hillside harmony
a curvilinear steel terrace sets up usable contours + smart structural finishes on a mountainside garden
PROJECT DETAILS
FABRICATION
site components: steel terrace, outdoor cooking arrangement, cantilevered bench, bar-grate threshold
living systems: rift planters
VEGETATION
understory: Mexican redbud, Roughleaf dogwood, Texas persimmon, Carolina buckthorn, Mexican buckeye, Rusty blackhaw
cactus: Red yucca, Twisted-leaf yucca
sunny perennials + shrubs: Texas Indian mallow, Butterflyweed Winecup, Silver ponyfoot, Purple coneflower, Kidneywood, Texas star hibiscus, Blackfoot daisy, Sedums, Woolly stemodia, Four-nerve daisy, Wooly ironweed, Skeleton-leaf goldeneye, Zexmenia
shady perennials + creek: White mistflower, American beautyberry, Turk’s cap, Rock rose, Scarlet sage, Dwarf palmetto, Cedar sage, Texas betony , Fall aster
bunch grasses: Texas sedge, Inland sea oats, Gulf muhly
SURFACE
vegetated surface(s): shady wildflower patch, zoysia, hardwood mulch
surface water flow: river gravel
functional surface(s): basalt, coarse limestone gravel, garapa
URBAN ECOLOGY
CONCEPT DESIGN
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