Pauline à la plage

Mangels sits in San Francisco’s Glen Park, a neighborhood of steep, shifting topography—the landscape designer’s riddle of riddles. Our task was to turn a continuous slope into a series of terraced, multi-use spaces. The design evolved entirely on site; no master plan could have captured the way each move shaped the next.

Making a garden like this required trust and open dialogue with our clients, collaborators, and the land itself. Each decision made as if painting: guided only by mind, hand, and faith in the process.