Deep Window Reveals as Shading: No Curtains Needed

A Mediterranean modern room designed for shading through wall thickness. The window is installed on the outer side of a fifty-centimeter thick wall. At noon, high-angle sunlight is completely blocked by the upper edge of the opening, with only the lower edge of the opening illuminated; only low-angle light in the evening will obliquely enter and reach deep into the interior. Therefore, the same window provides different degrees of shading throughout the day, eliminating the need for any curtains or blinds. All four surfaces of the opening are white plaster, reflecting soft secondary light. Avoid: adding curtains or blackout blinds, installing the window on the inner side of the wall thereby losing shading, using thin walls and large glass surfaces, or adding external awnings or rain shelters.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一個靠牆體厚度遮陽的地中海現代房間。窗裝在五十公分厚牆的外側,正午時高角度的陽光被上方的洞口邊緣完全擋住,只有洞口的下緣被照亮;傍晚低角度的光才會斜射進來打到室內深處。因此同一個窗在一天之內的遮蔽程度不同,不需要任何窗簾與百葉。洞口的四個面都是白灰泥,反射柔和的二次光。避免:加裝窗簾與遮光簾、把窗裝在牆體的內側失去遮陽、使用薄牆與大面玻璃、加入外掛的遮陽棚與雨遮。