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Stone and Steel

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Residential › Private House

STONE ? STEEL ?
SCULPTURE
This garden is a blend of modern design and organic elements. The
overall design concept for the lakeside garden was developed by taking a cue
from an architectural detail on the house of a contrasting brick that forms a
half radius. This motif was then
transferred to the landscape by creating a series of interpretive concentric
partial radii using corten steel.   The
idea initially came from questioning of what would the space look like if that
radius fell over onto the ground?how would the shape be interpreted?

The walls formed by
the steel occasionally intersect several large stone boulders, a combination of
Hematite and Iron Ore, which were harvested from the Upper Peninsula of
Michigan. The planting spaces are filled
with masses of perennials and mature specimen ornamental trees.   This same theme of stone and steel is
carried throughout the entire garden with these materials incorporated in
various locations, accented by several sculptural pieces. There are several key element and special features to this
garden:

Corten Steel Walls

   A mixture of very large, up to several tons, Hematite and
Black Granite (iron ore) boulders

   Custom pondless waterfall including two stones that were
cored thru so that water comes right thru

     the stone
Nine Dragon Stone Bar Table- with free floating cantilever     Side Terrace Pergola from Steel
   Front Fountain- all season
?Mirror Basalt Fountain? that turns into a winter ice sculpture
    Front drive a mixture of exposed aggregate, specialty
pavers, and asphalt
    Custom set lower patio and stone steps
     Very large specimen plant material
including

Green Japanese Maple -Acer Japonica ?virdii?

Weeping Purple Beech ? Fagus sylvatica ?Purpurea
Pendula?

Weeping White Pine ? Pinus strobus ?Pendula?

Mitches Weeping Pine ?Pinus sylvestris ?Mitch Weeping?

Alaskan Cedar - Chamacyparis

Columnar White Pine ?Pinus strobes ?Fatigiata?

Tri Color Beech ? Fagus sylvatica ?Roseo Marginata?
     Extensive low voltage lighting
     Built in grill area

     Extensive
Collection of Perennials Garden history or development ?
AguaFina?s team was at the end of
the design process and days away from beginning construction. The day we were to present our final concept
and coordinate construction schedules with the owner, AguaFina principal, Daryl
Toby and a staff designer were standing in the area which is now the lakeside
patio and the ?ah-ha? moment happened.
Although this initial design was what had been requested by the client,
Daryl felt it just was not creative enough.
It was then that he saw the detail on the home, a semi radius of brick,
that was the impetus for a new design.. The appointment with the client
was to be in two hours and Daryl and an assistant designer rushed back to the
office and quickly sketched out the initial concepts of the garden which was
ultimately created.
Aside from the aesthetic nature of the garden, there were numerous engineering
challenges. The house was constructed on
unstable former marsh land. In order to
stabilize the area, the entire garden space was excavated down to a depth of
approximately 15-20 feet to remove organic material. Engineered fill replaced this soil and the
area was allowed to settle for several months prior to construction. Heliocoil pilings were then used to support
the entire steel wall structure and to create support for the very largest
boulders. Boulders were first set. The corten steel plate was bent on site,
attached to these pilings, and templates created in order to cut the steel
around the boulders.   Access to the site
was very limited. In order for machinery
to reach the back of the property, a reinforced ?road? was created between the
adjacent property and the house with barely enough space for the excavator to
travel to the lower level. Moving each
boulder and large tree to the back of the site was a very slow and challenging
process.

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Stone and Steel

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