Blind Arch Sequences: Rows of Non-Open Arches on the Wall

A row of arches built into a solid wall. These arches have no openings, but are simply bricked to form an arched niche recessed about ten centimeters, arranged continuously and equidistantly in a horizontal band; the arch shape is horseshoe or pointed, and the arch ring is formed by bricks laid on edge, piece by piece, to create the curve. The recessed part forms a row of dark semicircles in sunlight, which is the main rhythm of the facade. Avoid: making blind arches into real openings, using stone or plastered arch rings, making the arch spacing inconsistent, making the recess too shallow without shadows.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一排砌在實牆上的拱。這些拱沒有開口,只是以磚砌出一個凹進去約十公分的拱形壁龕,連續等距排列成一條水平帶;拱的形狀是馬蹄形或尖的,拱圈用立砌的磚一塊塊排出弧度。凹進去的部分在陽光下形成一排深色的半圓,是立面最主要的節奏。避免:把盲拱做成真的開口、使用石材或抹灰的拱圈、讓拱的間距不一致、把凹陷做得太淺沒有陰影。