Firm Philosophy
Firm Philosophy
Atelier JBN is a full-service landscape architecture firm providing design
and project management services for a wide range of landscape projects
from residential to commercial, institutional to public, from small-scale to
large in scope and complexity.
Atelier JBN’s design approach is to marry the human elements with the land.
This is achieved by developing a palpable landscape design framework.
This holistic approach results in a design which is a total integration of the
land, building, plants, paving, and structures—the man-made and
naturalistic elements.
For instance, when designing a residential garden the connection of the
house to the landscape is made through the garden; the garden becomes
the intermediary between the house (man-made) and the surroundings
(nature). With the framework of the garden more defined near the house the
elements of the architecture are grounded to its surroundings. As one goes
further from the house the garden framework beings to blend more
imperceptibly into the land until the garden is completely integrated with
the land. The connection of the house to the land is made through the
garden, the development of the garden framework.
This framework can take, for instance, a more rigid geometrical form such as
a grid, or more loosely as a repetition of color or texture. It is within this
“imposed” framework that the landscape takes form, is perceived and felt,
and organizes the outdoor space. This human element connects and
integrates the buildings and man-made elements to the landscape. A
landscape design without an integrated framework is simply floating shrubs
and flowers and a jumble of man-made elements.
Such an approach to landscape design is practiced by contemporary
French Landscape Architects. The variety of type and scale of projects
undertaken by these Landscape Architects is evident of the adaptability of
this method to producing functional and beautiful landscape designs. And
though the integration of the man-made to the natural through the
landscape is the product of this approach it is by no means solely a
“naturalistic” design. The idea is to make the landscape understandable,
readable, functional, and relatable through the evident landscape design
framework.
This approach to Landscape Architecture is not limiting but flexible
availing itself to any type and size of project. A landscape which responds
to the architectural and man-made elements and to the land, vegetation,
and natural surroundings (if present) results in a seamless integration of the
outdoors and indoors.
Atelier JBN is a full-service landscape architecture firm providing design
and project management services for a wide range of landscape projects
from residential to commercial, institutional to public, from small-scale to
large in scope and complexity.
Atelier JBN’s design approach is to marry the human elements with the land.
This is achieved by developing a palpable landscape design framework.
This holistic approach results in a design which is a total integration of the
land, building, plants, paving, and structures—the man-made and
naturalistic elements.
For instance, when designing a residential garden the connection of the
house to the landscape is made through the garden; the garden becomes
the intermediary between the house (man-made) and the surroundings
(nature). With the framework of the garden more defined near the house the
elements of the architecture are grounded to its surroundings. As one goes
further from the house the garden framework beings to blend more
imperceptibly into the land until the garden is completely integrated with
the land. The connection of the house to the land is made through the
garden, the development of the garden framework.
This framework can take, for instance, a more rigid geometrical form such as
a grid, or more loosely as a repetition of color or texture. It is within this
“imposed” framework that the landscape takes form, is perceived and felt,
and organizes the outdoor space. This human element connects and
integrates the buildings and man-made elements to the landscape. A
landscape design without an integrated framework is simply floating shrubs
and flowers and a jumble of man-made elements.
Such an approach to landscape design is practiced by contemporary
French Landscape Architects. The variety of type and scale of projects
undertaken by these Landscape Architects is evident of the adaptability of
this method to producing functional and beautiful landscape designs. And
though the integration of the man-made to the natural through the
landscape is the product of this approach it is by no means solely a
“naturalistic” design. The idea is to make the landscape understandable,
readable, functional, and relatable through the evident landscape design
framework.
This approach to Landscape Architecture is not limiting but flexible
availing itself to any type and size of project. A landscape which responds
to the architectural and man-made elements and to the land, vegetation,
and natural surroundings (if present) results in a seamless integration of the
outdoors and indoors.
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