Deniz Önel

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The Terrace

The terrace in terracotta, copper planters running along the parapet

Wicker furniture, soft light, and outdoor vases designed and made to measure in oxidised copper.

An adjustable bioclimatic pergola, 4.5 by 4.7 metres and 3.2 metres high, in a Corten finish, with semi-opaque roll-down awnings and roof blades that open to 135 degrees.

Materials

  • Oxidised copper
  • Corten steel

Specified

Planting and a palm above the rooftops
The length of the terrace, planters on both sides
Rattan seating under the pergola, terracotta underfoot
The pergola blades half open, shadows falling across them
The blades closed: a screen of fins against the sky
A rattan armchair and drum table below the pergola
Armchair and daybed in the shade of the blades
The seating group with the blades drawn overhead
Chair and table on the terracotta, screen behind
The fins of the roll-down screen, close
The pergola standing free on the roof, planting at its edge
The terrace from the far end, pergola and seating beyond
Blade shadows striping the terracotta floor
The pergola column and the run of planters
The covered seating seen along the terrace
The roll-down awning lowered against the sun
Planting in the foreground, the pergola beyond
Strelitzia leaves against the terracotta and the pergola
Sofa, armchairs and drum tables under cover
Cushioned seating with the rooftops beyond the parapet
The terrace open to the city, planting along the edge
The covered room at the end of the terrace
A sun lounger against the planting, the city behind
Copper planters running the length of the parapet
Prickly pear and agave in the made-to-measure planters
A cordyline in the foreground, the terrace running behind
Daybed and woven drum tables in the afternoon
Agave in oxidised copper, close
A lounger drawn into the sun beside a palm
Planting along the parapet above the roofs of Florence
The fire bowl filled with pale stones
Cactus and sansevieria in a copper planter
A fan palm in a round copper vessel
Mixed planting along the parapet, a neighbouring roof beyond
The oxidised copper skin of a planter, its weathering close
The doorway from the apartment onto the terrace
Sofa and woven tables, the parapet planting behind
The terrace with the pergola at the far end, rooftops all round
Armchairs and tables under the pergola at dusk
The pergola lit from within as the sky goes blue
Planting lit from below, the pergola beyond, blue hour
The pergola against a deep blue sky, seating lit beneath
Sofa and tables under the lit blades at dusk
The covered seating glowing at blue hour
The open terrace at dusk, planting silhouetted
Seating and drum tables in the evening light
Planting lit along the parapet after sunset
The covered end of the terrace lit for the evening

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