When the Loveland Living Planet Aquarium in Draper, Utah set out to immerse visitors in living habitats, Boulderscape sculpted entire worlds from shotcrete — 40-foot Banyan trees, ancient ruins, dunes, ponds, and hoodoos — 19,000 square feet across 15 custom finishes, installed in just 17 days at 25% savings.
The Loveland Living Planet Aquarium wanted far more than display walls — it wanted immersive ecosystems that transport guests into another world. Boulderscape answered with sculpted shotcrete: a single material shaped into entire habitats, from towering trees to weathered ruins.
To bring each ecosystem to life, our artisans developed 15 distinct finishes paired with 8 custom color schemes, hand-sculpting every surface to match its habitat — bark, stone, sand, and rock, each rendered in shotcrete and stained to read as the real thing.
Across the project our team installed 40-foot Banyan trees, ancient ruins, dune formations, hoodoos, ponds, water features, walkways, and railings — all in shotcrete. In just 17 days, 19,000 square feet of sculpted environments came together, delivering 25% average savings over traditional construction.
From towering trees to weathered ruins, the Loveland Living Planet Aquarium shows what sculpted shotcrete can do when imagination sets the brief. At Boulderscape, shotcrete isn't just a structural solution — it's a precision tool for turning imagination into immersive, sculpted reality.
