Docks and Piers: The Edge of Concrete

A waterfront public space transformed from an old cargo dock. The original concrete dock platform is fully preserved, including bollards, iron mooring rings, rail grooves, and crane bases; these traces have not been filled in. New additions include a wide staircase extending downwards from the dock edge to the water, constructed from large precast concrete blocks. Different numbers of steps are submerged as the tide rises and falls, showing attached algae and water marks. Salt-tolerant herbaceous plants and a small number of trees are planted on the dock, in planting troughs created by cutting open the pavement. An old crane is retained in its original position. Avoid: filling in industrial traces on the dock, covering the original concrete with wooden boardwalks, adding railings to completely separate people from the water, or creating neat flower beds for planting.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一段由舊貨運碼頭改造的水岸公共空間。原本的混凝土碼頭平台完整保留,包括繫船柱、鐵製繫纜環、軌道的凹槽與吊車的基座,這些痕跡沒有被填平。新增的部分是一道從碼頭邊緣向下延伸到水面的寬階梯,以大塊的預鑄混凝土構成,潮水漲落時淹沒不同的階數,可以看見附著的藻類與水痕。碼頭上種著耐鹽風的草本與少量的喬木,種在切開鋪面後做出的植栽槽中。一座舊的起重機保留在原地。避免:填平碼頭上的工業痕跡、使用木棧道覆蓋原本的混凝土、加入欄杆完全隔絕人與水、把植栽做成整齊的花圃。