ᐅ Is the porch roof above the entrance too dark?

I wouldn’t skip it, because depending on the side (windward side?), it can be inconvenient for the front door or generally for you/guests.

But I would also lean towards glass in your case – you will definitely have to clean it depending on the location.

Just had the meeting – there will now be a canopy with the same roof tiles as the main roof.
I drove around the village beforehand – many new buildings don’t have canopies, and if they do, they often have tiled canopies here. I actually found several quite nice. I hope it doesn’t look out of place.
It will only be anchored into the facing brickwork; the load will rest on the pillars, which I think is good – otherwise, the glass would have had to be anchored into the suspended ceiling.
From a design perspective, we need it because otherwise the entrance is hard to find, and we need somewhere to store muddy shoes.
It’s on the absolute north side – I hope the loss of light won’t be too bad. I prefer having a roof over it anyway – the weather exposure is more on the west side.

Our entrance is on the north side – without a porch roof. The front door does not get wet when it rains.
My guests rarely have to wait long at the door, and if they do, they still have to walk a wet path to reach the door…

Strange argument – when it’s pouring rain, people usually take off their shoes outside anyway. And "rarely long" means there are waiting times. Normally, you park in front of the house or garage and then hurry as quickly as possible under a roof. I wouldn’t want to stand still in a rain shower for even 15 seconds.

But everyone is free to decide for themselves – we recessed the entrance to avoid a (possibly vulnerable) structure.

Yes... we also had a few designs with a better solution... but you can’t have everything.
If it becomes too much, I’ll take it down again.
The dark color is actually our only concern.

You can counter the risk of it becoming too dark by painting the columns and the underside of the roof in a light color.

If you have electrical wiring there as well, indirect lighting with an LED floodlight could be a good option. With 10-20 watts, it can already brighten the area considerably.

Best regards,

Andreas