Singapore beyond the luxury of Orchad road and The Marina Bay Sands

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Stadium' MRT station. The architecture and design of public venues in Singapore represents and communicates power and authority. It depicts the relationship between government and citizens. Transformation of the landscape is like re writing history in both intellectual and emotional terms. Color, surface, texture, proportions and dimensions become symbols of high status, great wealth and overarching authority.

Lian Shan Shuang Lin Temple.
China wants to get some extra islands but they are already 75% of the population in here! In the 80s they were 40% but now they have almost doubled. The government opposition argues the Lee Ruling Family has promoted Chinese immigration in their aim for a Chinese Singapore. The Chinese temples are essential elements of the

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Artificial waterfall in Jurong bird park.
Singapore's “clean and green” campaign has become more visible and more aggressive over the years, more artificial landscapes emulating natural sceneries are being built across the island. Societies create landscapes in their own image and Singapore aims to be a green tourist destination. “Artificial landscapes can be microcosmos of the larger landscape, but the larger landscape can also be conceptually organized as an extension of the artificial one”.

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Singapore beyond the luxury of Orchad road and The Marina Bay Sands

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