About
Querc
/kwerk/
a peculiar trait
a flourish or showy stroke
an abbreviation of Quercus, latin for “oak”
a peculiar trait
a flourish or showy stroke
an abbreviation of Quercus, latin for “oak”
Studio
/studioʊ/the workroom of an artist or designer
a place for study or experimentation
a space to gain knowledge through attention
Founded by Brendan Ayer, Querc Studio is a central Ohio-based landscape and garden design practice working to consider the potentials and ambitions of outdoor spaces large and small.
The name “querc” pays homage to the oaks, an immensely resilient, supportive, and fascinating group of trees. It also signals a playful nature to designing and occupying the landscape, because we learn more and have more fun by embracing the unique qualities of people and places.
Querc works with small properties and extensive estates, with any range of budget, because we believe that projects anywhere in these ranges have great capacity for ecological performance, collaborative existence, and aesthetic delight. We thread new ideas through existing and established gardens, imagine wholly new spaces, tinker and reframe ideas from traditional styles, and push forward with thoughtful and more-than-human modes of garden-making. We do this because there’s always something that can be done better, severed lines of knowledge and ecology to be repaired, and exciting new places to find beauty.
Brendan received his Master of Landscape Architecture from The Ohio State University and has held various roles in the imagining, making, and study of landscapes since 2017. In addition to his design practice, he currently teaches at OSU with a focus on the deeper understanding of and engagement with the primary elements and agents of landscapes, be they plants, people, climates, and time. If he had to distill our design process to a phrase it, would be: figure it out (methodically, spatially, relationally).