Aalto | Grasshopper Entrance: A Soil Ramp Must Be Ascended First

The city hall entrance is not on the ground floor but in an elevated courtyard. Leading to the courtyard is a staircase made of turf and wooden retaining walls—the treads are covered with green grass, and the risers are horizontal logs. People must step over this element, which is between a garden and a staircase, to enter the public building. The staircase is flanked by red brick volumes that narrow as they ascend, creating a constricted view, with the courtyard sky at the end. The bricks are handmade, with noticeable color variations and rough mortar joints. Surrounded by pine forest. Shot from below the staircase looking up, in soft Nordic light during summer. Avoid: staircase fully paved, open on both sides, machine-made bricks, no clear sense of arrival at the top.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

市政廳的入口不在地面層,而是在一個抬高的中庭裡,通往中庭的是一道由草皮與木質擋土構成的階梯——踏面覆滿青草,踢面為橫置的原木,人必須踩過這段介於庭園與樓梯之間的東西才能進入公共建築。階梯兩側為紅磚砌的量體,越往上越收窄,形成一個被夾住的視野,盡頭是中庭的天空。磚為手工燒製,色差明顯,砌縫粗糙。周圍為松林。夏季柔和的北歐光線下,從階梯下方向上拍攝。避免:階梯改為全鋪面、兩側敞開、磚改為機器磚、頂端沒有明確的抵達感。