一个五层楼的排屋位于一个密集的住宅布鲁克林区，一个花园在城市内创造了一个逃生，并提出了在自然中流浪的感觉。微小的现有空间被毗邻的房子变暗，两侧被一个不稳定的12英尺砖墙包围，并且没有相邻排屋的隐私。
        在施工期间，设计师发现了一个大的19世纪雨水池，放弃和在胶合板下面。所有来自花园和褐砂石屋顶的雨水径流现在被送入水箱，逐渐渗入水中。工程稳定柱保留了历史的砖墙。
          花园的受保护的城市微气候在较冷的月份比周围的城市温暖，并支持像山茶花和ape木等植物，这通常不够耐纽约的冬天。树冠提供隐私，在夏季冷却花园露台和房子，并为鸟类创造了一个栖息地。

         Behind a five-story row house in a dense, residential Brooklyn neighborhood, a garden creates an escape within the city and suggests the feeling of wandering in nature. The tiny existing space was darkened by bordering houses and enclosed on two sides by an unstable 12-foot brick wall, and there was no privacy from the adjacent row houses.

          During construction, the designers discovered a large 19th-century rain cistern, abandoned and under plywood below grade. All of the stormwater runoff from the garden and from the brownstone’s roof is now routed into the cistern and gradually seeps into the water table. Engineered stabilizing columns preserve the historic brick wall.

         The garden’s protected urban microclimate is warmer than the surrounding city in the cooler months and supports plants like camellias and crape myrtles, which are typically not hardy enough for New York’s winters. The tree canopy provides privacy, cools the garden terrace and house in the summer, and creates a habitat for birds.

         Mica schist paving reflects sunlight back into the garden. Planting is layered to create a forced perspective that enlarges the perceived space. Moving away from the traditional notion of a backyard as space for recreation and outdoor cooking, the design creates a space for relaxed meditation.