Page 58 - Building Journal - November 2017

OVERSEAS

colour scheme is carefully adapted to
the environment, with robust designed
fences in rebar (reinforcement iron) and
benches in concrete. Tufts of removed
grass was stored during construction and
put back in place afterwards. Both in
design and execution phase, the rough
landscape and rich vegetation by the
waterfall has been treated as fragile. The
architect's and landscape architect s
intention has been to make gentle
interventions that look like they have
always been in this terrain despite
their modern form. The combination
of contemporary form, ancient craft
and local materials create a timeless
dimension to the project.

The showers: At the bottom of the valley, a universal designed pathway leads into
the foot of the fall. Here, visitors will experience the extreme power of the water,
and be completely showered A strong reference to the site and its surroundings

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