Islamic Courtyards: Palace Water Courts

A courtyard dominated by a long pool. The narrow, elongated pool almost fills the center of the courtyard, with narrow paving on both sides and neatly trimmed low hedges. At the far end is a hall with arched openings, its entire facade perfectly reflected in the water. The water surface is still and waveless.
Avoid: adding fountains to the water surface to disrupt the reflection, shrinking the pool to widen the paving, planting tall trees on both sides to block the reflection, having the end-view building deviate from the central axis of the pool.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一個以長水池為主的院子。狹長的水池幾乎佔滿院子的中央,兩側是窄窄的鋪面與修剪整齊的低矮綠籬,盡端是一座開拱的廳堂,整個立面倒映在水面上完整無缺。水面靜止無波。避免:在水面上加設噴泉破壞倒影、把水池縮小讓鋪面變寬、兩側種植高大樹木遮住倒影、讓端景的建築偏離水池的中軸。