NIWA
A Japanese garden with pond, stone setting, and sculpted shrubs

Global-ready / Reference plan for an overseas residence / Year-round

Karesansui and stone-setting reference for an overseas residence

The concept translated karesansui principles through locally available stone, climate-adapted planting, and maintainable gravel areas.

Client request

The client wanted to adapt Japanese garden principles to an overseas climate and maintenance context.

Craft note

Authenticity is not exporting a shape. It is rebuilding the ideas of material, interval, and maintenance for the local place.

A karesansui garden with clipped shrubs and raked gravel
Before / Site reading
A Japanese garden with pond, stone setting, and sculpted shrubs
After / Restored scenery

Artisan

Ishikawa Niwa Atelier

A Kyoto-based atelier designing and building tsuboniwa, roji, and Japanese gardens for machiya houses, hospitality spaces, and overseas residences.

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