Difference from Modern Mediterranean: Fullness vs. Emptiness

Two courtyards juxtaposed. Modern Mediterranean features white walls, plain plaster, minimal decoration, relying on sunlight and shadow to create layers. Damascus features striped stone walls, colorful marble flooring, and gilded wooden carvings; every surface has patterns and colors. Both have courtyards and thick walls, but their approach to surface treatment is completely opposite. Avoid: painting the Damascene side white, removing the floor mosaic, adding painted panels to the modern Mediterranean side, and making the materials of both appear consistent.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

兩個中庭並置。現代地中海是白牆、素色抹灰、極少裝飾,靠陽光與陰影做出層次;大馬士革是條砌石牆、彩色大理石地坪與金色木雕,每一個表面都有圖案與顏色。兩者同樣有中庭與厚牆,處理表面的態度完全相反。避免:把大馬士革那側刷成白牆、拿掉地坪的拼花、在現代地中海那側加上彩繪鑲板、讓兩者的材料看起來一致。