Saturday, March 30, 2024

Landscape and hardscape design around a swimming pool

 

This is a project from 2023 in Orange County. The address and the rest of the plans are not shared for the client's privacy purposes.
The lot has an existing two story house with a rear attached patio cover. The landscape design shows an improvement of the front yard with a continuation of hardscape to allow a (requested) RV parking. There is a transition zone between the proposed permeable pavers, the landscape and the existing slabs.
An open pool house was designed as well, with an outdoor kitchen, a living-fire place area and a bar that is covered by a trellis. I located the fire pit next to the bar, with a round hardscape of permeable pavers, connected to a path leading to the solarium and swimming pool.
Behind the swimming pool, we see a water fall wall with two decorative vase planters on each corner, and adjacent to this wall, a mini golf surrounded by native bushes has been designed. It also has a bridge crossing a pond that gets the water from a round fountain in the planters.
The location of the fountain is in straight perspective with the swimming pool and jacuzzi, as a final point of interest.
The path to the existing storage is informal, with stepping stones and lighting across the grass.

This is the outdoor kitchen and fire place "pool house" floor plan. The barbecue, since it is under a roof, is fully covered and the exhaust is through a chimney. The kitchen walls are full height, one of them next to palm trees. They are hiding the existing swimming pool filters. A stepping stones path next to the planter is proposed behind the pool house to reach the filters. 
Since the sun is on this side during the afternoon, the fire place side walls are lower to allow the entry of natural light. On both sides of the fire place, there are shelves. 
The left side projection is the trellis above the bar seats and the entry of the pool house.
There is a full view of the swimming pool from the fire place area.

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