Outdoor Structure Blocking Part for Privacy and Openness
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing outdoor structures under eaves of buildings do not effectively block external views, making the space uncomfortable and difficult to use for privacy and openness.
Innovation Solution
An outdoor structure with an outer wall, projecting side walls, and a blocking part connected to the outdoor ceiling, which creates a semi-outdoor space with privacy by blocking external views while allowing openness, featuring a mesh screen for insect prevention and a design that allows seamless transition between indoor and outdoor spaces.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If the space under the outdoor ceiling part is left open without blocking structures, then the sense of outdoor openness is maintained, but privacy is compromised as the space is exposed to eyes from outside
Solution Approach 1:
The blocking part is divided into multiple sections (first blocking part and second blocking part) that are positioned at different locations. This segmentation allows the structure to provide privacy coverage while maintaining gaps that preserve the outdoor open feel, resolving the contradiction between complete privacy and outdoor openness.
Solution Approach 2:
The blocking part is strategically positioned to provide privacy coverage only where needed (at locations where eyes from outside could view the space), while leaving other areas open. This local application of blocking structures maintains outdoor openness in non-critical areas while protecting privacy in exposed areas.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If a blocking part is added to prevent exposure to outside eyes, then privacy is improved, but the sense of outdoor openness may be reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The blocking part is divided into multiple sections with gaps between them, allowing users to maintain a sense of outdoor openness while still achieving privacy protection. The segmented structure prevents complete visual blockage, preserving the outdoor feel while protecting against prying eyes.
Solution Approach 2:
The blocking part covers only the necessary areas to prevent exposure to outside eyes, rather than providing complete coverage. This partial blocking approach is sufficient to achieve privacy protection while minimizing the impact on the sense of outdoor openness.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If the blocking part spans the entire width between side walls, then complete privacy is achieved, but the outdoor openness and natural light are completely blocked
Solution Approach 1:
The blocking part is divided into multiple sections with gaps between them, allowing natural light to pass through while still providing privacy coverage. This segmentation enables the structure to block lines of sight from outside eyes while maintaining illumination and visual connection to the outdoors.
Solution Approach 2:
The blocking part is positioned and sized to provide privacy coverage only in specific local areas where exposure occurs, rather than spanning the entire width. This localized blocking preserves natural light transmission and outdoor visibility in areas where complete blocking is not necessary for privacy.
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AI summary
An example outdoor structure incorporates: an outer wall surface for zoning into indoor space of a building and the outdoors; an outdoor ceiling part projecting outdoors from the outer wall surface; two side walls substantially parallel to each other projecting outdoors from opposite sides of the outer wall surface and each having an upper end connected to the outdoor ceiling part; and a blocking part separated outdoors from the outer wall surface in such a manner as to face the outer wall surface, and used for blocking eyes from outside, wherein the blocking part has a breadth less than a distance between the two side walls and has an upper end connected to the outdoor ceiling part.