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A small house in the woods was purchased because of its proximity
to a walk through conservation land that led to a nearby stream. Pictured
is the leftover space resulting from septic tank and leach field installation,
separating the house from the woodland path.
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The plan was to connect the path through the woods to the interior
living spaces of the house by extending the woodland path directly
to the kitchen and dining room; and to create off that path a series
of descending geomorphic terraces for quiet contemplation and play. |
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The upper terrace is a deck that is on grade with the adjacent
kitchen and dining room. Here one can see its nature as a prospect
overlooking the lowermost terrace, now a well-defined glade which
captures light above the leach field. |
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The middle terrace as viewed from the prospect is tucked into
existing and transplanted pine seedlings, providing additional space
in which to lounge or read along the walk to the woodland stream. |
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The gentle sounds and reflective qualities of water are brought
directly to the gardens terraces, foreshadowing the walks
conclusion at the woodland stream. Edged with recycled blackboards
from a nearby schools demolition, the pools are a subtle expression
of the clients profession as a school administrator. |
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A simple gravel path abstracts the woodland experience as it links
the garden spaces. |
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It moves the clients around the shifting terraces and beside the
garden pools to the woodland path, in a continuously changing perspective. |
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The Strolling Garden has received a Merit Award for residential
design from the Boston Society of Landscape Architects and been published
in the book, Landscape Architecture by Stephen Moorehead (1997). |
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