Gable Ends: The Termination of a Row of Buildings

The gable end of a row of terraced houses, a solid wall without windows, 8 meters wide and 12 meters high, clearly showing the building's cross-section profile—the roof's slope, floor slab positions, and wall thickness are all visible on this surface. The wall material is consistent with the front facade, but because there are no openings, its texture is fully presented: the brickwork pattern, the manual traces of plastering, or the formwork texture of concrete. On the wall, there is only a trace of an old roof outline left after an adjacent building was demolished. In front of the wall is a small empty lot and a tree. Avoid: advertisements or murals on the gable wall, windows breaking the integrity, using different materials from the front, repainting the wall to smooth out traces.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一排連棟住宅最末端露出來的山牆面,是一整片沒有開窗的實牆,寬 8 公尺、高 12 公尺,清楚顯示出建築的斷面輪廓——屋頂的坡度、樓板的位置、牆體的厚度都在這一面上被看見。牆面的材料與正面一致,但因為沒有開口,質感被完整呈現:磚的砌法、抹灰的手工痕跡、或是混凝土的模板紋。牆上只有相鄰建築拆除後留下的一道舊屋頂輪廓痕跡。牆前是一小塊空地與一棵樹。避免:山牆面貼廣告或壁畫、開窗破壞完整性、使用與正面不同的材料、把牆面重新粉刷抹平痕跡。