Tuesday, December 12, 2017

Hanoi's koi cafe has a thriving ecosystem complete with an aquaponic garden

This café in Hanoi, Vietnam, hides a koi aquarium behind a traditional tile façade that resembles fish scales. Farming Architects designed the space as a small ecosystem with an indoor waterfall and an aquaponics vegetable garden. The café is nestled in an existing three-story building in Hanoi to which the architects added a steel frame. Its ground floor houses the fish pond filled with colorful koi carp, known as the Japanese national fish. The seating area next to it provides direct views...

from Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building https://inhabitat.com/hanois-koi-cafe-has-a-thriving-ecosystem-complete-with-an-aquaponic-garden
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