The veranda serves as an informal area in which to entertain friends, a place to relax with family members, and a zone where the heat of summer and the cold of winter are ameliorated—besides being the setting for a rendezvous between man and nature.
What the Japanese poetically call the "moon-viewing dais" which they use to admire the beauty of the moon and the stars, especially in early autumn. When the space under the eaves is kept at ground level, it assumes the character of part of the garden, but is deliberately designed of stone or gravel, in contrast to the garden, and then serves as a passageway or a terrace. Alternatively, part of the garden may actually be transported into the house and serve as an indoor garden.
In all of these, a combination of shoji, and rain doors made of wood, or glass doors are used to form a boundary between the two zones. Recently there has emerged a vogue for using French windows instead of wooden doors. When these are used at the edge of the eaves, the veranda then becomes a kind of greenhouse. In addition to these various kinds of doors, bamboo or reed screens may be used on sunny days to filter sunlight.
VERANDA VARIATIONS
A typical Japanese veranda
The extended veranda, variation #1.
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