• The Miller Garden,
Columbus, Indiana: a major work of 20th century modernist design in
America.
• Dan Kiley: influences
of French classicism.
• Inspiration:
André Le Nôtre
• Le Nôtre: an
expert at organizing space on a grand scale.
• Hedges, orchards,
allées organize space for both function and visual pleasure
• Garden rooms extend the
interior plan out into the landscape without interruption.
• Precise geometries give
way to relaxed open spaces of lawn and organized groves.
• Garden rooms have a specific program, yet all are united by a logical order of spatial progression.
• Spaces are logically
proportioned and meticulously organized.
• Functional concerns are
addressed with classic solutions designed in untraditional modern ways.
The
allée of honeylocusts (Gleditsia Triacanthos ‘Moraine’): a
functional solution
Cross-axial
views
• The material aspects of
the garden—unchanged
¢
Application takes on new meaning