Restoring Nature

Ma’ayan Lifshitz, ASLA, offers a look at her latest project, which restores the natural ecosystem to the land and seamlessly blends functionality with ecological sustainability.

MA’AYAN LIFSHITZ

We were hired by the owners of a property in Texas Driftwood, Texas, to resolve an issue of soil erosion on their land. The initial planning phase had not involved a landscape architect or designer, leading to a lack of consideration for the impact caused from the gutters to the surrounding terrain. Hearing the owners’ hope of restoring the natural landscape and increasing biodiversity on their lot inspired us to suggest creating a unique drainage system. This system ties most of the gutters to one underground pipe that has a concealed exit between rocks. During rain events, the flow appears to come from a natural spring. The water gushes into a small creek and disappears along the property line, then reappears in the front, flowing into a retention basin. Supporting…

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Landscape Architecture (Digital) - 1 Issue, November 2024

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