Podere SC
Paths, water and Mediterranean planting connect a stone house to the rhythms of its landscape
STATUS, ROLE, CONSTRAINTS, EVIDENCE
Project record
Stefano Assogna + BIOMA
Garden design and landscape composition, in collaboration with Stefano Assogna.
- Start from the existing stone house and rural structure.
- Connect cypresses, olive trees, slopes and hill views.
- Introduce new elements without dominating the landscape.
- Place
- Toscana
- Year
- 2023
- Status
- Completed
The published evidence covers status, scale, design choices and the available photographic record. No unmeasured performance outcomes are claimed.
What this project illustrates
Residential garden design: connecting the house, paths, water and planting to the rural landscape. This case concerns garden design, not the architectural design of the stone house.
01 / THE PROJECT
The garden extends the house into the Tuscan landscape
Podere SC begins with a rural building, existing trees and a hillside landscape. The project works with these presences instead of treating the garden as a separate composition.
Gravel paths, planted communities and water create a sequence of places for walking, pausing and looking out across the land.
02 / READING THE PLACE
The site already contained the structure of the project
Existing levels, mature vegetation and long views guided the position of paths and places to stay.
The planting follows Mediterranean conditions and seasonal change, allowing the garden to belong to the wider landscape rather than contrast with it.
The garden grows from what was already there
03 / DESIGN CHOICES
Path, shade and water form one landscape system
Each intervention is calibrated to make the site more inhabitable while preserving its rural character.
- 01Paths that follow the ground
Permeable routes connect the house, garden rooms and wider landscape with limited formal interruption.
- 02Plant communities
Shrubs, grasses and flowering perennials are composed in layers suited to climate and seasonal variation.
- 03Shade as a place
Existing trees and new planting define protected areas during warmer hours.
- 04Water as presence
Water introduces reflection, sound and climatic variation within the sequence of the garden.
04 / LIVING THE LANDSCAPE
The garden changes without losing its relationship with the place
Growth, flowering and weather continually alter the garden. Its structure remains legible because paths, trees and views hold the relationship between house and landscape.
A GARDEN ROOTED IN PLACE