"If the central court it small in proportion to the four surrounding buildings, it becomes a kind of great well. Even smaller and it becomes a chimney," warns scholar of architecture Wang Chen-hua. If the central court is too small and the buildings too high, when there is a fire this kind of "chimney" will spread it with remarkable efficiency.
「中庭和四面樓高比例一變小，中庭就成了天井，再小下去就變成煙囪」，建築學者王鎮華提醒說，當中庭太小，四面樓層又太高時，火災一來，這種「煙囪」助長火勢、效果奇佳。