High Walls and Wall Tops: Who Sees Whom

A cross-section of a courtyard's exterior wall. The wall is over two and a half meters high, preventing windows of adjacent buildings from overlooking the courtyard; if there is a second story, it is treated with wooden grilles or high windows. The top of the wall has a simple coping or tile to prevent rainwater infiltration. Inside the wall is greenery, outside is a plain color. Avoid: making the wall low or replacing it with transparent railings, allowing adjacent balconies to directly overlook the courtyard, adding elaborate decorations to the exterior of the wall, or opening large outward-facing windows on the wall.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一段庭院的外牆剖面。牆高超過兩公尺半,鄰棟的窗戶不能俯視院內,若有二層則以木格屏或高窗處理;牆頂有一道簡單的收邊或壓瓦防止雨水滲入。牆內是綠意,牆外是素色。避免:把圍牆做矮或改成通透的欄杆、讓鄰棟的陽台直接看進院子、牆面在外側做華麗裝飾、在牆上開設大面對外的窗。