Weathering steel: Letting it change color on its own

A detailed view of a weathering steel landscape structure. It is used for retaining walls, planter edges, stair side panels, and signposts. The plate thickness is uniform, formed by precise folding and welding, with fine and crisp joints. The surface rust layer is stable and dense, with colors ranging from orange-red to dark brown, and variations in shade on the same plate due to differences in rain and sunlight exposure; the upper edge and areas exposed to rain are darker, while sheltered areas are lighter. At the bottom edge where the plate meets the paving, there is a light-colored trace left by rust water runoff. This material requires no maintenance, and its color will continue to change. Adjacent materials are concrete and gravel. Avoid: using painted faux rust, making the rust color uniform, eliminating traces of rust water runoff, or making the steel plates thin and deformed.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一組耐候鋼的景觀構造細部。它被用在擋土牆、植栽槽的邊緣、階梯的側板與標示牌上,板材厚度均勻,以精確的折邊與焊接構成,接縫細而俐落。表面的鏽層是穩定而緻密的,顏色從橘紅到深褐不等,同一片板上因為受雨與日照的差異而有深淺變化;上緣與受雨處顏色較深,遮蔽處較淺。板的底部與鋪面接觸的地方有一道淺色的痕跡,是鏽水流下留下的。這種材料不需要維護,顏色會持續變化。旁邊是混凝土與碎石。避免:使用塗裝的仿鏽漆、讓鏽色均勻一致、消除鏽水流下的痕跡、把鋼板做得薄而變形。