Rocky Canyon Waterway: Making Water Look Like It Was Always There

The play area is not designed as a facility, but as a canyon cut by water: on both sides are artificial rock walls with clear stratification, varying in height, with several thin waterfalls falling from gaps above. The bottom is a shallow riverbed that can be walked into, with smooth pebbles and coarse sand underfoot. Ferns and moss grow on the rock walls, and water marks leave dark stains on the stone surface. People walk through it, sit on stone steps, and put their hands into the waterfalls—the design aims to make people believe this is a natural terrain, not an amusement facility. Children's and family laughter intermingles with the sound of water. Shot under dappled tree shadows during the day, with water mist visible in the backlight. Avoid: colorful plastic slides, rock walls made into regular geometry, tiled pool bottom, added railings and warning signs.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

戲水區不做成設施,而是做成一段被水切出來的峽谷:兩側是層理清楚的人造岩壁,高低錯落,水從上方的縫隙落下形成數道細瀑,底部是可以走進去的淺水河床,踩起來是圓潤的卵石與粗砂。岩壁上長出蕨類與苔,水痕在石面留下深色的漬。人在其中穿行、坐在石階上、把手伸進瀑布——設計的目的是讓人以為這是天然的地形而不是遊樂設施。孩子與家人的笑聲與水聲交疊。日間斑駁的樹影下拍攝,水霧在逆光中可見。避免:出現彩色塑膠滑道、岩壁做成規則幾何、池底鋪磁磚、加設欄杆與警示牌。