Landscape Design Consulting PC
Visionary Landscape Design for Outdoor Living Spaces
Outdoor Living | Scarsdale, NY
Owner Testimonial: “Sean is a consummate professional. He was presented with a challenging landscape and developed a pool design that was aesthetically pleasing, conformed beautifully to the terrain and was very much in tune with the natural surroundings of our property. We highly recommend his services.” - Bruce & Arlene M.
Above: This project features a 15' x 30' infinity edge pool with integral spa. The design is informed by overlapping constraints including rock outcrops, a wetland, and a compact area defined by setback requirements on a small lot. The process involved town meetings across various agencies and a variance was required to locate the pool in a setback area.
Above: The pool was elevated 8' above existing grade to avoid conflict with an outcrop of rock that would otherwise have required extensive rock chipping; this, in turn, would have been environmentally disruptive to a nearby watercourse and wetland. The elevated pool, in the spirit of opportunities and constraints, informed a dramatic infinity edge and waterfall.
Above: Cascading red foliage of weeping cutleaf Japanese Maples expresses the effect of the water fall into its surroundings, while the choice of color serves as a metaphorical representation of the fire and Water motif. Thoughtful details like these are applied across entire systems to net spaces that embrace their users by mirroring thought and emotion.
Above: Movement, like water spilling over a vanishing edge — or suggested movement, like a staircase that entices passage, is seductive because it triggers curiosity and beckons exploration into the unknown. The emotional aspects of design take years of practical experience to master and cannot be taught or learned in school.
Above: Wide planting beds around the pool and patio address safety concerns, thereby eliminating the requirement for a railing that would otherwise make the space feel boxed in and disconnected from its surroundings. The beds are analogous to rumble strips on the side of a road that tell people, "you are too close to the edge."