Comments on: Movie: Chris Wilkinson on Gardens by the Bay http://www.dezeen.com/2012/10/15/movie-chris-wilkinson-on-gardens-by-the-bay/ architecture and design magazine Wed, 22 May 2013 15:23:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Smith http://www.dezeen.com/2012/10/15/movie-chris-wilkinson-on-gardens-by-the-bay/comment-page-1/#comment-1015197 Smith Sat, 27 Oct 2012 14:32:00 +0000 http://admin.dezeen.com/?p=255161#comment-1015197 No it is hit by the sun, a lot. A greenhouse in the tropics, just daft! It uses a lot of energy and has the feeling of an airport or shopping mall rather than a winter garden upon which it is based. A terrible use of the word sustainable.Theme park or fashion statement at great environmental cost is what I would call it. The avatar steel trees are also odd. If you want trees plant trees the tropics have such a fabulous range of exciting species so why not create a real garden of diversity. Still the mangroves that they destroyed to make this "eco bling" park are, oh wait, yes they were destroyed in the process. There was an article in the Singapore Architect Journal which questioned this area under the idea of deep ecology along with the rest of the marina bay development. No it is hit by the sun, a lot. A greenhouse in the tropics, just daft! It uses a lot of energy and has the feeling of an airport or shopping mall rather than a winter garden upon which it is based. A terrible use of the word sustainable.Theme park or fashion statement at great environmental cost is what I would call it.

The avatar steel trees are also odd. If you want trees plant trees the tropics have such a fabulous range of exciting species so why not create a real garden of diversity. Still the mangroves that they destroyed to make this “eco bling” park are, oh wait, yes they were destroyed in the process. There was an article in the Singapore Architect Journal which questioned this area under the idea of deep ecology along with the rest of the marina bay development.

]]> By: Nouf .A http://www.dezeen.com/2012/10/15/movie-chris-wilkinson-on-gardens-by-the-bay/comment-page-1/#comment-1009426 Nouf .A Mon, 15 Oct 2012 14:47:00 +0000 http://admin.dezeen.com/?p=255161#comment-1009426 I thought that this building will suffer from excessive heat, but later I noticed the structural elements. This building will not be exposed to the sun directly because the structural elements draw shadows on the glass to make it partially shaded. When structural system is designed we come up with such a unique shape. I thought that this building will suffer from excessive heat, but later I noticed the structural elements. This building will not be exposed to the sun directly because the structural elements draw shadows on the glass to make it partially shaded. When structural system is designed we come up with such a unique shape.

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