My first reaction to Burle Marx’s design here is that it perfectly
integrates the house with Landscape, making it feel a part of the valley. Curving
and swaying planting guides my eyes towards the building where it makes me feel
as though the house is rising out of the ground. The simplicity of the curvaceous
blocks of a single type of plant, with one colour and texture, contrasting with
the complex rainforest behind helps to achieve this. Rather than hundreds of different
species and colours of trees behind fighting for my attention I am focused on
the stark red running throughout the composition. The uncluttered design gives
a feeling of tranquillity nestles with it a noisy forest making me feel as if I was there,
I would feel I would be able to refuge in the calm of the house and garden after
travelling through the forest.
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Filler, M. (2016) The Builder of Jungles, The New York Review of Books, 2 June. Available at: https://www.nybooks.com/online/2016/06/02/roberto-burle-marx-builder-jungles/ (Accessed: 11 February 2026).
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