Main Contractor : Houthoff Zoo Design
We have just been working on an indoor koi pool for a private customer somewhere in Holland. The project included a waterfall, some poolside rocks, mudbank, planters and a dead tree.
Koi pool waterfall and tree
Rock detail and planter
As rockwork artists, we often find ourselves searching the web for reference pictures. Matching a habitat to an animal is usually the first stage when developing a project. Matching a species to a geographical locale is a high consideration as is rock texture, form and colouring. Nobody wants to see animals kept in concrete cages anymore and thankfully, forward thinking zoo’s now invest more time and money into species specific habitats.
This early research also works for other artificial environment reproductions wether it be an aquarium, theme park attraction or whatever. Often the client doesn’t know exactly what he or she wants. Gather a collection of reference images and it will prevent a lot of grey areas as the project develops.
The following ten images were accumulated whilst researching a project which required heavily stratified rock formations.
