Predominant species: Camellia ( Camellia sp. ), Myrtle ( Mirtus sp. ) and boxwood ( Buxus sempervirens ) in the main garden, Lonicera ( Lonicera nitida ) and wild vegetation in the path of the Araucaria, acacia ( AACI melanoxilon ), mosses and ferns in the garden of the chapel; myrtle ( Luma appiculata ), Berberis ( Berberis darwinii ) Liberties ( Libertia sessiflora ), cinnamon ( Drimys winteri ), Escallonia ( Escallonia rubra ), nalcas ( Gunnera tinctoria ), acer ( Acer japonica ) and oak ( olbliqua Nothofagus ) in the sector the lagoon.
cottonwoods, and others more hidden and mysterious, like those lining the pond and connecting the different buildings. This is how a series of areas were defined: the garden of the main house, the Araucaria pine walk, the garden of the Montes house, the cherry courtyard, the chapel garden and the lagoon, plus all the park paths. The garden of the main house is structured as a Moorish patio, spatially defined by its façade and the old wine cellar storage. The Araucaria walk is a winding path that climbs from one of the lookout points of the park and gets its name from the impressive Brazilian Araucaria dominating the place. The garden of the Montes house is located in the highest part of the site, serving as a viewing point over the rest of the park and the distant landscape. The chapel garden, amid a grove of acacia farnesiana trees, invites to prayer. To add to this contemplative atmosphere, a small stream joins in, with moss and ferns that form the undergrowth of the green mass. A pond was built on the lowest and more humid part of the land constituting the heart of the park: from there the most important views open onto the hills, integrating this space with the distant landscape which due to its lush vegetation recreates the natural lakes of Southern Chile.
El Roble Park, Eighth Region
The assignment was to design a park for a set of old buildings refurbished as family homes. These included sheds and warehouses as well as two new houses and a chapel which were added. The plot of approximately 5 hectares, with small pockets of native forest, is located between rolling hills with significant tracts of pine trees and vineyards making up the horizon. Since the existing buildings did not relate among themselves or with the landscape, the fundamental task was to surround them with spaces with character taking advantage of existing vegetation, the beautiful views and the rich geography. These spaces connect through a system of circulations generating all the park’s walks. Some more important, as the road facing the main house between old
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