Terraced Ponds Connected: Elevation Differences Deliver Water Automatically

Utilizing the site's original slope, a series of interconnected shallow pools are created: each step is only ankle or calf deep, with water overflowing from the weir of the upper step into the lower, forming continuous water curtains and subtle trickling sounds. The pools have free-form curves, with edges finished in gentle slopes rather than right angles, allowing people to enter and exit from anywhere. The water depth, flow speed, and bottom texture vary at different levels, naturally accommodating different age groups. Children run back and forth between the steps, while adults sit on the grassy slopes by the pools. Shot during the day, with the water surface reflecting the sky and the white lines of the overflow clearly visible. Avoid: pools made into regular rectangles, edges using vertical pool walls, all the same water depth, adding mechanical spray nozzles.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

利用基地原本的坡度,做成一連串高低相接的淺水池:每一階的深度只到腳踝或小腿,水從上一階漫過堰口流入下一階,形成連續的水簾與細小的落差聲。池的形狀為自由曲線,邊緣以緩坡而非直角收邊,人可以從任何一處走進走出。不同階的水深、水流速度與底部質感各不相同,自然形成分齡的使用。孩子在階與階之間來回奔跑,大人坐在池畔的草坡上。日間拍攝,水面反射天空,溢流的白線清楚。避免:池做成規則矩形、邊緣用直立池壁、全部同一水深、加設機械噴頭。