Water's Path: Making Rain Visible

An architecture where drainage is designed as a landscape feature. The lowest point of the curved roof forms a distinct notch, from which rainwater falls in streams into a shallow stone-lined pool or a pebble-filled trench below. The water then flows along the terrain to a depression at the bottom of the site. There are no hidden downspouts or underground drains. The notch and stone trench remain visible during the dry season. Avoid: hiding downspouts within walls, using metal gutters and downspout heads, making the drainage path invisible, and creating a geometrically shaped artificial water feature.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一棟把排水做成景觀的建築。曲面屋頂的最低處收出一道明顯的槽口,雨水從那裡成串落下,打進下方一個石砌的淺池或一條卵石溝;水再順著地形流向基地下方的窪地。沒有隱藏的落水管與地下排水溝。乾季時那道槽口與石溝仍然看得出來。避免:把落水管藏在牆內、使用金屬天溝與落水頭、讓排水的路徑看不出來、把水池做成幾何形的人工水景。