On The Bay / WIP

Virginia

It's not uncommon for us to work with an architect on a team of design consultants for a common client, but on rare privileged occasions, we get to design the personal property of an architect. This client has a beachfront property where it not only overlooks the bay, but the house happens to straddle two non-tidal wetland conditions. This is a dynamic site with sensitive natural systems to protect and enhance, in junction with added recreation program for its inhabitants. The proposed elements of our design include:

Extensive native plant palette edited down to meet our client’s specific site environment & wetland type footprints. Other regional nursery stock is utilized in compliment to geometries of program footprint and native site environment.
Maximize and enhance usable pedestrian recreation spaces and tight vehicular footprints, as well as create a hardscape armature and framework that facilitates better/more definitive access between beachfront and house plinth footprint areas.
Wetland footprints are preserved and enhanced with native plantings, as well as engaged with opportunities for pedestrian exploration and observation of the existing fluctuating natural systems of the site environment.