Dry Fountain Plaza: An Open Space When Not in Use

Plaza Dry Fountain: An empty space when not spraying water. A set of nozzles embedded flush with the urban plaza's paving. When not spraying water, the entire area is an open space for walking, setting up stalls, or holding events, with no indication that it can spray water; when spraying, the same paving instantly transforms into a water play area. This "dual-use" is the most important value of a dry fountain, and the design must ensure that the dry state is also aesthetically pleasing—the paving's divisions, materials, and drainage lines must be beautiful in themselves. The arrangement of nozzles can be a regular grid or follow the paving's pattern. Children run and scream between water jets, while commuters walk by. Shoot during the day, with clear color differences between wet and dry paving. Avoid: setting up pool walls or depressions, exposed nozzles protruding from the ground, unattractive paving in the dry state, adding fences.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

都市廣場的鋪面上嵌著一組與地面齊平的噴嘴,不出水時整片就是可以走、可以擺攤、可以辦活動的空地,看不出這裡會噴水;出水時同一片鋪面瞬間變成戲水場。這種「一地兩用」是旱噴最重要的價值,設計必須讓乾的狀態也成立——鋪面的分割、材質與排水溝的線條本身就要好看。噴嘴的排列可以是規則網格,也可以順著鋪面的圖案。孩子在水柱之間奔跑尖叫,通勤的人從旁邊走過。日間拍攝,濕與乾的鋪面色差清楚。避免:設置池壁或下沉、噴嘴外露突出地面、鋪面在乾的狀態下難看、加設圍籬。