We live in a flat

Many Adults, 1 Boy & 1 Dog's Montessori Life in a Singapore flat

singapore dog blog adopt dog adoption

Tag: architecture

Phoneography Weekly: By design

A colour picture of a church that is monochrome by design.

Phoneography Monday Challenge: Black and White
Apps used: Camera+

Visit lens and pens by Sally to see more Black and White posts.
Or explore previous black and white posts:

Townerville Conservation Area

A little bit of history: The Townerville area comprise mainly terrace houses built in the 1920s. The Art Deco styled 2-storey buildings were formerly used as government quarters but now available for lease. While all the front facade of the units are built to look consistent, habitation gives each unit’s set if windows, door and door grill and the space within a slightly different character.

lush

left behind

sociable

A room for children perhaps.

The back of alley of the row of colonial townhouses.

An extraThe view from our study window where I do these blog posts. There is a colour “art” version on Instagram, if you are interested.

Reference
– http://www.ura.gov.sg/conservation/town.htm

Weekly Phoneography: Population

new vs old flats
Phoneography Monday Challenge: Architecture (challenger’s choice)

New flats less than 2 years old on the left; old flats easily more than 20, 30 years old on the right.

As buildings grow taller, trees are growing shorter.

news infographic on roadside trees in Singapore
Excerpt from The Sunday Times, May 19, 2013

I have written before about the impending removal of some tall Angsana trees downstairs to make way for three new blocks of flats.

Change is inevitable, but I do like trees that stand as tall as 12 to 13 storey flats. When walking the dog, they provide welcome shade in our hot, bright climate although yes, they also harbour poop-dropping birds and life-threatening falling branches when it storms.

roadside trees
roadside trees
 Wherever they stand, trees and the oxygen they produce enable life.

This is the main road junction of our neighbourhood. Look how well the trees obscure the blocks of flats behind them, and then scroll back to the first picture. How hard and stark the buildings are with the small trees. And then I think about the haze and know that I will always still prefer the big trees of life that cleanse the air around us faithfully.

Note: Copyright of the newspaper belong to SPH, I will be obliged to remove the clipping if requested.

Powered by WordPress & Theme by Anders Norén