Stone and Water Entrance Plaza: A Pause Before Entry

The entrance plaza in front of a public building is not an open paved area, but is cut by a shallow pool 300mm deep, requiring people to walk around or cross a narrow bridge to reach the entrance. The water surface is still, perfectly reflecting the building's facade. The paving is large-sized grey granite, flame-finished, with varying sizes but aligned joints. Three trees of different postures are planted at the edge of the plaza, with stone benches of the same material beneath them, flush with the ground, with only shadows revealing the height difference. In the evening, the light elongates the building's reflection. Avoid: adding fountains to the pool, using mosaic patterns for the paving, adding decorative flower beds, planting trees in neat rows.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

公共建築前的入口廣場,不做成開闊的鋪面,而是被一道 300mm 深的淺水池切開,人必須繞行或走過一道窄橋才能抵達入口。水面是靜止的,把建築的立面完整映出來。鋪面是大尺寸的灰色花崗石,表面燒毛,尺寸不一但縫對齊。廣場邊緣種三株姿態不同的喬木,樹下是同材質的石凳,凳面與地坪齊平,只有陰影透露高差。傍晚的光把建築的倒影拉長。避免:水池加入噴泉、鋪面使用拼花圖案、加入裝飾性花壇、樹木種成整齊的行列。