Landscape Architecture

Lucinda Bray and Tyne Martinez, Floralis Garden Design & Landscape Architecture

“Endeavoring to achieve a sense of place despite the design site’s unusual location (perched upon the roof of Serenbe’s Textile Lofts), ‘it was important to establish the feeling of outdoor ‘rooms’-mimicking the architecture inside the penthouse, but also 

carrying that sense of containment past the walls and into the open air,’ explains landscape architect Lucinda Bray, who worked alongside design partner Tyne Martinez to create a cohesive, but multifaceted scheme along the roof’s noticeably sprawling square footage. Transforming a formerly utilitarian- looking plane are artificial turf and lush container plantings of ferns,  succulents and  more that soften the  lines  of the surrounding hardscape. The ground-floor courtyard also received the duo’s expertise-via simple teak furnishings and a custom copper spa. Care of Diamond Spas, the water element is more than accommodating of Mother Nature; it will patina marvelously.”