Singapore’s Gardens by the Bay is a horticultural mega-project which gives whole new meaning to the term flower power.
It is the final week of the Singapore Flower Festival, and naturally, the highlight of the program was the unveiling of a forest of Supertrees.
The Supertrees are crafted of thick steel branches and range from 25-50 metres in height. Their trunks function as vertical gardens, host to thousands of individual plants including bromeliads, orchids, ferns and tropical flowering climbers; turning Singapore’s Bay South area into a real urban jungle.
18 Supertrees make up the Supertree Grove, and all of them transplant some fantastic environmentally sustainable concepts. Some of the Supertrees are equipped with photovoltaic cells which harvest solar energy and fuel a visual spectacle of glowing light. Others collect rainwater, serve as air exhaust receptacles, absorb and disperse heat, and generate shade. Essentially the design features mimic a real tree. What a heroic design concept.
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