Shade: A Necessity in Hot Cities

An urban pedestrian pathway designed with shade as its primary goal. The scene depicts midday, clearly showing the continuity of shade: the canopies of street trees overlap to form a continuous green tunnel, with the ground almost entirely in shadow; sections where tree canopies are insufficient are supplemented with simple metal grid canopies, casting striped shadows on the ground; building arcades and awnings are also integrated into this continuous shaded path. Thus, people can walk from one end to the other with almost no sun exposure. A corner of the scene shows a comparison with an identical unshaded street: exposed asphalt, bright and glaring ground, no one walking. Avoid: making the two scenes similar, having breaks in the shade, using heat-reflecting metal paving, depicting pedestrians in unshaded sections.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一條以遮蔭為首要目標設計的都市步行動線。畫面呈現正午時分,可以清楚看出陰影的連續性:行道樹的樹冠彼此交疊形成連續的綠色隧道,地面幾乎全在陰影中;樹冠不足的路段以簡潔的金屬格柵頂棚補上,在地面投下條狀陰影;建築的騎樓與雨庇也被納入這條連續的遮蔭路徑。因此人可以從一端走到另一端而幾乎不曝曬。畫面的一角以沒有遮蔭的相同街道作對照:柏油裸露、地面明亮刺眼、沒有人在走。避免:讓兩者相似、讓遮蔭出現斷點、使用會反射熱的金屬鋪面、把行人畫在無遮蔭的路段。