rhythm of light
filtered light reveals the relationship between the decking, trellis + planters
PROJECT DETAILS
VEGETATION
canopy: Anacacho bauhinia (BALU)
understory: Mexican redbud (CECAM)
cactus: Horse crippler (ECTE), Red yucca (HEPA8), Texas nolina (NOTE), Spineless prickly pear (OPEL3), Buckley yucca (YUCO), Pale-leaf yucca (YUPA), Beaked yucca – thompsons yucca (YUTH)
sunny perennials + shrubs: Silver ponyfoot (DIAR2), Passionflower vine (PAIN6), Woolly stemodia (STLA17), Four-nerve daisy (TESCS), Zexmenia (WEACH)
shady perennials + creek: Leatherflower (CLPI)
bunch grasses: Sideoats grama (BOCU), Texas sedge (CATE7), Inland sea oats (CHLA5), Gulf muhly (MUCA2), Big muhly (MULI), Mexican wiregrass (NATE3)
FABRICATION
site components: cantilevered bench, outdoor cooking arrangement, decking, steel edge, planter, shade structure, steel terrace, threshold, vertical screen
living systems: comal planters
SURFACE
vegetated surface(s): hardwood mulch, seeded patch: sideoats grama
surface water flow: trestle rock basalt
functional surface(s): basalt, garapa + ipe, steel
URBAN ECOLOGY
location: la grange, tx
ecological condition(s): shady woodland, sunny edge
CONCEPT DESIGN
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