Guardian Cities Instagram Takeover

I took over the awesome account of @guardiancities this week to give their followers a glimpse of how extreme density has pushed local designers to take urban greenery to a whole new level (literally). Check out my takeover posts below!

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Live from the equator: Singapore-based designer @jonthearchitect is taking over @guardiancities this week to give us a glimpse of how Singapore hangs onto its title of Garden City. Extreme density has pushed local designers take parks into the sky, such as with this verdant, multi-use building. . #guardiancities #city #cities #WOHA #gardencity #singapore #architecture #architecturephotography #architectural #green #greenbuilding

A post shared by Guardian Cities (@guardiancities) on Mar 12, 2018 at 12:22am PDT

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Gardens by the Bay is Singapore's future central park, built on reclaimed land in the middle of a forthcoming downtown expansion. It’s filled with gigantic manmade “super trees” to compete with the scale of the surrounding skyscrapers. @jonthearchitect taking over @guardiancities this week! . #guardiancities #city #cities #gardencity #citystate #singapore #supertree #gardensbythebay #garden #green #park

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80% of Singaporeans live in public housing, including @jonthearchitect, who is taking over @guardiancities’ Instagram this week. This 40+ storey tower features a self-shading pre-cast concrete facade to temper the harsh tropical sunlight. Sky garden “villages” at multiple levels encourage social interaction within the massive complex. . #guardiancities #city #cities #singapore #apartment #tower #building #publichousing #towerblock #architecture #design

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Stacked on top of a cluster of performing arts venues like a layer cake, the upper levels of this public arts school in Singapore have gaps built in, through which breeze and daylight filter through. @jonthearchitect taking over @guardiancities this week! . #guardiancities #city #cities #singapore #school #greenbuilding #greenroof

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The centrepiece of Gardens by the Bay is an ultramodern greenhouse, built around an artificial mountain with a colder climate as you ascend to the top. It’s basically the garden of the future. @jonthearchitect taking over @guardiancities this week! . #guardiancities #city #cities #greencity #singapore #park #wilkinsoneyre #gardensbythebaysg #gardensbythebay #sg

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The Parkroyal on Pickering is one of Singapore's most iconic #gardencity hotels, with lush natural landscaping at many levels of the building, which is shaped to evoke natural land formations. @jonthearchitect taking over @guardiancities this week! . #guardiancities #city #cities #Singapore #sg #green #greenbuilding #hotel #gardencityhotel

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