Boothden度假庄园 / LeBlanc Jones Landscape Architects-卓美

业主要求将翻修后的房子搬到离水更近的地方，这为接近、观赏和穿越这片风景创造了新的机会。

Boothden is a historic property overlooking the Sakonnet River in Rhode Island. The owners’ request to move their renovated house closer to the water created new opportunities for approaching, viewing, and moving through this landscape. Our goal was to create a landscape that balanced the property’s historic and natural features in a way that allowed the owners to connect with their land in new and inspiring ways.

一个泥土基座坐落在陡峭的河岸上，成为房子的地基，也是这个项目的主要设计姿态。我们通过创造一系列的配套梯田和草坪，在不同的尺度上复制了这个概念。这一增强的地形创造了独特的空间，拥抱现存的标本树，周围的景观，和河流。

靠近房子，天然的石头梯田定义了花园，并与建筑建立了正式的关系，而沿着分开的水池区域的梯田扩大了与河流的视觉联系。我们选择植物调色板来软化这些空间的边缘，增强它们独特的特性，并提供它们之间流动的联系。为了将户外空间与改造后的谷仓改造成艺术家的工作室结合起来，我们增加了一个果园。修剪花园提供额外的季节灵感。

最后的设计创造性地平衡了几个二分类:旧的和新的，正式的和非正式的，可预测的和意想不到的。

An earthen plinth, nestled into a steep bank, became the foundation for the house as well as the project’s main design gesture. We replicated this concept at various scales by creating a series of complementary terraces and lawns. This augmented topography created distinct spaces that embraced the existing specimen trees, the surrounding landscape, and the river.
Close to the house, natural stone terraces define the gardens and create a formal relationship with the architecture, while the terraces along the separate pool area expand the visual connection to the river. We selected the plant palette to soften the edges of these spaces, enhance their distinctive character, and provide a flowing connection between them. To unite the outdoor spaces with the renovated barn-turned-artist’s studio, we added an orchard. A cutting garden provides additional seasonal inspiration.
The final design creatively balances several dichotomies: old and new, formal and informal, predictable and unexpected.