Machiya: Narrow Facade and Lattice Wood

A row of traditional two-story wooden townhouses, each with a narrow frontage of only 5.4 meters but a depth of 30 meters. The first-floor facade is almost entirely covered with fine wooden lattices, with wood strips measuring 30x30mm in cross-section. The spacing of the strips varies in density depending on the location, allowing views from inside out but not from outside in. Below the lattice is a low wooden bench. The second floor has a deliberately lowered ceiling height of only 2.1 meters, with small insect-cage windows made of whitewashed plaster. The roof is a gently sloped tiled roof with a 900mm overhang, and wooden eaves boards underneath. There is a stone slab and a potted plant at the entrance. Avoid: first floor changed to large glass areas, second floor with normal ceiling height, uniform lattice spacing, insufficient roof overhang.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一排傳統的兩層木造街屋,每戶面寬只有 5.4 公尺但進深達 30 公尺。一樓的立面幾乎整面是細木格子,木條斷面 30x30mm,間距隨位置改變密度,可以從內看外但從外看不進來。格子下方有一道低矮的木製長凳。二樓的層高刻意壓低,只有 2.1 公尺,窗是塗白灰泥的蟲籠窗,開口極小。屋頂是淺坡的瓦頂,出簷 900mm,簷下有木製的雨庇板。門口有石板與一盆植栽。避免:一樓改成大面積玻璃、二樓層高做正常、格子間距均勻、屋頂出簷不足。