The Courtyard is the Only Commonality

A house built around a void. Regardless of the region, Spanish houses often have an inward-facing courtyard: in the south, a patio filled with potted plants, tiled, with water in the center; in the center, a stone-built atrium surrounded by arcades; in the north, a farmhouse with a working yard enclosed by barns and stables. The exterior facades are closed, with small openings, and all life faces this interior.
Avoid: making the house a freestanding volume with windows on all four sides, turning the courtyard into an outwardly open front yard, making the courtyard merely decorative without functional use, ignoring the enclosed nature of the exterior walls.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一棟圍著一個洞蓋的房子。不論在哪一個地區,西班牙的房子多半有一個內向的院子:南方是種滿盆栽、鋪著磁磚、中間有水的 patio;中部是被拱廊圍繞的石砌中庭;北方的農莊則是被穀倉與畜舍圍出的工作場。對外的立面封閉、開口小,所有的生活朝向這個內部。避免:把房子做成四面開窗的獨立量體、讓庭院變成對外開放的前院、使庭院只是造型不具使用機能、忽略外牆的封閉性。