Exposed Steel Waterways: Geometry of Pipes and Channels

Exposed Steel Structure Waterway: Geometry of pipes and troughs
Design the waterslide as an exposed engineering structure: closed circular pipes and open U-shaped troughs appear alternately, spiraling, crossing, and plunging through the supporting steel framework in the air. The pipe sections use translucent material, allowing a faint view of people and water moving inside from the outside—that blurred motion itself is the best advertisement. The supporting steel structure is not hidden; nodes, diagonal braces, and stairs are all part of the form. The color scheme can be minimalist (a single metallic color) or very strong (a single saturated color), but not multicolored. Shot from a low angle looking up, the intertwining pipes form a network of lines against the sky.
Avoid: All pipes being opaque, steel structure covered and hidden, multiple messy colors, paths without plunges and turns.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

把滑水道當成一件外露的工程構築來設計:封閉的圓管與開放的 U 形槽交替出現,順著鋼構的支撐骨架在空中盤旋、交叉、俯衝。管段選用半透明材質,從外面隱約看得見裡面的人與水在移動——那個模糊的動態本身就是最好的廣告。支撐鋼構不隱藏,節點、斜撐與樓梯都是造型的一部分。配色可以極簡(單一金屬色)或極強(單一飽和色),但不要五顏六色。低角度仰拍,管道的交纏在天空前形成線網。避免:管道全部不透明、鋼構包覆隱藏、多色雜陳、路徑沒有俯衝與轉折。