Difference from Neoclassicism: Columns for Sun Protection

A house where the columns have a practical purpose. Neoclassical columns emphasize the correctness of capitals, fluting, and proportions, serving as a cultural declaration. Estate columns, however, are designed to support a deep encircling veranda to block sunlight, so they are typically simplified: square or plain round columns, with only a simple square abacus as a capital. The material is whitewashed wood or plastered brick, not stone. They are numerous, closely spaced, and slender in proportion. Avoid: using orthodox Corinthian and Ionic capitals, making the columns out of stone and fluted, making the column spacing too wide to provide shade, or adding pediments and sculptural decorations.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一棟柱子有實際用途的房子。新古典的柱式講的是柱頭、凹槽與比例的正確性,是一種文化的宣示;莊園的柱是為了撐起一圈深深的陽台把陽光擋掉,因此它們通常是簡化的:方柱或素面的圓柱,柱頭只有一塊簡單的方板,材料是刷白的木或磚砌抹灰而不是石材。數量多、間距密、比例偏瘦。避免:使用正統的科林斯與愛奧尼柱頭、把柱子做成石材與有凹槽、讓柱間距過大失去遮蔭、加入山花與雕刻的裝飾。