Thick Walls and Small Windows: A Summer Strategy

A cross-section of an exterior wall. The wall thickness exceeds sixty centimeters, with stone on the outside and adobe on the inside. Window openings are small and set deep into the wall, creating a window seat niche. During the day, the interior is several degrees cooler than the exterior. Avoid: making the wall thin, opening large floor-to-ceiling windows, making the window flush with the wall surface without depth, neglecting the angled splay on the inside of the window opening to diffuse light.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一段外牆的剖切。牆體厚度超過六十公分,外側是石材內側是土坯,窗洞小且退進牆體深處,窗台因此形成一個可以坐人的凹龕。白天室內比室外低好幾度。避免:把牆做薄、開大面落地窗、讓窗與牆面齊平沒有深度、忽略窗洞內側的斜角讓光擴散。