Threshold Spaces: Niches and Seating Between Interior and Exterior

Design a threshold in the manner of Aldo van Eyck that refuses to be a mere door: a deep recessed porch wide enough to sit in, with a low built-in bench on each side and a step that doubles as a seat, so arriving and lingering are the same act. Compose the recess framed in the same brick as the wall with no applied trim, worn timber bench tops, a child's chalk marks on the paving, the street visible past the opening, soft overcast light with the recess in gentle shade, eye-level view into the porch, 35mm lens, interior photography, ultra photorealistic, 8K