The project began when the Perkins&Will design team sought to bring a sculptural garden feature echoing natural topography of earth to the base of the staircase. After learning about Garden on the Wall^®’s 3D Biomimicry Gardens—an innovative product line introduced in 2024—the team reimagined the concept to depict ripples radiating across water as if a pebble had been dropped at its center. The garden’s undulating form was digitally modeled in Rhino with a Grasshopper plug-in and CNC-cut to achieve nature’s organic geometry with remarkable precision.

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Seamlessly integrating with the surrounding seashell-like planter box structure, the composition achieves a sense of visual harmony and motion. The installation’s preserved moss were carefully layered to emulate the gradations of a water surface, while black pebble accents evoke the look of waves reaching the shore. The result is a sculptural piece that appears to move, even as it remains still an extraordinary application of biophilic design and biomimicry in interior architecture.

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Biomimicry, defined as the practice of emulating nature’s time-tested forms and processes to solve human design challenges, serves as the foundation of this installation. At Garden on the Wall^®, the 3D Biomimicry Gardens extend this principle by using preserved foliage and moss sculpted into three-dimensional forms creating immersive, maintenance-free environments that reconnect people with nature.

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