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In 2007 there was this really nice animated video … which was a winning entry for a competition taking place in Singapore … this competition shows the green forward looking perspective of Singapore’s urban strategy …  in December 2009 next phase was started … more information’s about this project are available on the official homepage “Gardens By The Bay” … right next to the gardens there is “Marina Bay Sands” designed by Moshe Safdie which is considered to be opened in April this year … even if it is maybe not so visual attractive for sure it is a engineered masterpiece

In “S, M, L, XL” the book by Rem Koolhaas and Bruce Mau from 1995, there is an interesting passage about their thoughts of the urban strategy in Singapore … it helps to understand the current situation and desire of Singapore … last year in November the Icsid World Design Congress took place in Singapore and with this there came a vision from Woha called Singapore 2050 Masterplan

On the official homepage of Gardens By The Bay the goal is described by this words: “Defining Singapore as the world’s premier tropical Garden City.”

By the way the ongoing project of OMA in Singapore: “The interlace residential complex

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