"Water is sometimes sharp and sometimes strong, sometimes acid and sometimes bitter, sometimes sweet and sometimes thick or thin, sometimes it is seen bringing hurt or pestilence, sometime health-giving, sometimes poisonous. It suffers change into as many natures as are the different places through which it passes. And as the mirror changes with the colour of its subject, so it alters with the nature of the place, becoming noisome, laxative, astringent, sulfurous, salty, incarnadined, mournful, raging, angry, red, yellow, green, black, blue, greasy, fat or slim. Sometimes it starts a conflagration, sometimes it extinguishes one; is warm and is cold, carries away or sets down, hollows out or builds up, tears or establishes, fills or empties, raises itself or burrows down, speeds or is still; is the cause at times of life or death, or increase or privation, nourishes at times and at others does the contrary; at times has a tang, at times is without savor, sometimes submerging the valleys with great floods. In time and with water, everything changes" - LEONARDO DA VINCI
Water is such an integral part of our existence that it is no wonder that we include references to water in language and in our environments in the form of pools, fountains, paintings, sculpture, and audio/visual media. The Romans built great pools and baths into their water distribution systems; many of these baths were ingeniously run by gravity and had complex systems for heating and cooling.- they served both practical and social functions in the dry Mediterranean climate. It was a perfect mix of function and aesthetics.
As educated experts in this field we have developed skills in construction, site design, architecture, architectural history, art history, landscape architecture, civil engineering, mechanical engineering, structural engineering, electrical engineering and spatial planning. This blends with our expertise in areas such as graphics, 3D modeling, surveying, soil science, horticultural management, materials selection, and business operations.
As the Philadelphia areas most experienced, technically advanced and well respected swimming pool designer and contractor we have been selected to create and renovate many of the regions most challenging and prestigious projects. In the last few years we were selected to manage and install the largest estate installation in the region as well as work as part of the design team. In 2007 Outerspaces was selected to handle the design and construction of all the exterior element for the regional larges home, and in 2009 we were selected to oversee the renovation of several of the major water features at the residence of John D. Rockerfeller in Kykuit New York. Virtually every major estate project in the Philadelphia area has Outerspces handling one or more parts of the landscape, fountain , or swimming pool construction. In 2010 OuterSpaces participated for the first time in the Philadelphia International Flower Show with a display featuring a contemporary luxury roof top outdoor space. This design featured several glass water walls and perimeter overflow spa that created the effect of a big black mirror. For our efforts we were awarded the both the Top Trophy for best in show and the prestigious Alfred M. Campbell memorial trophy.
