A small piece of landscape designs accomplished with a focus on residential and small-scale commercial from the temperamental midwest moving to the desert of the southwest.
MAY 2014
RESIDENT REQUESTED A LANDSCAPE THAT ALLOWED MINIMAL LAWNCARE WHILE ACCENTUATING THE CRAFTSMAN STYLE HOUSE. A COMBINATION OF ZOYSIA GRASS AND TALLGRASS PRAIRIE AT CURVES TO FLOW WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ROAD SUCCEEDED IN BOTH PRIVATIZING AND ACCENTUATING THEIR HOME. MULTIPLE TYPES OF PRAIRIE GRASS BLENDS WERE USED BASED ON THEIR TASK FROM SEPTIC-SAFE TO EROSION CONTROL BLENDS ON THE SLOPES.
NOVEMBER 2014
ASSIGNED A TOPIC AT RANDOM, STUDENTS WERE GIVEN A BASEMAP AND INSTRUCTED TO CREATE AND DEFEND A DESIGN. GIVEN THE DIVERSITY AND SIZE OF THE GROUP, EASE OF MOVEMENT BECAME A FOCUS OF THE LAYOUT.
JUNE 2015
FIRST DESIGN USING AUTOCAD. CLIENT REQUESTED COMPLETE TURF AND PLANT REMOVAL AND TO USE ONLY ROCK AS LANDSCAPE.
FIRST DESIGN USING AUTOCAD. CLIENT REQUESTED COMPLETE TURF AND PLANT REMOVAL AND TO USE ONLY ROCK AS LANDSCAPE.
JUNE 2015
A LARGER THAN AVERAGE LOT FOR THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, CLIENT REQUESTED SOMETHING TO BREAK UP THE SPACE ALONG THE SIDE AND TO HIDE THE WALL AT THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY WHILE LEAVING ROOM FOR EXPANSION VIA A HORSESHOE PIT AND A RAISED PATIO TO THE EAST.
NOVEMBER 2015
A REQUEST TO BEAUTIFY THE ENTRANCE TO A NEW DEVELOPMENT. WHILE THE PROPOSED WALKPATH HAD TO BE REMOVED, THE DRY RIVERBED ENTICES MOVEMENT OF THE EYES ALONG THE LANDSCAPE.
DECEMBER 2015
CLIENT LIVED ON A CORNER LOT IN A CUL DE SAC AND WISHED TO GIVE THE AREA INTEREST. TYING IN ROCK COLORS EXISTING IN THEIR LOT AND THE ADJACENT NEIGHBORS, A RIVERBED WAS DESIGNED TO FLOW ACROSS AND DOWN THEIR SLOPE TOWARDS THE ROAD WHILE HIGHLIGHTING AREAS WITH MOUNDING. AT REQUEST, A SPOT WAS LEFT FOR THEIR TURTLE.
FEBRUARY 2016
CLIENT WITH SMALL BACKYARD REQUESTED AREA FOR ENTERTAINING, PRIVACY FROM THE SIDES, AND SOMETHING TO BREAK UP THE SLOPE AND REAR-YARD WALL. ARTIFICIAL TURF WAS SUGGESTED FOR THE SMALL DOGS AND TO ADD MORE GREENERY AND USABLE SPACE.
APRIL 2016
(FRONT YARD) CLIENT REQUESTED MULTIPLE AREAS OF TURF FOR AESTHETICS AND DOG USAGE AND A LUSH, TROPICAL PLANT PALETTE.
APRIL 2016
CLIENT'S ONLY REQUEST WAS FOR A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF TURF. A CURVILINEAR FORM WAS INSTALLED SO AS TO SOFTEN THE IMMEDIATE BACKYARD AGAINST THE DESERT VIEW.
MAY 2016
CLIENT LIVED AGAINST A HIGH TRAFFIC ROAD AND REQUESTED A WATER FEATURE TO REDUCE TRAFFIC NOISE. SHRUBBERY WAS ADDED TO HELP WITH NOISE REDUCTION; TO SAVE ON COST SOME OF THE EXISTING TURF WAS LEFT IN AND RESHAPED TO SOFTEN THE APPEARANCE AND FLOW BETTER.
NOVEMBER 2015
(RENDERING ONLY) DESIGN RENDERED, USING COLOR PENCILS, TO OFFER PERSUASION AND AID IN VISUALIZATION OF FINISHED PROJECT FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT.
FEBRUARY 2016
(RENDERING ONLY) DESIGN RENDERED, USING COLOR PENCILS, TO OFFER PERSUASION AND AID IN VISUALIZATION OF FINISHED PROJECT.
