luni, 6 octombrie 2014

Grădina palatului Știrbey Vodă din București


Acum 70 - 80 de ani grădina palatului Știrbey de pe Calea Victoriei arăta precum și-o amintea Eliza Brătianu într-o descriere atât de vie încât simt gustul micșunelelor. Acum... arată ca grădina "Éden"...

"Închisă din toate părțile, răspândind miros de liliac și salcâm, grădina era plină de micșunele. Privighetorile cântau și o broască țestoasă uriașă pășea agale, iar deasupra capului se auzeau zbârnâitul zmeelor din vecini, ceva atât de caracteristic Bucureștiului de atunci (...). În ceea ce mă privește, păstrez o amintire duioasă a unui taxus bătrân ale cărei crengi atârnau până jos, oferind o excelentă ascunzătoare pentru a citi povești (...). O lume întreagă de descoperit! Mi se pare că în această grădină romantică, pe care doauă generații succesive au lăsat-o să se prăpădească, am simțit pentru prima dată plăcerea de a trăi, acea emoție și moleșeală care pun stăpânire pe noi odată cu primele zile frumoase de primăvară."

Arhitect peisagist:  Karl Wilhelm Meyer

“The Man with the Beautiful Eyes” by Charles Bukowski


when we were kids
there was a strange house
all the shades were
always
drawn
and we never heard voices
in there
and the yard was full of
bamboo
and we liked to play in
the bamboo
pretend we were
Tarzan
(although there was no
Jane).
and there was a
fish pond
a large one
full of the
fattest goldfish
you ever saw
and they were
tame.
they came to the
surface of the water
and took pieces of
bread
from our hands.

our parents had
told us:
“never go near that
house.”
so, of course,
we went.
we wondered if anybody
lived there.
weeks went by and we
never saw
anybody.

then one day
we heard
a voice
from the house
“YOU GOD DAMNED
WHORE!”

it was a man’s
voice.

then the screen
door
of the house was
flung open
and the man
walked
out.

he was holding a
fifth of whiskey
in his right
hand.
he was about
30.
he had a cigar
in his
mouth,
needed a shave.
his hair was
wild and
and uncombed
and he was
barefoot
in undershirt
and pants.
but his eyes
were
bright.
they blazed
with
brightness
and he said,
“hey, little
gentlemen,
having a good
time, I
hope?”

then he gave a
little laugh
and walked
back into the
house.

we left,
went back to my
parents’ yard
and thought
about it.

our parents,
we decided,
had wanted us
to stay away
from there
because they
never wanted us
to see a man
like
that,
a strong natural
man
with
beautiful
eyes.

our parents
were ashamed
that they were
not
like that
man,
that’s why they
wanted us
to stay
away.

but
we went back
to that house
and the bamboo
and the tame
goldfish.
we went back
many times
for many weeks
but we never
saw
or heard
the man
again.

the shades were
down
as always
and it was
quiet.

then one day
as we came back from
school
we saw the
house.

it had burned
down,
there was nothing
left,
just a smoldering
twisted black
foundation
and we went to
the fish pond
and there was
no water
in it
and the fat
orange goldfish
were dead
there,
drying out.

we went back to
my parents’ yard
and talked about
it
and decided that
our parents had
burned their
house down,
had killed
them
had killed the
goldfish
because it was
all too
beautiful,
even the bamboo
forest had
burned.

they had been
afraid of
the man with the
beautiful
eyes.

and
we were afraid
then
that
all throughout our lives
things like that
would
happen,
that nobody
wanted
anybody
to be
strong and
beautiful
like that,
that
others would never
allow it,
and that
many people
would have to
die.

luni, 4 august 2014

Curtea școlii

Ca tinerii școlari să fie relaxați și să gândească mai limpede, le trebuie mult aer curat.
Vrem mai mulți copaci în curtea școlii, ca să crească confortul termic pe timp de vară și să respirăm un aer mai proaspăt.
Mesaj către creatorii de grădini: Vrem mai mulți copaci!

Un proiect cool pentru curtea unei școli din Zürich, dar vrem mai mulți copaci.




aici

Fresh out of the garden

Rudbeckia and sage



Time for the blue poppy


miercuri, 23 iulie 2014

Copacul câștigă...în Cadiz


Într-adevăr copacul câștigă, dar stăpânul casei fără ferestre cu siguranță va fi puțin mai trist... noroc cu lămâiul. 



miercuri, 25 iunie 2014

Summer view


Casa plantelor...si a oamenilor


Peisagist: Guz Arhitects
Arhitect: Guz Architects
Denumire: Casa Cluny
Locatie: Singapore, Singapore
An: 2006
Suprafata: 1 165 mp

Plante folosite:
Parrotia persica,
Phyllanthus,
Bougainvillea,
Russelia thunbergia





sursa

marți, 27 mai 2014

Peisajul de tranziție

         
          
          Tranziție de la curte la câmp; de la curte la grădina cultivată.  
          Credeti că este nevoie de un peisaj de tranziție între cele două grădini?


Sursă

luni, 31 martie 2014

Grădina piţi


Grădina piţi are un stil clar şi vesel; nu este pe placul tuturor, dar cu siguranţă arată într-un fel.




marți, 11 martie 2014

Mai mult before decât after

Ce faci când îți place mai mult before decât after?


Mai multe lucrări Studio G aici. Au și altele la care after-ul e clar after. Check them!

luni, 10 martie 2014

Arhitectura anilor mici de studenție

Nu zic că e rea, nu zic că eu sunt mai bună, nu zic nimic de rău, dar când am văzut fotografiile mi-am adus aminte de proiectele din studenție. Fațadele minimaliste care arătau ca în pozele următoare.



Și mai multe fotografii aici.
Pedroso House/ BAK Architects