Why is there a platform on the house in Guangzhou?

1/ Mainly influenced by Lingnan architectural style-arcade; Historically, due to business and weather, there are many commercial arcade buildings with roofs as platforms, which are all in the most prosperous commercial centers;

2/ The Kaiping Diaolou near Guangzhou is very distinctive with a flat roof. At that time, it was mainly used for banditry, flood control and life.

3/ Now Guangzhou is densely populated and sparsely populated. In order to meet the needs of greening, the ecological concepts of roof garden and roof greening are introduced. Roof garden is a special garden form, which is a space greening and beautifying form relying on the platform at the top of the building to store water and cover soil to create a garden landscape. This is a systematic project.

4/ At present, it is still far from flood control and banditry. As far as high-rise buildings are concerned, the traditional design style is continued, and the platform design is also convenient and practical, which is convenient for construction and daily maintenance;

5/ Feng Shui design, Guangzhou people say that wealth is water, water is wealth, and wealth is treasure. Platform design may pay attention to this point, and the platform absorbs water without leaking money;

6/ Architectural design is closely related to environment, humanity and history.