Commercial Landscape

Japanese garden  for a hotel

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Concept

This front yard project was designed as a representative landscape space for the hotel — a garden that shapes the first impression and immediately communicates the level of the property.

The key objective was to enhance the hotel’s status and recognisability through a strong landscape identity and carefully composed views from the main interior spaces, particularly the lobby and public areas.

The garden is experienced not only from the street but also as a living composition seen through the building’s primary windows.

The design is based on Japanese garden principles and organised as a sequential spatial experience. A torii gate becomes the central visual and symbolic element, marking the entrance and guiding the main pathway through the garden. This route defines movement while creating a transition into a calm, contemplative environment.

Along the path, key compositional accents are placed:

– stone elements and a stepping-stone pathway
– a tsukubai as a moment of pause and focus
– compositions with bonsai-inspired forms
– red Japanese maples that create a strong visual identity and seasonal expression

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Plants, stones, and open space work together as a unified system — restrained, well-balanced, and layered to create depth and perspective.

The garden reveals itself differently from each viewpoint: in motion, at rest, and when observed from inside the building.

As a result, the front yard becomes part of the hotel’s brand identity — a calm, recognisable, and carefully crafted landscape that enhances the architecture and conveys a sense of quality, intention, and attention to detail.