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title: Hearth Plane / project threshold Detail
description: A persistent practice margin gives most of the opening to a project elevation; the interior develops constraints before design decisions.
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<study-hearth-plane><nav class="project-nav" aria-label="Project"><a href="/">← Hearth Plane / studies</a><a href="#decisions">Design decisions</a></nav><div class="project-head"><p>01 / Fictional concept study</p><h1>Courtyard.<br>Shared threshold.</h1><dl><div><dt>Scale</dt><dd>Small building</dd></div><div><dt>Scope</dt><dd>Shaded court and shared edge</dd></div><div><dt>Status</dt><dd>Teaching concept</dd></div></dl></div><figure class="elevation"><svg viewBox="0 0 1000 620" role="img" aria-label="Invented courtyard project elevation diagram"><rect width="1000" height="620" fill="#d9e5e2"/><path d="M80 520L270 160H830L960 520Z" fill="#9fa99a"/><path d="M160 520V285L490 190L750 300V520Z" fill="#efebe1" stroke="#203b32" stroke-width="4"/><path d="M490 190V520M160 285L420 380L750 300" fill="none" stroke="#203b32" stroke-width="4"/><path d="M260 340V470H380V385M525 330H685V470H525Z" fill="#526f65"/><path d="M40 550H970" stroke="#203b32" stroke-width="4"/><text x="45" y="590" font-size="20" fill="#203b32">COURTYARD / ORIGINAL TEACHING DIAGRAM</text></svg><figcaption>Illustrated concept. No actual site, dimensions or built outcome are asserted.</figcaption></figure><section class="decisions" id="decisions"><h2>Begin with the shared edge.</h2><div><p>The courtyard is a pause between everyday rooms. The threshold makes that pause legible before anyone enters a room.</p><h3>Shade, then enclosure.</h3><p>A sheltered edge organizes the concept. The drawing communicates that relationship; it does not establish building performance.</p><h3>Keep the route readable.</h3><p>In a customer project, circulation, access and dimensions need verified site information and professional design review.</p></div></section><footer><a href="/">Return to the studies →</a><p class="teaching">Original fictional Vitris teaching study. All names, projects, events, prices and operating details are invented. Illustrations are diagrams, not photographs or customer evidence.</p></footer></study-hearth-plane>