布斯登（Boothden）是一个历史悠久的酒店，俯瞰着罗德岛的佐酮涅河（Sakonnet River）。业主要求将其装修过的房屋搬到水面附近，为接近，观察和转移这个景观创造了新的机会。我们的目标是创造一个平衡物业的历史和自然特征的景观，让业主以新的和鼓舞人心的方式与土地联系。

坐落在一个陡峭的银行的土底，成为房子的基础以及项目的主要设计手势。我们通过创建一系列互补的梯田和草坪，在各种规模上复制了这一概念。这种增强的地形创造了不同的空间，包含现有的标本树，周围的景观和河流。

靠近房子，天然石梯子定义了花园，并与建筑建立了正式的关系，而沿着独立游泳池区域的露台扩展了与河流的视觉连接。我们选择了植物调色板来软化这些空间的边缘，增强其独特的特征，并在它们之间提供流畅的连接。为了将户外空间与装修过的谷仓艺术家的工作室结合起来，我们增加了一个果园。切花园提供额外的季节性灵感。

最终的设计创造性地平衡了几个二分法：新旧，正式和非正式，可预测和意想不到的。

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.

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.

Collaborators: Andreozzi Architects

Images: Anthony Crisafulli, LJLA