Night Waterfront: Low, Warm Light, with Dark Areas

A waterfront at night. Lighting is only provided where people walk: low ground lights on both sides of the path, hidden lights under the treads of stairs, and a few pole lights no taller than four meters; the water surface itself is not lit at all, it is dark, only reflecting the lights of the city on the opposite bank and the lights of boats. The remnants of structures are only silhouettes in the dark. The overall illumination is low and warm, allowing the eyes to see the opposite bank and the sky. Avoid: using floodlights to illuminate the water surface and remnants, installing high-mast large-area lighting, using cool white light and color-changing landscape lights, making the waterfront brighter than the surrounding city.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一段入夜的水岸。照明只做在人走的地方:步道兩側低矮的地燈、階梯的踏面下緣藏光、幾盞不高於四米的柱燈;水面本身完全不打燈,是黑的,只映著對岸城市的光與船的燈。遺構在暗處只剩輪廓。整體照度低而暖,眼睛可以看到對岸與天空。避免:用投光燈打亮水面與遺構、設置高桿的大範圍照明、使用冷白光與彩色變換的景觀燈、讓水岸的亮度高過周圍城市。