No Concrete: Use Soil Where Possible

A site where topography replaces structures for managing elevation changes. Where a retaining wall would typically be needed, it is replaced by a gentle slope with a ratio of 1:3, planted with deep-rooted herbaceous plants and shrubs. Areas requiring enclosure are formed by gentle earth mounds instead of walls. Boundaries are defined by shallow ditches or rows of shrubs. Almost no vertical concrete surfaces are visible across the entire site. Avoid: using concrete retaining walls and modular slope protection blocks, solving elevation differences with vertical structures, using grid frame slope protection and shotcrete, adding unnecessary railings on gentle slopes.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一處用地形取代結構物的高差處理。原本需要擋土牆的地方改成一道坡比一比三的緩坡,上面種滿深根的草本與灌木;需要圍塑的地方用土堆成緩丘而不是砌牆;需要界定邊界的地方用一道淺溝或一排灌木。整個基地裡幾乎看不到混凝土的垂直面。避免:使用混凝土擋土牆與模組護坡磚、把高差用垂直的結構物解決、使用格框護坡與噴凝土、在緩坡上加設不必要的欄杆。