Le Corbusier | The Water Feature on the Roof: Concrete Hill and Sky

The roof of a residential complex is designed as an independent landscape: rough exposed concrete forms sculptural volumes such as ventilation towers, running tracks, stairs, and ramps. In the middle is a shallow pool for children to play in, with a concrete bottom and water depth only up to the calves. The parapet wall is deliberately made high enough so that standing on the roof, one cannot see the street, only the distant ridge and sky, making the entire roof feel like a courtyard lifted into the air. The materials are uniform, with colors derived from sunlight and shadow rather than paint. Shoot from a corner of the rooftop terrace during the day, clearly showing the relationship between the volumes, the shallow pool, and the distant mountains. Avoid: adding glass railings to see the street view, making the pool a standard swimming lane, paving the roof with wooden decks and parasols, changing the volumes to lightweight metal structures.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

集合住宅的屋頂被當成一塊獨立的地景來設計:粗獷的清水混凝土做成通風塔、跑道、階梯與斜坡等雕塑般的量體,中間是一個給孩子玩水的淺池,池底也是混凝土,水深只到小腿。女兒牆刻意做得夠高,站在屋頂上看不到街道,只看得到遠方的山脊與天空,整個屋頂因此像一座被抬到空中的院子。材料單一,顏色來自陽光與陰影而不是塗料。日間從屋頂平台的一角拍攝,量體、淺池與遠山的關係清楚。避免:加設玻璃欄杆看見街景、池做成標準泳道、屋頂鋪上木平台與遮陽傘、量體改為輕巧金屬構造。