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Clockwise from left: The Japanese Satoyama Life garden (left); The Soft Machine’s exercise bike, used to pump waste water to filters; and its bog-style planters which also filter water
Natural harmony The winner of the Best Artisan Garden award, Satoyama Life, was an expression of the importance of living in harmony with nature in modern times. Designer Kazuyuki Ishihara drew inspiration from Satoyama, an area that lies between the lowlands and the mountains in Japan, where residents live a simple life attuned to nature. Kazuyuki used a thinning out technique traditionally used in Japanese flower arrangement to highlight the plants and deciduous trees that bud all at once in the Satoyama. The design should inspire spas wanting to showcase sustainability in their green spaces.
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Satoyama Life Designer: Kazuyuki Ishihara
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Biodiversity fun Designed by ecosystem specialist Tomaz Bavdez, inspiration for The Soft Machine garden’s title came from the William Burroughs novel of the same name, where ‘soft machine’ is a synonym for the human body. Primarily created for processing and recycling waste, the garden design and engineered eco- system offers opportunities for gardening, exercising, enhancing biodiversity and a novel way to recycle waste – the energy created by a person cycling on an exercise bike pumped waste water to the filtering units. With the ground and the bog-style planting serving as additional water filters, this bold garden would be an inspired addition to any spa wanting to offer guests the opportunity to participate in biodiversity at its most interesting and fun.
The Soft Machine Designer: Tomaz Bavdez
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