Thick Walls for Coolness: Cool to the Touch in the Morning

A Mediterranean modern interior designed for thermal mass cooling. The walls are masonry over fifty centimeters thick, covered with plaster, and the floor slabs are solid concrete or brick arches. These masses absorb cool air at night and slowly release it during the day, so even when it's extremely hot outside, the interior remains cool. The image shows this heaviness: the depth of the window openings, the cross-section of the walls, and the solid feel of the floor. A person walks barefoot on terracotta or limestone flooring. Avoid: using light partitions and thin walls, extensively using glass and metal, incorporating exposed air conditioning units, or making the floor wooden, which loses the cool sensation.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一個靠量體蓄冷的地中海現代室內。牆是五十公分以上的砌體外覆灰泥,樓板是厚實的混凝土或磚拱。這些量體在夜間吸收涼氣、白天緩慢釋放,因此即使外面極熱,室內仍然涼爽。畫面裡看得出這種厚重:窗洞的深度、牆的斷面、地面的厚實感。人赤腳走在赤陶或石灰岩地面上。避免:使用輕隔間與薄牆、大量使用玻璃與金屬、加入外露的空調設備、把地面做成木地板失去涼感。