Islamic Courtyards: Residential Atria

A two-story enclosed square courtyard. In the center is a shallow pool flush with the ground, surrounded by geometrically patterned paving and sunken citrus flower beds. A circle of slender column arcades casts shadows, and the second floor has wooden lattice windows. The sky is the only opening, and at noon, only the center is exposed to the sun.
Avoid: making the pool a deep swimming pool, removing the arcade so rooms directly face the courtyard, using plain large slabs for paving, adding parasols and outdoor sofas in the courtyard.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一個兩層樓圍合的方形中庭。中央是與地坪齊平的淺水池,四周是幾何拼花的鋪面與下沉的柑橘花床,一圈細柱拱廊投下陰影,二樓有木格窗。天空是唯一的開口,正午只有中央被曬到。避免:把水池做成深的泳池、拿掉拱廊讓房間直接面向院子、鋪面使用素色大板材、在院中加設遮陽傘與戶外沙發。