Burying the Embankment into the Topography

A levee that doesn't look like a levee. The flood control structure is entirely buried within a long, gentle mound: from the city side, it appears as a continuous grassy slope that people can walk directly onto; the top of the slope is the flood control elevation, with a pathway offering views of the entire river; the water side features a steeper revetment. The grassy slope is planted with trees and tall grasses, completely devoid of any wall-like appearance. Avoid: exposing the structure as a visible concrete wall, making the gentle mound too steep to walk on, adding continuous railings at the top of the slope, or having a height difference that disconnects the city-side slope from the sidewalk.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一道看不出是堤防的堤防。防洪的結構體被整個埋在一條長形的緩丘裡:從城市側看是一道連續的草坡,人可以直接走上去;坡頂就是防洪高程,上面是一條步道,可以看到整條河;水側則是較陡的護坡。草坡上種著喬木與長草,完全沒有牆的樣子。避免:讓結構體外露成可見的混凝土牆、把緩丘做得太陡無法行走、在坡頂加設連續欄杆、讓城市側的坡與人行道之間有高差斷開。