Gardens
By The Bay
Singapore
Gardens by the Bay (Chinese: 滨海湾花园; pinyin: bīnhǎi wān huāyuán; Malay: Taman
di Pesisiran; Tamil: வளைகுடா தோட்டம்) is a park
spanning 101 hectares (250 acres) of reclaimed land[1] in central Singapore,
adjacent to the Marina Reservoir. The park consists of three waterfront
gardens: Bay South Garden, Bay East Garden and Bay Central Garden. The largest
of the three gardens is Bay South Garden, standing at 54 hectares (130 acres). An
international competition for the design of the master plan, held in January
2006, attracted more than 70 entries submitted by 170 firms from 24 countries.
Two firms – Grant Associates and Gustafson Porter[2] – were eventually awarded
the master plan design for the Bay South and Bay East Gardens respectively.
Source Wikepida
Sculptural
elements
There are any number of weird and wonderful sculptural elements dotted
throughout the Landscape in Gardens By The Bay, ranging from the dramatic
sculpture of the floating boy by Marc Quinn as seen in the picture above, to the ingenious
driftwood sculptures of James Doran-Webb, to the Chrysanthemum flower goat
figures dotted amongst the flora displays celebrating Chinese New Year (Time of
Visit February 2015) to fiery dragons and sharp clawed perching eagle.
This post its contents and pictures is the copyrighted property of David Keegan 2015 ©
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