Geometric Paving: Patterns to Walk Through

The ground of a courtyard. Slabs or bricks are arranged in star, octagonal, and interwoven ribbon patterns. Patterns on main pathways are more complete, and flower bed edges are finished with a border strip. Only two or three colors of material are used, with variation created by arrangement rather than color. Avoid: using a large number of brightly colored glazed tiles for mosaic, inconsistent unit sizes for patterns, patterns being completely obscured by furniture and plants, using multiple different pattern systems in the same courtyard.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一片庭院的地面。石板或磚以星形、八角與交織的帶狀排出圖案,主要動線上的圖案較完整,花床邊緣以一圈收邊帶結束;材料只有兩三種顏色,靠排列而不是靠顏色製造變化。避免:使用大量鮮豔的釉磚拼貼、圖案的單元大小不一致、讓圖案被家具與植栽完全遮住、在同一個院子裡使用多套不同的圖案系統。