3130 S Ocean Blvd

Inspired by Mediterranean coastal settlements, Palm Beach's historic waterfront estates, and the garden villas of Lake Como and Cap Ferrat, this twelve-residence waterfront community is organized around a sequence of interconnected landscape experiences. The development's layered facades, varied building heights, and intimate courtyards are reinforced by a landscape structure that responds to the site's unique condition—surrounded by water on three sides and constructed above a concealed parking structure.
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The architecture is supported by a coordinated landscape strategy built on four connected systems: a restored coastal shoreline, a shared public realm, multi-level private gardens, and a vine landscape that visually ties the buildings to their setting. Along the waterfront, mangroves, tidal shrubs, and native groundcovers stabilize the shore and create a resilient marine edge. Inland, these plant communities transition to a central drive and piazza, linking the waterfront landscape to everyday residential life.

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Permeable cobble paving, specimen canopy trees, layered plantings, and flowering espalier vines soften the architecture and create a shaded, pedestrian-scale setting. Private gardens carry this landscape language throughout the community, while climbing vines and living facades strengthen the sense of a settlement emerging from a mature garden. The result is a timeless waterfront community in which the landscape provides identity, resilience, and a lasting connection to the surrounding waterscape.