South 7th Street

Aspen, CO

Services Provided

Landscape Architecture

Design Elements

Alpine Stream Ditch Design, Metal Fin Landscape Structures, Pool, Spa, Terraces, Fire Feature

Collaborators

ZGroup Architects, Mark Waldron Photography

Perched above Castle Creek and at the base of Shadow mountain, this site was perpetually in shadow and begged for a delicate landscape touch. Proposed throughout the site is an artistic display of metal fins that slice through the earth, creating terraces, gardens, and usable lawn space. The entry experience features a vertical and material threshold that repurposes a large boulder kept on site with a slice of metal appearing to cut through it. The back upper terrace features a patio-level fire feature with a metal panel displaying the outline of the river below. Helping to transition the challenging grade are a series of slices at the hillside garden and at the lower lawn – creating clear distinctions between the manmade and the natural.