A farm or a resort?
‘About Ayer Matahari Sdn Bhd‘ page is still getting the most hits in this blog. Many questions received and ‘what is next?’ is the most commonly asked.
With wild experiences in aquaculture and a lot more accumulated hours designing artificial environment for the past 25 years, so….what is next?
Back to the principle of amalgamating the logic of sciences and eccentricity of art. Can these be married into one? This is the next thing that I am working on… a Frankenstein project to incorporate the nature of farm production in a resorty world. Too much wasted as I can see in a resort design allocating generous spaces for open environment without a productive return. What productive returns are we referring here? Can the decorative ponds be made for swimming or even fish culturing? Can the scrubs be more fragrance to soothe the surrounding? Can the landscape environment be more educational? In other words can landscape design to be more functional?
Lets start with water in a development project. Water bodies are meant to be functional and not just a cosmetic for marketing. It is also not to be ‘feng-shui’ about as where to place, what shape, what fish and a lot more whats and ifs. It is meant to soothe the surrounding and more importantly to be functional. If you like a pond with fishes, do it, have it and enjoy it. The bigger the better and do more if they please you. Why not?
To be functional, ponds can also be used to grow fishes. Small ponds for ornamental fishes like goldfish, gouramies and a host of other hobbyist fishes. Larger ponds can be used for a small scale and low density farming. Today, there are some special fishes that are made for farming like the hybrid tilapia. Grow them for food. Yes..food.
Well, with a resorty outlook, 7-star villas, creative landscaping and of course a functional water bodies with fish swimming about to be harvested soon for dinner. This is what we are doing next. It’s BendangKu.
Bill Bensley once said to me, “If it is nice, do more.” Yes, for functional landscaping, more are coming. .
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