Hutong & Siheyuan
Art style · 11 words
Grey-brick courtyards and a narrow lane network: main and side rooms enclosing a small skywell, low hutong fabric.
John Thomson · Teahouse at Peking（ca. 1869） · CC0
Feeling words
- lived-in
- street culture
- streetscape
- depth
- enclosure
- seclusion
- bilateral symmetry
- neatness
- antiquity
- proletarian
- trace
Generation prompt
Grey-brick siheyuan: main hall and side rooms enclosing a small skywell, gate, screen wall, steps and brick carving; grey brick, tile blue, timber red and earth yellow; sunlight cutting obliquely, eaves and yard walls casting long shadows; brick joints, tile ridges and timber texture crisp; narrow lane receding. Avoid high-rise buildings.