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Thr oughoutt heyear s,Ihaveusedsi mi l armat er i al sf orgar dendesi gn-st oneasbackgr ound, t r eeasamass,onechosenpl antvar i et i esasaccentandl i ghtaswar mt h. Ever yyear ,Ihavemovedast ept owar dt oamor econcent r at edempt i ness.
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BEAUTYOFEMPTI NESS 2014 GARDENTHEME-UNI VERSAL( GARDEN)DESI GN
Gar den" Beaut yofempt i ness"i sacombi nat i onofdesi gn,si mpl i ci t y ,pr act i cal i t yandt heempt y space.Tocomposeanuni ver salgar den,t her eshoul dbemi ni mum ofel ement si nt hegr een space,whi chof f er sar el axat i onar ea,beaut i f ulvi ewandpl ayofvar i oussur f acest ot r ack. Thei deaoft hedesi gnl i esi ncont r astbet weenl ow andhei ghtsur f aceel ement s.Voi di nt he gar denmustbeaccountf orandbal ancedwi t hl andscapeel ement s.Bycombi ni ngwi t hf ew mat er i al s,i ti spossi bl et ocr eat eawi devar i et yofgr eenspaces.Theuni ver sal gar dendesi gni dea l i esi nf i ndi ngar i ghtbal ancebet weendi f f er entmat er i al s. Desi gnconsi st soff ourel ement s:st oneasacol dt ext ur esur f ace,deci duoust r eesasapl ayf ul andhei ghtcont r astel ement ,veget at i onasagr owi ngandmovi ngmassandl i ghtaswar mt hand ast ext ur er eveal i ngt echni calel ement .
LANGUAGEOFNATURE 2014 GARDENTHEME-COMMUNI CATI ONGARDEN
Nat ur ei nt er act swi t hpeopl e,buti saper sonabl eandwi l l i ngt ol i st enandunder st andt he l anguageoft henat ur e?I nt hi sgar denmat er i al s,sur f aces,shapes,st r uct ur esandaper son whoi sst opst ol ookandl i st enst ot hel anguageofnat ur ear eal lcommuni cat i ngwi t haech ot her . Thedesi gneri nt er act swi t hl andandnat ur almat er i alpr opor t i onsandcr eat esagar den,whi ch communi cat es i n a nat ur all anguage wi t h vi si t or .Does t he gar den est abl i sh di al ogue, under st andi ngandhar mony? Desi gnconsi st soff i veel ement s:st oneasacol dsur f ace,woodasawar m mat er i al ,wat eras apl ayf ulmass,veget at i onasagr owi ngandmovi ngmassandl i ghtaswar mt h.
THEGAMEOFRHYTHM 2013 GARDENTHEME-GARDENAS AWORKSOFART
I nor dert oescapef r om dai l yr out i ne,agar den,apar koranat ur el andscapespaceshoul dbe pl annedi nawayt hataper sonf eel ssaf eandnat ur al .Mygar dent akesobser vert oseasi de pi nef or est ,wer emi ni mal i st i cgar denspacepr ovi desener gyandal l owsmi ndt or est . Pl ayi nga and mi xi ng wi t hr yt hms cr eat es a wor k ofar t ,wher et he empt i ness and l i ght , t hepr opor t i onsoft hegr oups,cont r astandr el at i onsbet weent hest r uct ur eshavebeenusedt o cr eat eagar denofpeaceandser eni t y . Desi gnconsi st soff i veel ement s:pi neasahei ghtandpi neasar oundf or m,gr assesasmobi l i t y ,st oneasasur f aceandl i ghtaswar mt h.