3 Crescent Preserves
Site-specific stormwater retention sculptural environment design and installation – Governor’s Club, NC
- Completion Date: July 1996
- Media: Stone, soil, mulch, gravel, sand, found wood, and cultivar plants
- Location: The Governor’s Club, Chapel Hill. NC
- Client: Mr. and Mrs. Wolfgang Lotz
- Dimensions: 2.5 ft (H) x 36 ft (W) x 150 ft (L)
- Budget: $10,000
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Innovative to the standard approach to stormwater management at the time, this concept required the excavation of three large holes along the steep entry drive that rose up to the residence. The three crescent forms and connecting rills were sculpted into the hillside and native stone was used to line the cuts. This unique rock garden design concept used a retention/detention approach that virtually eliminated stormwaater problems by channeling the runoff from the surrounding hillside into the sculptural landscape. The implementation of the design addressed the client’s desire to solve major problems of hillside washing while creating an aesthetic entrance that supported a wildlife habitat and created a structure for a personal garden of annuals and perennials. Installation completed by Layne and Joe Hardesty Landscaping, Raleigh, NC.
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"My sculptural environments are aesthetically pleasing site-specific artworks that connect nature and culture by employing the three legacies for regenerative and sustainable design of (1) environment: natural systems, (2) education: experiential systems, and (3) engagement: cultural systems. By using a variety of art media and fabrication methods to create sculptural open spaces that are intended to support personal rejuvenation and inspiration, my sculptures provide venues for environmental learning and community celebration.”
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Environment, Education, Engagement
Michael Roy Layne, Ph.D., RLA, ASLA
Environmental Sculptor • Landscape Architect • Community Artist
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135 South Main Street
Warrenton, North Carolina 27589
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442 S. Main Street
Warrenton, North Carolina 27589
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