Najdi Mud Bricks: Thick Walls and Triangular Vents

A traditional mud-brick building from the central plateau, with walls 600mm thick, constructed from sun-dried mud bricks and plastered with a layer of mud of the same color. The surface shows unevenness from hand-plastering and textures from rainwater erosion, with colors ranging from light ochre to earthy yellow. The upper section of the wall features a row of small triangular openings, pointed upwards, built directly by staggering mud bricks rather than being carved out later. They are approximately 200mm in size and irregularly spaced. The parapet wall has a continuous triangular serrated coping. Windows are extremely few and small, deeply recessed within the thick walls. At sunset, the mud walls glow with a warm orange hue, and the triangular openings cast sharp shadows. Avoid: thin walls, triangular openings made regular and equidistant, using cement or paint to imitate mud walls, large windows.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一棟中部高原的傳統泥磚建築,牆體厚達 600mm,由日曬泥磚砌成,外面抹一層同色的泥漿,表面有手抹的不平整與雨水沖刷的紋路,顏色是淺赭到土黃。牆的上段開有一排三角形的小孔,尖端朝上,以泥磚的錯砌方式直接砌出來而不是後鑿的,大小約 200mm,間距不一。女兒牆頂端是連續的三角形鋸齒狀收頭。開窗極少且小,深凹在厚牆裡。日落時分,泥牆呈現溫暖的橘色,三角孔投出銳利的影子。避免:牆體做薄、三角孔做成規則等距、使用水泥或塗料仿泥牆、開大面積的窗。