距均勻。因為是橫的,室內的光是均勻的水平帶,外面的景色被切成一條長長的畫面。窗前沒有窗簾,或只有可完全收起的百葉。避免:使用直立比例的窗與落地窗、讓窗的分割做成方格與傳統形式、加裝厚重的窗簾、把窗做成不連續的一扇一扇。