Site Studies
Morocco
Fall 2024
Our first landscape studio tasked us each with representing a garden we may have not visited before using images and descriptions.
My assignment, the Jardin Majorelle in Marrakech, Morocco, is known around the world for its distinctive color and unique style. Jacques Majorelle curated the garden over the course of his life, and upon his death it fell into disrepair for a time before being purchased by the famed fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent. It has since been featured as a popular tourist destination.
I have not yet visited this garden, but using the internet, Google Maps, and archival pictures I was able to recreate a version of it to distill it down to its most recognizable and remarkable elements. I was able to produce a plan, section, and axonometric, and from there I developed a storyboard to dig into an element that the garden uses to relate to its context.
The diagrams shown here are likely not entirely correct due to the lack of information online and no access to any of the original plans or plant palettes. However, they are useful as representation studies and attempts to communicate concept over accuracy.