ARROYO SECO

A complex campus for a single-family home creates the opportunity for a multi-layered landscape. Building on the indoor/outdoor living imperative embodied in the mid-century architecture of the original structure, a series of outdoor spaces flow from one to another throughout the expansive property. The crisp geometry of the primary circulation and patios serves as a transition from architecture to landscape, and paired with winding paths and informal trails, creates a natural hierarchy of movement. Filled with oaks and redwoods, and influenced by the proximity to the Arroyo Seco of Pasadena, the garden’s warm palette of low-water need native, subtropical and Mediterranean plantings knits together a boundless and continuous landscape from the surrounding indigenous vegetation.