So we're going to start by talking about the base or the floor plan. That's where you start your design. Everything is organized in this two dimensional view. And then we start building up walls, hedges, fences, or whatever it takes to keep the garden the vertical interest. So this is a plan we did some time back, showing how all of the spaces relate to each other. This is the way you come in and the pathway that leads to the door.

This is the resident itself and then the backyard in the patio. Stairs coming down to sunken patio area here. I have a love low seating wall that helps to separate the patio from the loan, yet you still have the pathway to get through and access the loan. So visually, you have the low wall that defines both spaces. We have the built in fireplace on this side as well. The elevation of the hole sight was about two meters.

So we had to build a retaining wall to terrorists and support the whole front area. So everything's organized, and I can relate to the floor plan. So as you are designing, and you're working on your sheet of paper, you're working on this to the realm, so to speak. Yet at the same time, you have to be visualized in this 3d garden that you're designing. And you also want to see build at some point in the future. So all of this really is part of the design, organizing on the floor plan, getting the shapes to really relate to each other, and then taking this and turn it into this 3d entity.

Coming up, we're going to look at some photos on how materials can affect the perception of the design. But for now, just look at the base plan. You're organizing there and turning it into 3d space. Okay, so that's all for this lesson. Thank you very much for watching. I can't wait to see the next one.