Fernando Pozuelo Is Honored with the A' Design Award for Rings Residential Garden in Landscape Planning and Garden Design

The Work

Project

Rings Residential Garden

Function

Residential Garden

Category

Landscape Planning and Garden Design

Discipline

Spatial Design

Industry

Architecture and Sustainability

Colors

Light Slate Gray, Dark Slate Gray, Dark Green, Dim Gray and Gray

Images

5

Client

Fernando Pozuelo Landscaping Collection

The Recognition

Laureate

Fernando Pozuelo

Country

Spain

Recognition

A' Design Award

Edition

2022 - 2023

Design ID

#148224

Credits

Image Credits

Luis Benolier Jorge Gil Variopinto productions

Design Details

Unique Properties

The guiding thread behind this creation is an earthly feeling that grows and culminates in a pure universal love. A place full of beauty that is expressed through allegorical forms, shells, animals and mythological beings transcending into a surreal landscape. Its layout responds to a mathematical synchrony: the garden's golden point weaves a relationship between the Cosmos and a firmament of constellations set into the ground. The braided wicker work and handmade clay-brick floor stand out as a tie between our earthly and universal experiences.

Inspiration

Our client's desire to immortalize their love story, inspired by the myth of Ulysses and Penelope, was done with an organic design, hidden mathematics, handcrafted natural materials and lush flora, culminating in an enriched design of exuberant palm trees, cypresses, vivacious and climbing olives. Bringing forth the connection between universal love on earth and within the universe, connecting the cosmos, constellations and worldly elements, such as water and earth.

Research

After the client contacted us we clearly understood their desire to immortalize their love story by materializing it within the walls of their garden. However, they wanted their 268 meters squared garden to become a utopia of love and tradition. We then decided to do further research into the local traditions and materials. It is a residential castillian town, enveloped in an enriching historical facade, evoking various vital historical moments, such as the order of the knights of santiago and the path of santiago.

Challenge

The hardest part of the design was to clearly unite an abstract and fantasy world to an earthly experience. The client had envisioned a garden which would transport him to a land of fantasy and tranquility. A true tribute to the love he felt towards his wife, and the path they had gone about together. Therefore, we had to be particularly focused on integrating mythological and traditional, exotic and aquatic features, whilst we stayed focused on capturing and portraying their love story.

Realization and Technology

From an integral perspective: original facades, the fountain and the gate were restored, Milky Way patterned-lights were embedded into the paving, handwoven fibonnaci sequence shell-like wicker pergolas integrating misting systems and domotic technology. The pool bottom is covered in mother-of-pearl tile, a blue heart hides a mobile floor capable of emerging as a stage. Innovative domotic technology set in the clay-brick floor, wicker lights and implementing music throughout the garden in order to uplift the scenery and ambience.

Operation and Interaction

A 360º landscape design. We approached the garden from an integral perspective. Taking into account the clients needs and the geographical point it stood at. The transformation took place when we incorporated art work into the garden and elevated the energy level to another dimension. By taking into account and implementing hidden mathematics throughout the whole garden this enabled every part to fit together, just like the swaying waves on the ground. We designed different layers which would bring together the client's love story, fantasy world and earthly experiences by creating a common thread, this being the golden point of the garden.

Project Duration and Location

This project started in November 2021 and finished the 1st of September 2022, in the town of Ucles (Cuenca), Spain.

Specifications

The garden has a total of 268 meters squared. It has a depth of 15 cm and is approximately 15x20 meters (further detail in portfolio). The flora which is integrated in the garden is: Olea frangivento (cipressino), olive bonsai, verbena boreanensis, cornus alba, hakonecloa sp, canna generalis, trachelospermum jasminoides (jazmin star), green and purple heuchera, clemantis, erigeron karvinskianus, carez oshimensis, vivaces, trachicarpus fortunei (palm trees) and grass.

Keywords

Garden, landscaping, Abstract art, Fibbonacci sequence, LED lights, movable pool floor, milky way, Gamma number, functional garden, cosmos, sensitivity, surreal world, waves, handmade clay bricks, cypress olive trees, perennials, hidden mathematics, fountain, , Details, Palm trees, lush vegetation, Love story, allegorical forms,