The site is the space between two rows of houses. Houses are four story or three story; the roofs are pyramids. In the middle of the two rows is a person-made water-channel; the channel starts from a pool, edged by a circular bench and circled by trees; it makes a straight line, then a winding snake-like line, it’s bridged over, and ends in an oval pond. Whereas the houses are private residences, the spaces between the houses are for public use.

The proposal is to bring the roofs down to earth, to put the roofs in people’s hands. Replicas of the roofs are wedged in the land and water at different depths; one corner levels with the ground, or with the floor of the water-channel, or with the edge of the pool, or with the bridge. The roofs are invaders, spreading over the terrain; some stay right-side-up, some turn upside-down. On land, a roof functions as a little hill, or a hole in the ground; it supports landscape, moves earth and trees, it can be climbed on or crawled over, crawled into, it can be used as shelter. A roof brings land out onto water, or water into the land; a roof bridges the water, or tunnels into the water. A roof blocks the water, like a hole in the water, or sucks in water like a whirlpool; a roof floats free and can be used as a boat. The roofs are lit from within, lights in their peaks; some roofs shine beacons upward and downward, some cast a glow over the ground and water.