Dry-Stacked Stone Wall: Unmortared Joints

A dry-stacked stone wall. The stones are locally quarried schist or sandstone, varying in thickness but similar in length, stacked horizontally in layers. The gaps between the stones are not filled with cement, revealing recessed dark shadows, thus giving the entire wall a strong horizontal texture and three-dimensional quality. The surface of the stone is the natural split face from quarrying. Side lighting creates shadows on each layer. Avoid: filling the stone gaps with cement mortar, using neatly cut square blocks, using cultured stone and imitation stone veneers, polishing the stone surface smooth.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一面乾砌的石牆。石塊是當地開採的片岩或砂岩,厚度不一但長度接近,水平地層層堆疊;石與石之間的縫隙沒有填水泥,可以看到內凹的深色陰影,因此整面牆呈現強烈的水平紋理與立體感。石材的表面是開採時的天然劈裂面。側光讓每一層都有陰影。避免:用水泥砂漿把石縫填滿、使用切割整齊的方形塊石、使用文化石與仿石貼片、把石材的表面打磨光滑。