Can I open the gable window of the building?

The gable of a building should not be perforated, which will destroy the stability of the stressed structure of the building. The walls arranged along the short axis of the building are called transverse walls, and the transverse external walls at both ends of the building are generally called gables. (Generally, long walls open doors and open windows, and the outermost wall in the short direction is gables. ) Ancient buildings generally have gables, which are mainly used to separate from neighbors' houses, bear the load and prevent fire.

Gables are transverse walls with the shape of mountain tips on the upper parts of both sides of the building, also known as gauge walls, goose heads, building heads, round heads, back walls and large gauge walls. The word "gauge" refers to arc curves. In addition, Japanese historian Keijiro Fujishima called this structure a horse's back in his book "の Architecture in Taiwan Province Province", which may be a mistake of "horse's spine". Traditional buildings in East Asia generally have gables, which are mainly used to separate from neighbors' houses and prevent fire. Along the Yangtze River in China, there are often stepped volcanic walls, also called "Horsehead Wall", which are higher than roof tiles.

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Gables come in three forms:

One is herringbone, which is simple and practical, and the repair cost is not high, so it is widely used by the people.

Second, the shape of the pot ear is beautiful and has changed a lot. In fact, it is modeled after the ancient official hat, which is very promising. Because it looks like the ear of an iron pot, it is commonly called the ear wall of an iron pot. Hu 'er wall is widely used not only in the gable of ancestral temple, but also in the houses of ordinary people. A building like the nylon hall is a typical kettle-ear gable.

The third is wavy. Shape ups and downs, pay attention to symmetry, ups and downs are mostly three levels. In fact, it is the deformation of the ear wall of the pot, more like the ancient official hat, which is basically not used by the people. In larger buildings, it appears in the community together with herringbone gables and pot-ear gables, which is particularly eye-catching.

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