Ground Floor Open: The Building Below is for the City

The main body of a large building is entirely lifted by slanted columns and a core, creating a large open, covered plaza on the ground floor. The sidewalk extends directly into the space beneath the building, where people sit, skateboard, and cross to another street. The underside of the upper volume is made of shiny metal, reflecting the activities below. Avoid: enclosing the ground floor with walls and gates, turning the elevated space into a parking lot, having a dark concrete underside without lighting, creating height differences or barriers between the plaza and surrounding streets.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一棟大型建築的主體被斜柱與核心筒整個抬起,地面層是一大片開放的有頂廣場,人行道直接延伸進建築下方,有人在這裡坐、滑板、穿越到另一條街。上方量體的底面是亮面的金屬,反射著下方的活動。避免:在地面層用圍牆與閘門圍起來、把抬高的空間做成停車場、讓底面是暗沉的混凝土沒有照明、讓廣場與周邊街道之間有高差阻隔。