KA’AETÉ • CABINET TO LIVING ECOSYSTEM
Convert a cabinet into a paludarium or vivarium
Can a wooden cabinet become a tropical paludarium or bioactive vivarium? KA’AETÉ documents a real cabinet conversion into a living ecosystem with land and water zones, plants, microfauna, arthropods, arachnids and a small fish world.
Paludarium, terrarium or vivarium?
A terrarium generally focuses on terrestrial habitat. A paludarium combines terrestrial and aquatic zones. Vivarium is a broader term for an enclosure designed as a living habitat. KA’AETÉ combines these ideas while focusing on an interconnected ecosystem.
What does a cabinet conversion require?
Water-resistant surfaces, an aquarium section, ventilation, lighting, humidity and condensation control, drainage, animal-proof openings, structural support, safe electrical installation and maintenance access all matter. Follow the real build and the engineering decisions behind it.
Images from the world of KA’AETÉ
Seeing comes before understanding. These images connect plants, micro-life, water and animals into one living system.
