Maple Street
An urban residential backyard precedent by Bergen Street Studio, combining a raised wood deck, integrated water feature, and bluestone pavers to maximize compact outdoor space.
- What we like about this project
- A small scupper fountain feeds directly from the deck framing into a concrete basin below.
Materials
- wood
- concrete
- bluestone
- painted-brick
- steel
Visual identifiers
- wood-deck
- water-feature
- bluestone-paving
- painted-brick-facade
- cable-rail
Style tags
- contemporary
- urban
- residential
- vernacular
Visual tags
- urban-garden
- backyard-deck
- residential-landscape
- courtyard
- renovation
- Geometry
- Multi-tiered urban backyard with a raised wood deck leading to a painted brick townhouse rear facade, featuring an integrated water feature and bluestone ground pavers.
- Facade system
- Painted white brick rear facade with dark trim punched windows and a bay above.
- Structural guess
- Timber framing on concrete foundations for deck and water feature basin.
- Spatial scale
- Intimate residential scale suited for a private urban backyard.
- Lighting
- Diffused overcast daylight casting soft shadows and highlighting wet surfaces in the water basin.
- Atmosphere
- Serene and green urban sanctuary hidden behind a historic townhouse facade.
- Environmental context
- Dense urban townhouse back-alley garden flanked by neighboring masonry walls and mature trees.
- Spatial experience
- The transition from paved ground level up wide timber steps creates a layered sequence that connects interior living space with a compact, lush urban courtyard.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal deck steps and vertical cable railing balance against the multi-story masonry backdrop.
- Style reading
- Contemporary urban vernacular renovation
- Program
- Townhouse rear yard and deck
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- wood, concrete, bluestone, painted-brick, steel
- Visual identifiers
- wood-deck, water-feature, bluestone-paving, painted-brick-facade, cable-rail
- Style tags
- contemporary, urban, residential, vernacular
- Visual tags
- urban-garden, backyard-deck, residential-landscape, courtyard, renovation
- Geometry
- Multi-tiered urban backyard with a raised wood deck leading to a painted brick townhouse rear facade, featuring an integrated water feature and bluestone ground pavers.
- Facade system
- Painted white brick rear facade with dark trim punched windows and a bay above.
- Structural guess
- Timber framing on concrete foundations for deck and water feature basin.
- Spatial scale
- Intimate residential scale suited for a private urban backyard.
- Lighting
- Diffused overcast daylight casting soft shadows and highlighting wet surfaces in the water basin.
- Atmosphere
- Serene and green urban sanctuary hidden behind a historic townhouse facade.
- Environmental context
- Dense urban townhouse back-alley garden flanked by neighboring masonry walls and mature trees.
- Spatial experience
- The transition from paved ground level up wide timber steps creates a layered sequence that connects interior living space with a compact, lush urban courtyard.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal deck steps and vertical cable railing balance against the multi-story masonry backdrop.
- Style reading
- Contemporary urban vernacular renovation
- Program
- Townhouse rear yard and deck
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture