Garden Dreaming is the exhibition that explores the role of nature in Singapore, a green city that keeps evolving
At the National Design Centre in Singapore, until May 31, 2021, the Singapore Design Council presents Garden Dreaming, an exhibition exploring the city of Singapore and its evolution into a “garden city.”
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Singapore, an example of green city looking to the future
Garden Dreaming explores the evolution of Singapore by analyzing some of the city’s projects in urban regeneration and green architecture. The exhibition invites visitors to reconsider the relationship between man and nature and to reflect on how people, with their choices, can improve both their future and that of nature on Earth.
Garden Dreaming: video interviews, projects and insights
The exhibition shows the design system that has allowed Singapore to reconsider the relationship between green and built space. The videos show four interviews made for the exhibition with four highly successful local designers. These four architects talk about the role of nature in their works and suggest new design hypotheses for the future. Moreover, their projects show how innovation in landscaping has improved the situation of greenery in Singapore despite the lack of resources and space.
Below, the pictures of Jurong Lakeside Garden, a project by Ramboll Studio Dreiseit
The interviewees:
Leonard Ng, of architecture firm Ramboll Studio Dreiseit, talks about how landscape architecture can have an important impact in mitigating the effects of climate change in Singapore. Schirin Taraz-Breinholt, of WOHA, discusses the positive and scientifically proven impact of biophilia on people’s health.
Below, pictures of 5-star ParkRoyal on Pickering hotel, designed by WOHA in Singapore
Goh Yu Han, from Salad Dressing, invites us to change our perception of nature. Nature, according to Go Yu Han, is not something to be tamed, but something to coexist with in harmony, to be supported and respected. Architect, landscape architect and professor at the National University of Singapore Yun Hye Hwang explains how “rewilded” spaces, with minimal human intervention, are strategic for encouraging and monitoring the biodiversity of our ecosystem.
Respecting nature to live better
On the walls of the exhibition path there are panels that invite people to reflect on the future of man, cities and nature in relation to them and their development. Is Singapore ready to be surrounded by nature? Are its inhabitants ready to live with its wilder and more complex side? The exhibition encourages reflection on how the green buildings of the future can help generate energy, oxygen, and support biodiversity. And how creating more natural and less built environments can help manage stormwater, support biodiversity, and improve soil nutrition. The exhibition also leads visitors to question the role of the architect of the future and the possibility of investigating environmental health and performance through advanced technologies such as robots, sensors, and remote imaging.
Below, pictures of Enabling Village, a project by Salad Dressing. Enabling Village is a space aimed at people with disabilities, dedicated to education, work and training
Naturalised Garden, a project by Yun Hye Hwang
Photography Credits
Garden Dreaming exhibition: Plus Collaboratives
Lakeside Garden at Jurong Lake Gardens: Ramboll Studio Dreiseitl
PARKROYAL COLLECTION Pickering: Patrick Bingham-Hall
Enabling Village: Salad Dressing (left) and Fabian Ong (right)
Naturalised Garden: Zi En Jonathan Yue
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