05_保利-北京-天汇
北京
A landscape precedent demonstrating the integration of an active water feature courtyard within a high-density residential development.
- What we like about this project
- Delicate water jets emerge from dark stone reflecting pools, mirroring the expansive glazing above.
Materials
- water
- stone
- glass
- metal
- plant-material
Visual identifiers
- reflecting-pool
- fountains
- landscaped-courtyard
- residential-facade
Style tags
- contemporary
- landscape-led
- residential
Visual tags
- water-feature
- landscape-design
- residential-courtyard
- urban-housing
- planting
- Geometry
- Layered horizontal spatial sequence starting with a foreground reflecting pool and fountains, backed by manicured planting boxes, leading to a multi-story apartment block facade in the background.
- Facade system
- Glass and balcony-banded residential facade with light metal framing.
- Structural guess
- Reinforced concrete residential structures framing a podium or ground-level courtyard.
- Spatial scale
- Human scale at the courtyard fountain level, transitioning to large multi-story residential scale in the background.
- Lighting
- Bright daylight with crisp reflections on the water surface and gentle shadows across the planting.
- Atmosphere
- Calm, watery atmosphere juxtaposed with urban density.
- Environmental context
- Urban residential courtyard surrounded by multi-story apartment buildings and mature trees.
- Spatial experience
- Grounded sequence moving from domestic water garden to architectural frontage, creating a tranquil microclimate between buildings.
- Composition rhythm
- Diagonal foreground pool lines contrasted against the horizontal balconies of the background building.
- Style reading
- Contemporary residential landscape architecture
- Program
- Residential courtyard and water garden
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- landscape
- Materials
- water, stone, glass, metal, plant-material
- Visual identifiers
- reflecting-pool, fountains, landscaped-courtyard, residential-facade
- Style tags
- contemporary, landscape-led, residential
- Visual tags
- water-feature, landscape-design, residential-courtyard, urban-housing, planting
- Geometry
- Layered horizontal spatial sequence starting with a foreground reflecting pool and fountains, backed by manicured planting boxes, leading to a multi-story apartment block facade in the background.
- Facade system
- Glass and balcony-banded residential facade with light metal framing.
- Structural guess
- Reinforced concrete residential structures framing a podium or ground-level courtyard.
- Spatial scale
- Human scale at the courtyard fountain level, transitioning to large multi-story residential scale in the background.
- Lighting
- Bright daylight with crisp reflections on the water surface and gentle shadows across the planting.
- Atmosphere
- Calm, watery atmosphere juxtaposed with urban density.
- Environmental context
- Urban residential courtyard surrounded by multi-story apartment buildings and mature trees.
- Spatial experience
- Grounded sequence moving from domestic water garden to architectural frontage, creating a tranquil microclimate between buildings.
- Composition rhythm
- Diagonal foreground pool lines contrasted against the horizontal balconies of the background building.
- Style reading
- Contemporary residential landscape architecture
- Program
- Residential courtyard and water garden
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- landscape