This also adds the functional advantage of a low-maintenance space where only minimal lawn care is needed. This feeling of contained life force is common in modern landscape design. It communicates a sense of control by containing the vitality of the lawn within an inorganic, mathematically precise space. The heavy use of gravel does several things.
Landscape edging series#
Near the corner of the house, we created a series of gravel stepping pads that lead guests from the gravel run, through the grass, and into a vegetable garden. Moving to the back yard, we reinforced the home’s central volume and view corridor by laying a rectilinear line of gravel parallel to an equivalent section of grass. Its linear progression gives the modern landscape design a dynamic sense of movement. The sweeping contour of the berm offsets the rigid linearity of the home with a softer architectural detail. This is just high enough for guests to sit on, and it provides an ideal sunbathing area for summer days. It is built of core 10 steel and stands 16 inches tall. This land art form adds a sense of dimension and psychological boundary to the scene. After careful study of the home façade, our team determined that the best way to set aside a large portion of private space in front of the home was to construct a landscape berm. It has no surrounding fence, and it faces a very busy street in Houston’s Rice Village Area.
We began by addressing the issue of too much open space in the front yard.
This architectural theme of volume and line of site is so powerful that it became the inspiration for the modern landscape design we developed in the front, back, and side yards of the property. Occupants of the home looking out through these windows feel as if they are sitting in the middle of a garden. The windows create a view corridor within the home that allows visitors to see all the way through to the back yard. The wooden section of outer wall is actually the outer section of a central volume that creates an enlarged open space bisecting the home interior. This garden house was designed by owner and architect, Shirat Mavligit.
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