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Project
Alamo Heights, Texas
A curbside drink.
The street rests. The land drinks.
Completed 2024
3 units
Persimmon · prickly pear · native edibles
Operating now
Three residential dry-creek bioswales in Alamo Heights. The slope was read before any line was drawn. Limestone armors the channel. Muhly grass and lindheimer catch the October light. Persimmon and prickly pear hold the food line. Twenty thousand gallons absorbed per storm — provision in the most ancient sense, dressed in restraint.
- MaterialsLimestone chert · engineered media · perforated underdrain
- PlantingPersimmon · prickly pear · agave · muhly · native edibles
- Capacity~20,000 gal absorbed per rain event
- MaintenanceOne pruning + sediment check per year
§ 02
Project
Towne Twin Village · San Antonio
A public watershed.
Water builds the room. Shade fills it.
In partnership with SAHA
12 kW PV · 48 kWh Castellum
Operating now
In partnership with the San Antonio Housing Authority. A central catchment feeds an aqueduct that distributes water across acreage of native canopy, perennial planting, and gathering nodes. The whole site graded so every drop lands where it should. At dusk: path lighting up, salvia and lantana humming with bees and hummingbirds, limestone retainers aging into the soil. Water provided. Shade earned. Ecology compounding.
- PartnerSAHA · Towne Twin Village
- MaterialsLimestone retainers · permeable paths · native canopy
- SystemsReservoir + gravity-fed irrigation + PV canopy
- UseOutdoor recreation · gathering · shade
§ 03
Project
Johnson Ranch · Bulverde, Texas
A working symbol.
The lotus opens. The aqueduct holds.
Completed 2026
28′ diameter · 8 brass petals
8,000 gal rain-captured cistern
Operating now
A 28-foot lotus fountain and brass aqueduct system at a working Hill Country ranch. Hand-formed petals, rain-captured cistern, 14 months from concept to flowing water. Overflow feeds two perimeter rain gardens. The hardest single problem in the build was tuning petal angles for water tension — the first prototype set held standing water and bred mosquito larvae in three weeks. The final geometry tested through a Hill Country summer. Beauty and function are not separate categories in ecological work.
- MaterialsBrass · reinforced concrete · quarry limestone
- SourceRain-captured · 8,000-gal cistern · gravity-fed where possible
- OverflowFeeds two perimeter rain gardens · 3 storm events captured
- MaintenanceQuarterly inspection · petal-tension check seasonally