Bergamini Residence

Madison, Wisconsin

Over the past fifteen years, the owner of this Craftsman-style home in Madison’s historic Tenney-Lapham neighborhood has invested a great deal of time and energy renovating his property with a blend of historic preservation and personal expression. Frustrated by previous site design attempts, he approached Plandesign in hopes of being more integrally involved in the design process, better relating his site to his home, challenging his own preconceptions and getting a fresh perspective for how various spaces and site elements might be resolved. His objectives for his property were clear: be environmentally friendly, be flexible for everyday living or entertaining, be creative.

Plandesign not only provided the original design for this truly unique outdoor living space, including materials selection and schematic lighting, but also provided continued consultation throughout the construction process, helping the owner and artisans building the project explore new ideas for design details and materials. More than ten tons of Fond du Lac stone, recycled from the old Madison Block and Stone building in northeast Madison, were reused here as patio pavers, stepping stones and veneer for a wood burning pizza oven. Other stone materials were harvested from quarries in Wisconsin and Minnesota. Specific site elements to be resolved included a patio, fire pit, raised planter, wood-burning masonry pizza oven, fence gates, sun and shade gardens, and rain gardens.

Site installation: Nicholas Solutions