Verdant abundance cascades through this meticulously orchestrated interior landscape where multiple tiers of metallic shelving create a vertical garden ecosystem, the composition establishing a powerf

A verdant cascade of botanical abundance transforms an interior environment into an immersive biophilic sanctuary, where Xinpeng Liu's Moriwei Indoor Landscape orchestrates vertical vegetation across

Vibrant chartreuse foliage cascades from the ceiling structure in dense, fibrous curtains, creating a verdant canopy that establishes immediate biophilic presence within this meticulously orchestrated

Luminous emerald, jade, and viridian hues saturate this meticulously orchestrated interior landscape composition, where the biophilic design principle achieves full expression through the integration

Iron Landscape Planning and Garden Design · 2026

Moriwei Indoor Landscape

by Xinpeng Liu

A' Design Award 2026 Iron Winner in Landscape Planning and Garden Design
Awarded April 15, 2026
CLIENT: Beijing Moriwei Garden Catering Co., Ltd.
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About Moriwei Indoor Landscape

This 230 square meter indoor forest restaurant in Beijing uses walls and ceilings to arrange six green modules, achieving 68 square meters of planting area while occupying only 10 square meters on the ground. The stairwell is turned into a green corridor that guides guests upstairs. Traditional garden techniques are integrated with modern design through shifting scenes and framed views. More than 3000 plants and solid wood elements enable carbon storage. An intelligent system automates irrigation and lighting, balancing aesthetics, function and ecology.

Xinpeng Liu's Moriwei Indoor Landscape engages the contemporary discourse surrounding biophilic design and the reintegration of living systems within urban built environments, responding to growing recognition that human wellbeing benefits from sustained contact with botanical life even within dense metropolitan contexts where access to traditional gardens remains limited. The design demonstrates sophisticated understanding of vertical space utilization, transforming what might be underutilized cubic volume into a productive and aesthetically compelling multi-tiered growing system that maximizes plant diversity within constrained footprints. Compositionally, the work achieves notable success through its rhythmic deployment of horizontal shelving planes that create visual cadence while simultaneously serving functional requirements for plant support and irrigation access, the regular interval spacing establishing predictable order that contrasts productively with the irregular organic growth patterns of the botanical specimens themselves. Chromatic sophistication emerges through the carefully curated plant selection that provides tonal variation within the green spectrum while strategically introducing warm coral and magenta flowering accents that activate the complementary relationship between red-orange and blue-green, preventing chromatic monotony while maintaining overall cool-temperature botanical character. The lighting design merits particular attention for its successful integration of horticultural necessity and atmospheric effect, the recessed fixtures providing adequate photosynthetic support while creating dramatic chiaroscuro that models foliage and generates depth, the dark ceiling receding to enhance the luminous quality of illuminated vegetation below. The visible atmospheric moisture suggests environmental control systems maintaining optimal humidity, evoking the misty ambiance of cloud forests and tropical understories while serving practical cultivation requirements. Thematically, the installation invites contemplation of several interwoven concerns: the possibility of productive beauty where aesthetic pleasure and functional food or oxygen production coexist, the architectural potential of living materials whose growth and seasonal change introduce temporal dynamism into static built environments, and the psychological value of green refuge spaces within urban density where visual complexity and organic irregularity provide respite from geometric severity. The visible urban context glimpsed through glazing at right establishes productive dialogue between interior cultivation and exterior metropolitan reality, neither rejecting urbanity nor fully escaping it but rather proposing integration and coexistence. One might consider how such designed ecosystems redefine traditional boundaries between garden and interior, agriculture and decoration, utility and contemplation, suggesting that these categories need not remain separate but can interpenetrate in mutually enriching ways.

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Unique Properties: This 230 square meter landscape transforms a compact second floor restaurant in Beijing into a lush forest. It features 68 square meters of plants with 90% greenery on walls and ceilings, integrating Chinese garden techniques like changing scenery and framed views.
Using 3000+ plants and carbon negative wood, it creates low carbon eco design. An intelligent system controls irrigation and lighting. The stairwell becomes a scenic journey attracting guests upstairs.
This creates a distinctive dining experience fusing nature, sustainability and technology—a model for urban indoor ecological landscape design.
Dimensions & Packaging: Overall project scale, 230 square meters of indoor space with a total green landscape area of 68 square meters, only 10 square meters of ground occupation. Core technical parameters, the spatial greening system covers nonfunctional areas such as walls and ceilings, creating 6 types of plant landscape modules. The intelligent operation and maintenance system supports remote and automatic irrigation and light supplement, and monitors environmental indicators such as soil temperature and humidity and air humidity in real time. Material specifications, more than 3000 living plants across 60 varieties are adopted, and natural solid wood environmental protection base materials are applied throughout the space to achieve carbon sequestration and material recyclability.
Tags: Indoor landscape design, Forest themed space, Three dimensional greening, Beijing catering design, Intelligent plant maintenance
Production Technology: The design began with in-depth analysis of the 230 square meter space, addressing constraints like low ceilings, fragmented layout and messy pipelines. Volumetric greening utilized walls and ceilings to arrange six plant landscape forms, achieving 68 square meters of greenery using only 10 square meters of ground space while transforming the stairwell into a scenic green corridor.
Traditional Chinese garden concepts were integrated innovatively, applying changing scenery with each step and framed views via large internal glass windows for low-height private rooms, resolving oppressiveness. Eco-friendly materials were prioritized: over 3000 living plants of 60 varieties enable carbon sequestration, while natural solid wood furniture provides carbon storage and recyclability.
An intelligent digital management system combines IoT technology for remote automated control of irrigation and lighting, with real-time environmental monitoring to adjust maintenance strategies dynamically, ensuring long-term sustainability. All techniques balanced aesthetic, ecological and functional demands to create an immersive indoor forest dining space.
Design Challenge: The hardest part was reconciling the large scale forest themed greening demand with the severe physical constraints of the 230 square meter indoor space in Beijing including low ceilings fragmented layout and second floor location The core creative challenge was to create an immersive natural dining experience without sacrificing functional usability which required breaking the conventional flat greening model Externally the limited construction technology for indoor three dimensional greening and strict local environmental requirements for indoor plant survival posed obstacles the lack of mature intelligent maintenance systems for small scale indoor landscapes also added difficulties Internally balancing modern dining space functionality with traditional Chinese garden aesthetic concepts like framed views and dynamic scenery was a key struggle as was ensuring long term ecological sustainability under indoor conditions To overcome these we innovatively adopted spatial greening to utilize nonfunctional walls ceilings developed a custom small scale intelligent operation system for real time environmental monitoring and automated plant care and integrated traditional garden techniques into modern space design We also selected cold resistant low light plant species adapted to Beijing's indoor environment and eco friendly solid wood materials complying with local environmental regulations ultimately achieving a balance of aesthetic functional and ecological goals within the limited space.
Project Duration: This project is located in Beijing, China. The design work commenced in December 2018 and the construction was completed in July 2019.
Operation Flow: The design operates as a unified indoor landscape system integrating three core interactive modules. The spatial greening module functions passively to create immersive visual and sensory experiences. Layered plant landscapes across walls and ceilings produce dynamic scenery shifts as people move through the space, achieving natural spatial transitions and an immersive forest dining atmosphere. The material utilization module engages with the environment sustainably. Natural wood and living plants continuously sequester carbon while forming a recyclable material cycle, delivering long-term ecological benefits. The intelligent operation module enables both automated and manual interaction. It autonomously monitors environmental data as it happens, automatically adjusts irrigation and supplemental lighting, and supports remote manual control through mobile devices for flexible regulation. Key elements include the stairwell green corridor guiding spatial flow, internal framed windows connecting scattered spaces, and the intelligent system's instant data feedback. This integrated approach maximizes underutilized areas to enhance spatial efficiency, alleviates spatial constraints through traditional garden methods, and ensures stable landscape operation through intelligent management. By prioritizing spatial innovation and technological support, the system achieves a superior balance of aesthetic experience, functional practicality, and ecological sustainability compared to conventional indoor designs.
Inspiration: Inspired by Beijing's high rise district lacking greenery, this project creates a natural retreat. The 230 square meter space became a lush forest through Chinese garden principles like changing scenery and framed views.
Blending sustainability with high end dining, eco friendly materials create a low carbon landscape. Japanese culture inspired the greenery. The stairwell becomes a scenic journey attracting guests upstairs. Intelligent management ensures sustainability. The result reinterprets traditional aesthetics for modern spaces, delivering an immersive natural dining experience.