Garden and Room: A framed relationship

The relationship between an interior space and a small courtyard. Between the two is a series of wooden-framed glass doors that can be fully opened; when open, the interior wooden floor and the exterior wooden deck extend continuously at the same height, separated only by a fine seam, making the boundary almost disappear. The courtyard is extremely small—about two tatami mats (approx. 3.3 square meters), enclosed by high walls, containing only three elements: a clump of slender bamboo, a garden stone, and a stone water basin. Because the courtyard is small and has few elements, it is not meant to be walked into, but rather to be viewed from the interior as a painting. When the doors are closed, the glass divisions frame different fragments. The scene is viewed from a seated position inside. Avoid: making the courtyard large enough to be an active space, planting multiple types of plants, creating a height difference between inside and outside, using large frameless floor-to-ceiling windows that lose the divisions.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一個室內與小庭院的關係。兩者之間是一整排可完全推開的木框玻璃門;打開時,室內的木地板與室外的木平台在同一高度連續延伸,只有一道細縫分界,界線幾乎消失。庭院極小——約兩坪,被高牆圍住,裡面只有三樣東西:一叢細竹、一塊置石、一個石鑿的水缽。因為庭小而元素少,它不是用來走進去的,而是用來從室內看的一幅畫。門關上時,玻璃的分割框住不同的片段。畫面從室內坐姿的高度望出去。避免:把庭院做大變成可以活動的院子、種植多種植物、讓室內外出現高低差、使用大面無框的落地窗失去分割。