An Asian styled garden proposal

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Bend in the River

• An Asian styled garden proposal

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Our Goals

• To construct a garden based principally on
  Japanese styles, using modern interpretations of
  the four basic themes of water, plants, rocks,
  and architecture
• To focus on the theme of movement, in continuity
  with the flow of the existing river

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The Entranceway

• A three-piece Asian styled archway
• To emphasize that one is entering into an
  enclosed garden paradise, separate from the
  normal world
• Represents the architectural element of the garden

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The Teardrop Space

• Lines the semicircular stone wall
• Oriental spruce garden
• Ascending spruce shrubs in background, with
  shorter ground cover in foreground emphasizes
  movement principle

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The Pathway and theBorrowed View

• A meandering stone pathway points the viewer to
  guided perspectives, including the teardrop, the
  center Japanese maple tree, the barrowed view,
  and through the stone bed
• Begins at the archway and leads the viewer to the
  first bench
• There is a natural frame of a barrowed view on
  the far side across from the entrance

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The Rock Bed

• To cater to the path of desire, a rock garden
  with a designated pathway will be installed
  between the right of the bridge and the left of
  the archway
• Acts as a dry water feature, simultaneously
  representing our rock element.

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Water Features

• The garden is nestled in the bend of the river,
  which frames its boundaries, acting as the
  primary water feature
• Will include the hosta pond to the right before
  the entrance, filled with white cobble to mimic a
  pool
• The stone bed will have a cobble base, and will
  be designed in the shape of a pond, larger rocks
  will represent islands

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Obscurity and Mystery

• Center island and elevated hill block the view
  from the bridge and obscure the rest of the
  garden from the viewer
• The hidden bench under the dogwood tree incites
  curiosity in the viewer to look for the
  mysterious perspective from above

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Hidden View from Secret Bench
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A Taoist Landscape

• Focuses on binaries through color, texture, and
  height
• Color includes soft tones of green shrubbery,
  with highlights of red and pink flowers
• Texture and color of different cobble highlights
  a water simulation in the rock bed
• The spruce in the teardrop will ascend in height,
  accentuating movement and flow in the garden
• Teardrop similar to TaI Chi symbol of yin yang