Alfonso Pérez-Ventana’s Madrid apartment feels surprisingly detached from the city below. Mature trees rise outside the windows, plants spill across a small terrace, and with the doors left open, indoors and outdoors begin to blur. It is an apt setting for the landscape designer, whose work is defined by observation, patience and an instinctive understanding of place. In conversation with Alessandro Laraspata, Pérez-Ventana reflects on the landscapes that shaped his childhood, the lessons he learned at Madrid’s Royal Botanical Garden and why the best things in life are rarely finished.
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