Paludarium / Wabi-Kusa

An open composition connecting water, humid margins and plants growing above the surface.

Composition language

The aquarium edge dissolves. Aquatic plants transition into emersed growth while surface, humidity and light become part of the room.

Three principles

What really
matters

A soft transition between submerged and emersed zones.

Planting and ventilation matched to the microclimate.

Reflection and surface movement act as another visual layer.

Reference film / Nature Aquarium / ADAview

The film shows the relationship shared by planted directions: landscape scale, negative space and fish behaviour.

Bespoke project