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"Each project is a great moment for me and I am totally committed to each of them. They all carry me and I really care about each of them." 

Cécile Chaltin's enthusiasm is not hidden and contributes to her passion for her profession. She imposes her style through each of her creations.

Timeless and elegant, her creations are combined with opulence and simplicity. Her outdoor creations work, on the one hand, for the calm and harmony of the space and, on the other, for the cascades of "surprises" that animate all her creations.

The guiding principle of the design of landscape architect Cécile Chaltin is to transform the site by revealing its existing features. She harmoniously blends the existing with her own landscape creation for each of her projects. The existing is revealed, ennobled, magnified in its particularities.

She creates ideal and perfect gardens offering dreams far from the hustle and bustle of the hectic life of their owners.

The harmoniously chosen plants play with the beautiful materials of the mineral elements that the landscape architect integrates into her design.

Her gardens are a haven of peace where it is pleasant to settle down. Evolving among the palette of Mediterranean plants, her creations, with a frankly soothing minerality, create surprise and spontaneous mystery.

She elegantly combines foliage and flowers in elegant colours for a result of soft and soothing tones that evolve with noble materials drawn from natural stones, terracotta, pebbles and wood. Her designs play with water and light.

In each of her achievements, the theme is suggested, identifiable and distinguished in every detail.

Her achievements are wellness areas, with a refined décor, places of relaxation. A chic and glamorous atmosphere characterizes each of her creations. Each site is dressed with style, elegance and refinement for a result that magnifies and sublimates it.

Biography

From dream to reality
Landscaping architect, Cecile Chaltin dreams, thinks, creates

South of France and Mediterranean Landscape Architect

Dream… A word often used in the language of Cecile Chaltin, which cannot go without mastering the art of drawing and the use of concepts in order for the dream to be adapted to the site and its constraints. Thus, she ventures freely with her own way of creation where feelings, poetry and refined fantasy provide an enchanting vibe.

Her tastes include intimate atmospheres as well as great and extravagant settings. She is very sensitive to the historical aspect of her creations where she likes to set up vivid ambiances almost theatrically but also pure and plain with strong lines. Always of course driven by emotions.

Enlightened by secrets from the Mediterranean scenery, her creations pursue in their own way the traditional heritage of landscaping: palm trees, olive trees, cork oaks, boxwoods, bougainvilleas… bringing sparkles in her creations. Water, rocks, light and colours remind of the landscapes’ origins. Sculptures, jars, streams, fountains, scents from the leaves and flowers , animate et bring softness to the garden while enhancing paths and alleys: true invitations to take a walk, rest and dream. As she doesn’t claim to belong to any style, it’s the privilege to share her emotions with her clients that leads her in her work. From existing settings, to create a landscape, an exquisite scenery and pure welfare for the eyes, nose and ears. “I love to create projects that totally reflect the customer’s personality. The realisation should understand and respect their aspirations and work with the existing settings at the same time. This art is a huge part of my work.” As a dreamer, she still keeps her eyes wide open for the smallest detail and her projects' realizations prove it. She calls an always renewed miracle when the the realization is showing every details of her design. Every finished realization of her is amazing and she admires when the work is well done. Cecile Chaltin in her quest for esthetic worries about details but also the duration of the work and the financing. An effective team work with the professionals and gardening enterprises that results from 18 years of experience will then be made with always putting the customer's preferences and wishes first.

In her designs, she integrates, creates, and invents lighting that becomes a source of magical spectacles in the landscape scenes. To this, she adds water in all its forms: ponds, water features, waterfalls, fountains, water plays, reflecting pools... all in harmony with lush, decorative vegetation that is always suited to the site.

The starting point of her work is always in perfect respect for the existing site, its environment, and its requirements, whatever they may be.

Her projects encompass a variety of sites and domains. Whether it's private estates, residential or public areas, hotels, urban centers, roadways, schools, or sports fields, her studies and work are always creative and tailored to the specific requirements.

Her creations and accomplishments are guided by a fundamental principle: respect for the client, with a strong connection, attentive listening, and mutual trust, ensuring results that perfectly align with the requested objectives. The same applies to the trusted relationships Cécile Chaltin establishes with other trades involved in her projects, and with every architect present. Each project is a significant team effort.

Finally, Cécile Chaltin makes every effort in the preliminary stages of each project to respect the delivery deadlines of the construction sites entrusted to her.

Finally, Cécile Chaltin makes every effort in the preliminary stages of each project to respect the delivery deadlines and adhere to the pre-established budgets in her work.

This passionate professional admits that she has learned that the art of gardening is an art of wisdom and humility in the face of plants, and of working the soil with appropriate specific techniques. She works for a lasting result, far from the ephemeral. With her experience, she knows that one cannot cheat with landscaping: nature, sooner or later, claims its rights if they are not considered and respected from the beginning of each project. A perfectionist, Cécile Chaltin devotes herself ardently to her creations and achievements, as a true connoisseur.

She is surrounded by her teams of professionals: landscape contractors, lighting designers, electricians, masons, ironworkers, painters, carpenters, cabinetmakers, plumbers, nurserymen, botany specialists, automatic irrigation experts, and materials knowledge experts. Nothing is left to chance.

One of her greatest pleasures is to see the contentment in her clients' eyes when they discover that the landscape architect's dream... has become a reality.

Landscape Architect in the South of France: Cécile Chaltin

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