Inward-Opening Wooden Shutters: Windows with Their Own Skin

The inside of a window in an Italian apartment. The window frame is slender wood or metal, and the glass is divided into upper and lower panes. Inside the window frame, there is another layer of wooden louvered shutters that open inwards, usually folded into recesses on both sides of the window opening, almost invisible; when closed, the slats are arranged diagonally at forty-five degrees, cutting the outside light into horizontal, slender light strips that fall on the opposite wall and floor. The wood is dark, the same color as the door frame. The windowsill is a thick, wide, and deep piece of marble, with a plant and a few books on it. The walls are plain white plaster. The light, due to the shutters, presents a strong striped rhythm. Avoid: using external aluminum blinds and modern roller blinds, depicting the shutters as fixed and unopenable, using plastic materials, eliminating the striped effect of the light.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一扇義大利公寓的窗戶內側。窗框是細瘦的木質或鐵件,玻璃分割成上下兩片。窗框的內側另有一層向室內開啟的木質百葉扇,平時收折在窗洞兩側的凹槽中,幾乎看不見;關上時,葉片以四十五度斜向排列,把外面的光切成一道道水平的細長光帶,落在對面的牆與地板上。木料是深色的,與門框同色。窗台是一整條厚實的大理石,寬而深,上面放著一株植物與幾本書。牆面是素白的灰泥。光線因為百葉而呈現強烈的條紋節奏。避免:使用外掛的鋁百葉與現代捲簾、把百葉畫成固定不可開啟、使用塑膠材質、消除光線的條紋效果。