Winding Entrance: Blocking Direct Sightlines

A path from the street to the courtyard. After the main gate, there is a short, dim entryway, then a ninety-degree turn, and another turn before entering the bright courtyard; when the gate opens, only a plain wall is visible from the street. Light and sight are filtered through the turns. Avoid: making the entrance a direct axis, removing turns to have the main gate directly face the courtyard, making the passage bright and wide, losing the sense of transition, or opening windows to the outside on both sides of the entryway.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

從街道到庭院的一段路徑。大門之後是一小段昏暗的門道,接著轉九十度,再轉一次才進入明亮的庭院;門一開時從街上只看得到一面素牆。光線與視線在轉折中被過濾。避免:把入口做成直通的軸線、拿掉轉折讓大門正對庭院、通道明亮寬敞失去過渡感、在門道兩側開設對外的窗。