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Located in a narrow lot in Venice, the design challenge for the residence was to create a series of outdoor rooms that functioned seamlessly with the home’s interior spaces to accommodate the clients’ indoor/outdoor lifestyle. The landscape design had to achieve this within the confines of a 44’6” x 130’ lot and in harmony with the modern architectural style of the new home. The result was a minimalist design that features a passive entry garden, outdoor dining room, and active pool area.
To emphasize the concept that the exterior rooms are full aspects of the home alongside the interior rooms, there is no traditional front door in the main structure; instead, a hidden-entry screen wall on the street is the front door for both the house and garden. The entry garden provides open space for the client’s two young children to play while still being safely removed from the pool. The outdoor dining room, with its roaring fireplace, connects directly to the kitchen and serves as the central hub for the home, bridging the interior rooms, garden, and pool.
From the project’s inception, the landscape was designed alongside the architecture, since the same firm designed both. Starting with the early schematic drawing and through the final building and planting, the office’s landscape designer worked closely with the architects to ensure a strong connection between interior and exterior spaces. The garden emphasizes and integrates the strong lines, restrained material palette, and bold geometry of the architecture. Additionally the monochromatic plant palette of dark greens compliments with the cool gray of the building. The geometry of horizontal planes is echoed in the rectilinear lawn, planting areas, and swimming pool. These similar forms provide evidence of a shared design vocabulary and evoke a sense of connection.
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