Designed in collaboration with Celeste Umpierre Architects, this tranquil Jackson Heights was envisioned as an outdoor extension of the living room and dining space. An ideal entertaining space, the family and their guests are treated to a peaceful vista of neighboring trees and houses that feels like an extension of the city rather than an escape.
The beautiful mature multi-stemmed Birch was held over from the previous iteration of the space and served as an anchor around which we could build a new vision, and serves as an organizing element in the middle of the space to bridge the paved lounge area and soft surface of the no-mow Carex lawn. Fences were designed with optimal air circulation in mind to both deter mosquitoes and allow cooling summer breezes to add to the enjoyment of the yard. Beneath the surface, a French drain captures stormwater runoff from the driveway retaining it on site and out of the sewers.