GARDEN DESIGN CHALLENGE - Genius Loci
Design challenge for capturing the sense of place in a garden
Brief
Create a garden capturing the genius loci of its context.
The garden is for Charles and Janet. They are in their late 40’s and have a child primary school.
They inherited a property in Carlton, Vic, Australia from their deceased father. They would like to capture the history of the suburb and their father’s life in the garden. Their father started in a factory job making smallgoods. He had a passion for coffee and trains.
They are willing to do approximately 1 hour of maintenance a week.
Functionally they would like
somewhere to eat outside for up to 8 people and
a small shed for their garden tools.
Play spot for the child
Fruit and / or veg
Outputs
Board of Inspirational images that captures the colour scheme you are trying to
At least 4 schematic sketches
A coloured final schematic sketch