OUTHOUSE design -Gold Award & Finalist for Residential Landscape Design of the Year

Landscape Design - Small Scale Design

Design Brief:

The clients sought a green connection and flow to the outside from their ground floor apartment, in keeping with the location’s Woolloomooloo setting, vibrant and somewhat edgy, whilst creating a protective coating of green. A new spa needed to form part of a private getaway with a supporting shower area. Privacy was key so they couldn’t be overlooked by passers-by or neighbouring apartments looking down.

The design solution was to use the height variations that the services created as a way of achieving a sense of movement as well as level changes that don’t just create a journey, but their own areas of privacy. The garden doesn’t unveil itself all at once, so that sense of drawing the eye can be achieved.

Judges’ Comments:

This is an exciting design which pushes the limits of what can be achieved in a tiny landscape – every ounce of possible pleasure, relaxation, and greening privacy is squeezed out of this space. Repetition of the rounded spa edge in the daybed timberwork, the stepping stones and timber seating infills were a simple but highly effective way to make the space feel cohesive.

Designer:

Steve Warner
E.      stevewarner@outhousedesign.com.au
W.    outhousedesign.com.au
Inst. @outhouse_design

Contributing Designer:
Carina Bronte
Contractor:
Urban Garden Enrichment

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