Fountain: Sound is More Important Than the Water Feature

A small indoor or courtyard fountain. An octagonal or multi-lobed shallow basin embedded in the floor, with a thin stream of water falling from the center. The water surface is almost flush with the floor, and the sound of the water is continuous and low in the enclosed space. The basin rim is carved marble. Avoid: making it a tall, multi-tiered fountain, having the water jet so strong that the sound becomes noise, making the pool deep and large like a landscape water feature, placing the pool off-center from the room or courtyard.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一座室內或中庭的小噴泉。八角或多葉形的淺盆嵌在地坪裡,中央一股細細的水柱落下,水面幾乎與地坪齊平,水聲在圍合的空間裡持續而低。盆緣是雕花的大理石。避免:做成高大的多層噴泉、水柱強到聲音變成噪音、把水池做深做大變成景觀水景、讓水池的位置偏離房間或中庭的中心。