Borrowed Scenery: Framing a Small Piece of the Outside

A space that frames an external view with an opening. There is only one opening in the wall, not large, a simple rectangular shape, precisely calculated in its position: through it, one can just see a section of the main trunk and a few branches of a tree in the garden, the upper edge of a mossy stone, and a small section of the wall behind, but not the sky, the boundary of the ground, or the top of the fence. Because the framed area is limited, the external scenery is abstracted from its context, becoming a painting. The opening has no window frame decoration, it is simply a hole in the wall, its thickness clearly visible. The interior is dim, the exterior bright, and the brightness difference between the two makes the opening appear like a luminous picture frame. Avoid: using large floor-to-ceiling windows, allowing the opening to frame too much scenery, adding window frames and decorations, making the interior and exterior equally bright.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一個以開口框住外部景物的空間。牆上只有一個開口,尺寸不大、形狀是簡單的矩形,位置經過精確的計算:透過它剛好可以看見庭院中的一株樹的一段主幹與幾根枝條、一塊苔石的上緣、以及背後一小片牆,而看不見天空、地面的邊界與圍牆的頂端。因為框住的範圍有限,外面的景物被抽離了上下文,變成一幅畫。開口沒有窗框裝飾,只是牆體的一個洞,厚度清楚可見。室內昏暗,外面明亮,兩者的亮度差讓那個開口像一個發光的畫框。避免:使用大面的落地窗、讓開口框住過多景物、加入窗框與裝飾、讓室內與室外一樣明亮。