Dominated by white and green, this expansive villa garden exudes refinement, tranquility, and understated elegance. Years ago, landscape architect Klaus Klein transformed the property, creating a seamless dialogue between residence and garden. Both speak a language of clarity and generous proportions while honoring the need for comfort and personal sanctuary. To preserve the estate's sophisticated character, the abundant planting scheme deliberately restrains itself to just a few carefully chosen colors.

What appears effortlessly idyllic today belies the formidable challenges the redesign had to overcome. The sloped terrain and dramatic eight-meter elevation change posed immediate complexity. The dense subsoil tested the team's innovation further. Then came an unexpected demand: integrating a new classic car exhibition garage built during the house renovation—a factor that fundamentally altered the garden's design requirements. Klein's elegant solution was masterful: he embedded the garage roof into the landscape so that its surface becomes a usable garden extension, complete with a glass pavilion and wooden deck. The result is a nearly imperceptible transition from lawn to roofline—yielding the unexpected bonus of creating significantly greater spatial depth.

Harmonizing old with new, the team also reimagined the upper slope. New pathways and multiple seating areas now invite discovery from various vantage points. "The real magic happens from the living room windows," Klein observes, "where you feel immersed in the garden itself—drawn optically closer to the house." This sense of intimacy was strengthened by removing the former pool, replaced by a generous terrace of polygonal limestone that amplifies spatial depth. Equally distinctive are the abundance of pollinator-friendly trees and plants, choreographed to provide color and life throughout the year.

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Photography Credits:

Ute Stehlmann

(Featured in CUBE Cologne Bonn 01|22)