Elevated Above Water: Thin columns supporting a house on stilts

A residence elevated above a lake or lagoon, supported by twelve slender steel columns 200mm in diameter, with the floor slab 1.2 meters above the water surface. Because the columns are slender and widely spaced, the building appears to float lightly, with the water surface continuously passing underneath. The volume is a single-story rectangle, with exterior walls of light-colored vertical wooden planks. The side facing the water features a row of floor-to-ceiling sliding doors and a 2.5-meter deep wooden deck. The deck has no railings, only a low wooden curb at its edge. The roof is flat and overhangs to shade the deck. Early morning, the water is calm, reflecting the building's horizontal lines. Avoid: columns made thick or replaced with solid base volumes, railings installed on the deck, the building volume made multi-story, water surface drawn with waves.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一棟住宅架在湖面或潟湖之上,由十二根直徑 200mm 的細鋼柱撐起,樓板離水面 1.2 公尺。因為柱細且間距大,建築看起來輕盈地漂著,水面在底下連續穿過。量體是單層的長方形,外牆是淺色的垂直木板,面水的一側是整排落地推拉門與一道 2.5 公尺深的木棧道,棧道沒有欄杆,只在邊緣做一道低矮的木緣。屋頂是平的,出挑遮住棧道。清晨,水面平靜,倒映著建築的水平線。避免:柱做粗或改成量體式基座、棧道設置欄杆、建築量體做成多層、水面畫成有波浪。