Lines, cords, pulleys, and counterweights "activated an elaborate system of screens, shutters and curtains positioned at both sources" of light (skylights and windows) (165).
The small window is square but curved to fit the wall; when the shutters are closed, the complete wall plane is restored and its concave form fully expressed.
A barking dog, a rooster, the rattle of shutters, a fountain or the clanging of a bucket in a nearby well were spatial markers to those who knew the neighbourhood.
The latter is the most secluded room in the house, and benefits from built-in wooden shutters for the window, enabling light intensity to be moderated by degrees.
The shutters, provided due to client concern over the lack of privacy for office workers caused by full-length glazing, can be set in two possible positions.
Apparently random patterns are generated through use, by the occupants opening or closing shutters, but both buildings' façades have a strong underlying regularity of composition [6 7].