Friday JohnKu – AKA – TGIF – Fri-Yay Good News

~ John W. Howell
Credit Courtesy Finbarr FallonBjarke Ingels Group

Happy Cinco de Mayo. Today’s good news story comes from the Good News Network.

Skyscraper Bursting with 80,000 Plants Opens in Singapore

By

Andy Corbley

 

If you’re planning a trip to the other side of the world’s richest city-state, Singapore’s “biophilic” CapitaSpring tower is now fully bursting with a publically accessible urban forest.

In Singapore’s business district, you have to go 17 to 20 stories above street level to find vast open greenery. On CapitaSpring’s “Green Oasis” floor, accessible to the public, a spiral path winds through gardens and small replicants of tropical forests, like the kind that stood there before Singapore came to be.

On the roof, three rooftop market gardens supply fruits, vegetables, herbs, and flowers to three on-site restaurants, and trees grow in nooks in the building’s facade as often as windows.

Ground broke in 2018 under the supervision of two of Europe’s most significant architecture firms—Carlo Ratti Associati and the Bjarke-Ingels Group.

“Due to the unique character of Singapore’s urbanism—both extremely dense and green—we decided to make the design a vertical exploration of tropical urbanism,” founder Bjarke Ingels said in a statement, adding that the tower is “like a vision of a future in which city and countryside, culture and nature can coexist.”

The 51-story building houses over 80,000 trees and plants across 90,000 square feet of landscaped area.

Credit Courtesy Finbarr FallonBjarke Ingels Group

It reflects the belief of the nation’s founder, Lee Kuan Yew, who referred to the city-state as a “garden city.” Despite 6 million people filling an area smaller than Greater London, plants are easy to come by and are, in fact, a legal requirement in building regs.

The good news here is that if an effort is made in Singapore to ensure a dense Uban area has a proliferation of plants, such an effort can happen anywhere. Today’s JohnKu talks about creativity in urban planning. I hope you have a wonderful weekend.

Our Cities by John W. Howell © 2023

Alabaster lights,

Gleem on the city walkways . . .

Could accent the green.

100 thoughts on “Friday JohnKu – AKA – TGIF – Fri-Yay Good News”

  11. That is a wonderful thing that could be incorporated around the world.
    A friend of mine lives in a condo complex called Tropical North (in Montreal). The condos all have inside balconies that face a huge tropical garden that goes all the way to the top. It’s rather cool (though not accessible to the public, of course.)
    Have a wonderful Friday, John 🙂

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  14. What a brilliant idea! And think of all the oxygen those plants are providing to the building’s occupants! Not to mention their soothing effects. But someone has to water them!

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  15. Wow, I would LOVE to see that! What a wonderful concept, and here’s hoping it catches on world-wide.

    Another great Fri-Yay post, John. Thanks so much for sharing the positive news that’s out there. YOU ROCK, my friend! 😀 ❤ 😀

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  17. Great idea John but I sure would hate to be the guy that has to water all of those plants. Have a good weekend!

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  23. I remember seeing photos of that hotel, but didn’t see information about it. That there’s “a legal requirement in building regs” is surprising, cool, and fascinating. Thanks for sharing something so positive, John. Hugs.

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  31. It’s a great idea whose time is long past coming.
    We have too many half empty sky scrapers in Toronto.
    Since Covid, with many people still working from home, there are some totally empty skyscrapers.
    Some are being turned into condos.
    I’ve always thought some could be turned into vertical urban farming entities.
    Lovin’ the JohnKu!!

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    I’ll be getting my OX shots together, soon. 💋

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