To dissolve the boundary between the villa’s stone history and the living breath of the lake.
The mandate was silence. The client requested a floral intervention that felt as though it had grown alongside the 18th-century stonework, rather than being imposed upon it. We selected 3,500 individual stems of Wisteria floribunda to create a cascading ceiling that mimics the surface tension of Lake Como itself.
Engineered on a custom tension-wire grid invisible to the naked eye, the installation appears to float. The palette—soft violet, bruised clouds, and champagne—responds to the changing light of the Lombardy sun, creating a living fresco that breathes with the wind off the Alps.
Fig 01. / Textural Study
Fig 02. / Concept Sketch
Fig 03. / Final Installation
Fig 04. / Light Interaction
"The hanging gardens transformed our estate into a dreamscape. It is botany elevated to fine art."
— The Owner
