URBAN LANDSCAPE DATA COLLECTION

The AIM  of this assignment is to establish  a comprehensive urban landscape images based on the case study of Singapore.

The OBJECTIVES

•  To study on urban landscape components and elements
•  To establish a web system for urban landscape studies (introduction, literature and images)
•  To manage data collection on urban landscape in the web system

Places we have visited on the 1st day in Singapore

VIVO CITY

VivoCity is an iconic retail, entertainment & lifestyle destination that constantly surprises and stimulates visitors with its vibrant mix of retail and entertainment concepts. It features wide, open spaces for waterfront relaxation and entertainment, and a full calendar of exciting festivals and events that will draw both locals and foreign visitors.

The name, “ VivoCity” Is derived from the word, “ vivacity”, evoking a lifestyle experience that is modern, stimulating and accessible to everyone, a place bubbling with energy and flowing with vitality.

HOW TO GET THERE?

Located conveniently by the Ayer Rajah Expressway, there’s a host of transport options to get you to our doorstep.VivoCity is only a 5 minute drive from the CBD and a mere 10minutes from Orchad Road.

BY CAR

From the east Coast Parkway Expressway (ECP) Ayer Rajah Expressway (AYE), take the Keppel Road exit. Head towards Telok Blangah Road and follow the road signs leading to VivoCity

From Woodlands

Take Bukit Timah Expressway (BKE) and head towards Ayer Rajah Expressway (AYE). Exit at theTelok Blangah exit. Follow the road signs leading to VivoCity.

From Singapore Changi Airport

Take East Coast Park Way Expressway (ECP) and head in the direction of Telok Blangah exit. Follow the road signs leading to Vivocity

From Tuas

Take Ayer Rajah Expressway (AYE) and head in the direction of Telok Blangah exit.Follow the signs leading to VivoCity

BY BUS

Service

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BY MRT

Take the Nort East Line, and alight at the Harbour Front Station

BY TAXI

There are two taxi drop-off and pick-up points to ensure the ease of getting a cab

VivoCity Plan

MARINA BAY 

Sky view of Marina Bay

 Marina Bay is planned with greenery all around – from the outdoors to tree-lined pedestrian malls, city rooms, sky terraces and roof gardens. As a waterfront ‘Garden City by the Bay', Marina Bay enhances the image of Singapore as a garden city.

 Besides setting aside land for parks and gardens, specific attention was also paid to the ambiance and value of individual developments. A landscape master plan has envisioned Marina Bay to be filled with lush landscaping, with each district characterized by a different natural theme based around the colors of gold, pink and green, creating a multicolored, multi-sensory garden environment for all to enjoy. Beside that it's also provide some respite from the urban landscape.

 Places surrounding of Marina Bay

Place we have visited on the 2nd day

Orchard Road

Orchard Road is the main shopping street of Singapore. North of the Singapore River, to the west of the Central Business District, Orchard Road turns into Bras Basah Road as it heads east.

Orchard Road is named after the nutmeg orchards that used to line it in the 1830s, one of them coincidentally belonging to a Mr Orchard. Large trees still shade the road, providing a modicum of relief from the heat. Fortunately, Orchard Road has an extensive network of underpasses that connect many of the malls providing even more shelter from the blistering equatorial heat and, on occasion, rain.  

HOW TO GET THERE?

The MRT stations of Orchard, Somerset, Dhoby Ghaut and City Hall on the North-South Line follow the alignment of Orchard Rd. Change to the North-East Line at Dhoby Ghaut or the East-West Line at City Hall. 

reference:  http://wikitravel.org/en/Singapore/Orchard

BUGIS STREET

Bugis, the city state of Singapore, known internationally from 1950 to the 1980's for the assembly of trans woman every night, a phenomenon that makes it one of the major tourist destinations and attractions to Singapore in the period.

In the mid-1980s, Bugis Street underwent major urban redevelopment into retail complex of modern shopping centers, restaurants and nightlife vendor-lane mixed with regulated back on the streets. Dig underground to build the Bugis MRT station

Today, the original Bugis Street is cobblestoned, relatively wide space between the building flanked shopping Bugis Junction. Instead, paths are considered as "Bugis Street" by the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board in fact developed from New Bugis Street, and billed as "the largest location-shopping street in Singapore". An attempt by the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board to bring back the former glamor is not successful. Although the road is not well-known tourist destination, it is frequently visited by tourists and Singaporeans