Ground Pattern as Fountain: Paving Design Dictates Water's Form

Ground Pattern as Fountain: The paving design determines the shape of the water. Nozzles are not randomly arranged but embedded at the nodes of the paving pattern—concentric circles, radial lines, or irregular star maps, so water jets recreate the ground's geometry in the air. When not spraying water, the paving pattern is a plaza artwork; when spraying, that pattern stands up to become three-dimensional. Paving material is terrazzo or colored concrete, with brass or stainless steel inlays, and the pattern lines are clear. Water jet heights can vary by node, with the center high and the periphery low. Children run along the pattern lines, weaving between water jets. Both overhead and eye-level shots work during the day. Avoid: nozzle arrangement unrelated to paving pattern, plain paving without pattern, all water jets of equal height, adding pool edges.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

噴嘴不是隨意排列,而是嵌在鋪面圖案的節點上——同心圓的環、放射狀的線、或不規則的星圖,水柱因此在空中重現地面的幾何。不出水時,鋪面的圖案是廣場的藝術品;出水時,那個圖案立起來變成三維的。鋪面材質為磨石子或彩色混凝土,嵌條為黃銅或不鏽鋼,圖案的線條清晰。水柱的高度可以依節點而不同,中央高、外圍低。孩子沿著圖案的線跑,在水柱間穿梭。日間俯視與平視兩種尺度都成立。避免:噴嘴排列與鋪面圖案無關、鋪面素面無圖、水柱全部等高、加設池緣。