downtown refuge
wild mix of surfacing choices are brought into focus + becomes an urban sanctuary for a growing family
PROJECT DETAILS
VEGETATION
understory: Texas buckeye, Mexican redbud, Texas persimmon, Evergreen sumac, Texas mountain laurel, Mexican buckeye
cactus: Weber’s agave, Texas sotol, Red yucca, Texas nolina, Twisted-leaf yucca
sunny perennials + shrubs: Flame acanthus, Butterflyweed, Winecup, Black dalea, Sacred datura, Silver ponyfoot, Purple coneflower, Kidneywood, Texas star hibiscus, Blackfoot daisy, Gaura, Globemallow, Woolly stemodia, Four-nerve daisy, Wooly ironweed, Skeleton-leaf goldeneye, Zexmenia
shady perennials + creek: White mistflower, Yellow columbine, American beautyberry, Chile pequin, Texas lantana, Turk’s cap, Rock rose, Scarlet sage, Dwarf palmetto, Cedar sage, Texas betony, Fall aster
bunch grasses: Texas sedge, Inland sea oats, Gulf muhly, Big muhly, Mexican wiregrass, Little bluestem
FABRICATION
site components: dry creek, steel edge, landform, steel + stone patio, planter, steel terrace
SURFACE
vegetated surface(s): buffalo grass, zoysia, hardwood mulch
surface water flow: river gravel
functional surface(s): garapa planks, coarse + finely crushed limestone gravel
URBAN ECOLOGY
watershed: blunn creek
location: travis heights
ecological condition(s): creekside, prairie pocket, sunny edge
