Atrium Pool in Urban Hotel: A Body of Water Enclosed by Architecture

The swimming pool is enclosed by four guest room volumes, forming a completely private inner courtyard. Because people are looking down from all sides, the design focus becomes how to create shade: one side of the pool is planted with a row of tall trees, while the other side uses a deep cantilevered corridor and louvers to create shadows. Lounge chairs are hidden under the trees rather than spread out in the open. The water surface reflects the surrounding facades, making the originally enclosed courtyard feel deeper. Direct sunlight only reaches the water surface around noon; at other times, it relies on reflected light. City sounds are blocked by the building. Shot from a high angle from the second-floor corridor during the day, with water reflections, tree canopies, and all four facades simultaneously in the frame. Avoid: making the courtyard fully open, removing the shading tall trees, neatly arranging lounge chairs around the pool, the sky occupying too much of the frame.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

泳池被四面客房量體圍在中間,成為一個對外完全封閉的內院。因為四周都有人往下看,設計的重點變成如何製造遮蔽:池的一側種一排高大的喬木,另一側用深挑的廊道與格柵形成陰影,躺椅藏在樹下而不是攤在空地上。水面把四周的立面倒影收進來,讓原本封閉的天井感覺變深。日照只有中午前後直接落到水面,其餘時間靠反射光。城市的聲音被建築擋在外面。日間從二樓廊道俯角拍攝,水面倒影、樹冠與四面立面同時入鏡。避免:中庭做成全開放、拿掉遮蔽的喬木、躺椅整齊排滿池畔、天空佔畫面過大。