Image: Pope's Villa by JMW Turner (1811)
‘...Consult the genius of the place in all; That tells the waters to rise, or fall; ... Paints as you plant, and, as you work, designs...’ Alexander Pope 1688-1744
The Genius loci, loosely translated as the ‘Spirit of the place’, is a concept in architecture and landscape that encourages practitioners to create carefully considered schemes and work which has local ‘vernacular’ sensitivity at its heart, tailored to the place and its people therein
Spaces that compliment and enhance their surroundings
Landscape design sympathetic in colour, texture and form to that which is already present
Spaces that compliment and enhance the surroundings
Taking design ‘cues’ from the existing landscape, history and place
Harmonising with what already exists to develop and improve outside spaces
