Project_Review

This is a review of article "Kyneton Kaleidoscope" (Landscape Architecture Australia, issue 110) which also reviewed landscape architecture project done by Sinatra Murphy.

As it is know that landscape architecture deal with various scale and type of project, this contemporary garden designed by Sinatra Murphy Landscape Architects is one of the smallest scale.  Though today many Landscape architecture office mainly deal with large project including constructed ecosystem, infrastructure, masterplan etc,  I am understanding this office deal with many small scale project which I am also quite interested. 

Project: Mount Mary thoroughbreds 

Site: Kyneton, Victoria

The aerial photo of the site which is surrounded by typical Victorian farm lands.

  

The Author Anne Latreille describes three keys to this garden's success in the article.

1. The garden provides all kind of access due to its capacious house where human and horse live under on roof.  It had to overcome the site condition which originally fell away steeply.
2. Their concept that is a series of independent garden.  It was linked very well.
   
3. Flavor of the garden as a whole. ( I understand this as Juxtaposition between design garden and surrounding natural landscape, for instance, home against the surrounding paddocks- green or straw coloured.) 
   

Here I summarised some of the important points which article described with bit of my interpretations.  Please click to enlarge the window.

   The author, in the end, refers to its water-efficient design as the way of the future.  It is also one of my question to many projects that how to incorporate so called "sustainable design" with strongly artistic-driven approaches.  I remember Dr. Darko's one idea that making it look good is one of the most functional element to be sustainable... 

One thing that I want to keep in mind is to construct Aesthetic which people think its beautiful as a designer rather than adjusting the existing beauty too much.  Landscape architect has to seek the balance between them.   I think that this project is certainly the good example of more aesthetic approach which affect one's appreciation toward Australian natural and cultural landscape.

The designer emphasizes the significance of the views in this garden.

"It speaks to the rural landscape- and it brings the power of that landscape much closer to the residence."   (Jim Sinatra)