Tidal Range: Two Appearances Twice a Day

A comparison of high and low tide at the same location, showing two different appearances twice a day. At high tide, the water level almost reaches the third step of the water-friendly stairs, the water body is wide and reflects the opposite bank. At low tide, the water level drops by more than two meters, revealing large mudflats and pier foundations covered with barnacles and seaweed; the structure below the stairs, old wooden piles, and objects submerged in the mud are all exposed. The design must ensure both states look good. Avoid: only depicting the high tide appearance, making the exposed parts at low tide an unsightly structure that needs to be covered, neglecting the biological attachment in the intertidal zone, or having water-friendly facilities suspended in mid-air and unusable at low tide.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一組同一地點的漲退潮對照。滿潮時水面幾乎淹到親水階梯的第三階,水體寬闊、倒映著對岸;退潮時水位降下兩米以上,露出大片的泥灘與佈滿藤壺與海藻的碼頭基礎,階梯下方的結構、舊的木樁與沉在泥裡的東西全部現形。設計必須讓兩種狀態都好看。避免:只畫滿潮時的樣子、把退潮時露出的部分做成需要遮掩的難看結構、忽略潮間帶的生物附著、讓親水設施在退潮時懸在半空無法使用。