SouthBay Transitional by Park Slope Design

Design
Architect: Park Slope Design
Materials
SL-Series Slimline Heaters

Award-winning landscape designer, fine artist and Park Slope founder Joan Grabel is an exhibiting painter who brings her background and sensibility as a fine artist to each landscape design project she undertakes. As one of the featured landscape designers on the HGTV network, Grabel has won accolades from top industry publications and made regular appearances on popular series such as Professional Grade and Landscapers’ Challenge. Grabel approaches each project with a love of color and form, uniting beauty and function, and describes her personal aesthetic as ‘minimalist, but open to interpretation’. She strives to design outdoor spaces that combine aesthetic appeal with an eco-conscious ethos, and a functionality that complements and enriches her clients’ lifestyles.

Before the Renovation Prior to the redesign, the homeowners did not use their outdoor space as often as they desired, due to the windy, foggy conditions associated with living near the beach. With an eye toward providing an enduring solution, Grabel specified materials like Trex® composite decking, LED lights, Greenform® planters crafted from recyclable materials and genuine basalt for the water feature. Goals for Project With every project, Joan Grabel collaborates with clients to develop landscapes that reflect their interests, lifestyles, tastes and goals, while balancing considerations like geography, climate, the home’s architecture and client’s budget. Goals for her work is grounded in an eco-conscious foundation, emphasizing the use of low-water plants, efficient irrigation and hardscape materials that are sustainably sourced. This environmentally-friendly philosophy guides her development of beautiful, livable and durable landscapes that create visual appeal that exists in harmony with nature. The South Bay Transitional design was developed to maximize use of the landscape for clients who enjoyed cooking and entertaining outside.

People are interested in beauty and functional space, and it's how you want to use that space.

— Joan Grabel

Inspirations for the Project
For the South Bay Transitional landscape design, Grabel drew important cues from the name she and her client selected for the project, choosing to incorporate a transitional to modern style characterized by sleek lines and lots of open space.

About the Design
This design was developed to maximize use of the landscape for clients who enjoyed cooking and entertaining outside.

Outdoor Design Approach
To have seamless integration of design, Joan Grabel selects amenitities that complement the space and landscape seamlessly. The outdoor design had to enable the clients desire to cook, dine and entertain outdoors, day or night, all year round.

Integrating Infratech
Joan Grabel selected Infratech heaters for the outdoor kitchen and dining area because they align with the design aesthetic and performance criteria required to make the outdoor kitchen, pergola and deck more useful and comfortable.

"[Choosing Infratech] was really about the designs of their heaters. They’re very beautiful and they’re thin. You can pick the finish, just integrate it into the design and it’s lovely." Joan Grabel