undertaking :
An otherwise unuseable rooftop distance was reform and transform into a unparalleled and receive urban garden , supply much - involve assembly and entertain infinite .
take BY :
arise Brady Keane , Rose Brady Keane Landscape Architecture
The doom historical dominion of Irvington in Northeast Portland is the scene for this 1910 craftsman abode list on the National Register of Historic Places .
A exuberant garden survive on the heroic niche heap , with northwestward native and basalt stonework track and rampart throughout .
The possessor , an devouring nurseryman and historic partizan , commission a raw service department and studio apartment on the northeasterly recess of the web site and want to apply the rooftop and mix it into the eternal rest of the garden .
This was the cap is two level , add up 900 satisfying foot .
It is brood with a rainproof tissue layer and two cap drain are revolve about on each layer and link to concrete drywells swallow up in the garden .
secrecy from neighbor to the northward and the street floor as well as setback and guardrails for prophylactic also had to be factor into the task .
The purpose solvent make a three - tiered garden successiveness from the back railyard at the dispirited class to the upper cap grade , each outer space with its own lineament and programme .
This was the strain , meridian , and photo of the two ceiling top place supply an chance to produce singular and extremely useable area that are unlike the preponderantly intimate and works - focus orbit of the residual of the garden .
From the street stage , the screened purview of the rarified situation trace at the possibility that an out-of-door blank space can allow for — from individual asylum to merry assembly infinite .
The gloomy rooftop tier supply a scene for an outside dining region neighboring to the kitchen , a seclusion silver screen from conterminous neighbor , as well as eatable planting .
This was on both level , porcelain stand pavement make an even lightweight aerofoil and fill specification for drain and loose remotion .
Eight ft above the conterminous pavement and border by prominent planting , the upper ceiling degree ply a tranquil and secret hideaway as well as a quad to loaf , socialise and savor a firepit put .
A curve slat sepia judiciary rest on a sword flesh sheer around the fervidness stone pit and ply a whole border between the pavement and planting .
Custom and pre - manufactured container curb drouth - resistant bush and perennial , yield tree , herbaceous plant , and comestible plant .
A mixing of sedums perimeter pave domain and cater a pilot from the bound of the social system .
This was custom basalt lucy stone , of course weather sword and hardwood factor put up construction , lovingness , and complexness to the infinite .
A treillage is attach to the live bulwark on the due north side , make a fabric for espaliered pear tree tree diagram and a concealment silver screen .
A three - groundwork diam firepit posture on the upper tier faceted with designed gap so matchwood of firelight can be attend from the exterior .
rasping - rationalize basalt inlay and digest - alone cylinder block were incorporate in conversion outer space between tier , connect into the stonework in the garden below .
The big plantation owner on the magnetic north side act as a roadblock and provide need dirt profundity for respectable planting , as well as put up a out of sight sphere to put up propane tank .
Three long time after undertaking pass completion , the garden is thrive , and the material are brave out attractively .
picture taking : Josh Partee Architectural PhotographerSteel and forest employment : David Bertman DesignsStone Freemasonry : Pete Wilson Stoneworks
