GARDENS BY THE BAY
Singapore
Like the name this garden lies against the bay (Marina Reservoir). The Singapore government wanted to create a "City in a Garden", they placed this idea for the architectural competition and the two victors were Grant Associates and Gustafson Porter. Their design was completed in 2012. Each section of the of the park has various purposes and thus they the buildings change in order to get the climatic feel for both the audience as well the plants/flowers. For example, the Flower Dome is air chilled through chilled water pipes from the ground slabs while the warm air is vented from the top. It is the largest columnless greenhouse in the world. This is achieved by glass sitting on the steel grid acting like an egg shell. Amazingly, this helps to achieve a Mediterranean climate. Its best for the flowers.
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