The Meteorite Garden is a fantasy / futuristic concept design for a wetland swimming pool (swimming pond) inspired by the notion of a flooded meteorite impact crater.
Growing understanding of the impact we can have on our own health and the health of the planet, makes a wetland pool the ethically responsible option for future gardens. The wetland pool is a biomimetic concept, which mimics natural ecosystems by using a wetland garden as a living filter to maintain perfectly pure water. The wetland garden and swimming pond form living habitats, which we can share with other beautiful and fascinating forms of life, supporting biodiversity and our symbiotic connection with nature. This pure water and joyful interaction with nature also improves our mental and physical wellness.
Once again, the perfect answer is the simple solution that nature has already invented, ready to be shaped into unique spaces like the Meteorite Garden. This design was inspired by my love of science-fiction, and the song Breeze by The Nine. While listening to Breeze, I imagined walking across the surface of a lake, between the fingers of a half-submerged metal hand. A garden, like any artwork, should describe a narrative, so that the visitor can imagine their own story for the space. My story for the Meteorite Garden is that a meteorite crater has flooded, forming an oasis for strange plant life to overgrow. Later, the space is inhabited by someone who builds the steel and glass walkways. Perhaps they were built by scientists to aid their research, touching the ground lightly so as not to disturb this alien biome.
The crater would be sculpted from something like textured concrete, with a raised circumferential section, to add drama and better describe the devastation caused at the moment of impact. The walkways would be made of anti-slip glass. A group of tall copper pipes would rise out of the water like the fingers of a giant hand, forming the water feature from my original vision.