Sunken Courtyard
Recessed outdoor spaces that create sheltered, inward-focused environments within architectural designs.
Sunken courtyards are depressed outdoor areas integrated into building designs to provide shelter, privacy, and controlled microclimates. These spaces function as transitional zones between interior and exterior, often defining the spatial and social character of a project.The community explores sunken courtyards across diverse contexts: vernacular housing strategies, cultural institutions, residential compounds, and landscape-integrated structures. Projects demonstrate how inward-facing geometry, vegetation integration, and material choices shape these recessed spaces into functional and experiential anchors.
