Close-Set Posts: One Next to Another

The front facade of a timber-framed wall. Vertical oak posts are densely arranged, with spacing only slightly wider than the post width, and white plaster infill between them. There are almost no diagonal braces between the posts. More timber used signifies greater wealth, and this practice often appears on the main facade. Avoid: widening the spacing between posts, adding numerous diagonal braces to disrupt the vertical rhythm, making the timber width inconsistent, or using this practice on the back of the building.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一面木構架牆的正面。垂直的橡木立柱密密排列,間距只比柱寬略大一些,中間填白色的抹灰;柱與柱之間幾乎沒有斜撐。木料用得越多代表越有錢,這種做法常出現在正立面。避免:把立柱的間距拉大、加入大量斜撐破壞垂直的節奏、讓木料的寬度忽粗忽細、把這種做法用在建築的背面。