A Row of Lights at Night: Which Units Are Lit?

The front facade of a row of terraced houses at night. The facade, which looks identical during the day, presents a completely different appearance at night: the illuminated floors vary in each house, the degree to which curtains are drawn differs, and the color temperature of the lights also varies—some are cool white fluorescent lights, some are warm yellow, some only have the blue flicker of a TV, and a few houses are completely dark. Thus, the facade becomes an irregular grid of light and shadow. The building itself is in darkness, with only its silhouette and the subtle texture of its materials vaguely visible. Streetlights create several pools of orange light at the ground floor entrances and on the sidewalk. Avoid: consistent lighting in each house, adding architectural lighting to illuminate the facade, a brightly lit street, drawing specific interior details inside the windows.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

夜間一排連棟住宅的正立面,白天看起來一模一樣的立面在夜裡呈現完全不同的樣貌:每一戶亮燈的樓層不同、窗簾拉開的程度不同、燈的色溫也不同——有的是冷白的日光燈,有的是暖黃,有的只有電視的藍光閃爍,有幾戶全暗。因此立面變成一片不規則的亮暗方格。建築本身在暗處,只看得出輪廓與材料的隱約質感。街燈在一樓的入口與人行道上形成幾攤橘色的光。避免:各戶的燈光一致、加入建築照明打亮立面、街道畫得明亮、窗內畫出具體的室內細節。