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“Northwest Studio completely failed to make a rooftop terrace; they have given us an immersive park on the roof instead.”
Chasten Fulbright, Blanton TurnerRather than treat the roof as an open terrace, the design builds a layered landscape. Planting is dense and varied—native groundcover with flowering trees at eye level—creating depth, shade, and a sense of enclosure. This once exposed rooftop becomes an elevated garden. The city and the mountain remain present, but they are framed, partial, and discovered through the landscape.
Overhead a light timber canopy filters sunlight and shades a primary gathering space. Smaller and more intimate gather spaces are organized amongst the dense vegetation, screened from one another to offer moments of privacy within a common amenity. The result is an immersive park that gives residents a place of retreat above the busy neighborhood below.