Goustan BODIN

Thanks Tosh, you reach me just in time!

Typical spec drawings I found online recommend a drain at the bottom to get rid of surplus water, and I was just thinking: “why do they have this drain at the bottom, the water should be stored there to have the time it needs to get back to the water table, or evaporate through the pavement and cool the…[Read more]

Thanks for your suggestion and your email, Tyler, I sent you an answer by email.

Andrew, thanks a lot for this matter-of-fact information, it’s quite precious.
I’ll find more information and possibly re-think the design: having moving stones is not an option.

After deliberation with my client, we’ll have stone pavers (travertine) with fine open joints (filled w/ pea crushed rock) for the main material.
Strips will be made out of gravel-Lok (or similar) & fine pebbles. They’ll hopefully collect more rain, because downpours in tropical regions are just brutal.
Subbase (crushed rocks on geotextile) will…[Read more]

Thanks Alan

Thanks Tosh, I’ve checked a few videos on Gravel-Lock, and though I’m not very favorable to using chemicals, I must admit the resulting product is quite interesting. I’m now thinking on how to incorporate it, if relevant, to the design. 

Any othe suggestions?

Thanks Miles for updating the thread with more infos and pictures. Congrats on the progress, I’m so glad for you !
I’m just like Jason, hoping  for more details and construction pictures. Can’t wait to see it with plants and life in those rocks !
What ratio between filtration and swimming did you guys go for and why ? How deep is deepest area  ?

Here in Thailand you couldn’t find a single one up until roughly 5 yrs ago. Now the trend caught up and you see them everywhere. There is a new one popping-up every year or so. I believe the trend should spread with the same speed in the Philipines : seeing is believing.

I like these grasses, and in my books it was pictured as P. alopecuroides. But you made me doubt the book (local books not so trustworthy), I had to search the answer and turned to my favorite site: wikipedia.
Pennisetum alopecuroides actually looks like the grass in the first 2 links
Pennisetum setaceum should be the right one 
Pennisetum ori…[Read more]

Good eye, Rob !

It’s Pennisetum Alopecuroides, comes in clumps.
It’s red cousin is Pennisetum setaceum, cv. ‘Rubrum’ (same aspect, bronze red color)

Both available in the US if I’m not mistaken.

I gotcha, like :
Moods in the Landscape: A.E. Bye by A. E. Bye (Jul 24, 2006)
or
Art into Landscape, Landscape into Art by A. E. Bye (Jun 1988)
Thanks ! 🙂

Who is A.E., Henry ?
Title, publishing, year ?
Please 🙂

Attempt much appreciated, Book and comments duly noted, thanks !  😀

Trace One, 
I want to thank you for that very important lesson you taught me today : do not let yourself and your discussion be dragged down into an argument you did not look for.
We spoiled the topic (I doubt anyone will want to share their books after this long digression), but I guess that’s the price to pay for the lesson.
Thank you again.

*edit* time for thinking

thanks

Hmmm, Andrew, not sure I exactly understand what you mean, so please forgive me if I miss the point.
When I came to SEAsia for the first time, I understood that everything I knew about landscape architecture had to do with my cultural background. Here the contrast is so strong that you understand that the way you see and analyse things has to do…[Read more]