Connecting Garden and Home-Multiple Levels of Meaning
A meaningful setting for the home grows both from a particular place--created from elements in the regional context--and from the mind and artistic desires of the owner. The nature of the site must be studied and organized--into plots and subplots, into centers and dualities, boundaries and paths--before building can take place.
The first step in understanding and working with a building site is the recognition that there are three types of assemblies possible on any lot; built form--house, garage, shed; man-made gardens; and the unstructured landscape.