Turner, R.

…Other greenhouses, with walls on the north side and a glass canopy sloping to the south, and with potted plants on stepped platforms inside, were also built for the primary purpose of forcing plants into the ground. A little later, large botanical gardens also built fully glazed cast-iron greenhouses for planting plants directly in the ground (a representative example is the palm greenhouse (1848) at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London, designed by Decimus Burton and Richard Turner). The shapes of glass roofs were varied but not arbitrary; for example, domes were used to prevent harmful condensation from dripping, and corrugated surfaces were used to capture the low light of the morning and evening sun. …

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…これと別に植物の促成栽培を主目的として，北側に壁を立て，南傾斜のガラスの差掛け屋根をつけ，内部のひな段状の台に鉢植えの植物を置く細長い温室も現れた。少し遅れて，植物を直植えとした全面ガラス張りの鋳鉄構造の温室も大植物園に作られた(バートンDecimus BurtonとターナーRichard Turner設計のロンドンのキュー王立植物園のシュロ用温室(1848)が代表例)。ガラス屋根の形状は変化に富むが恣意（しい）的なものではなく，たとえばドームは有害な結露の滴下を防ぐためであり，折板面は朝夕の低い陽光をとらえるためであった。…

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