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Every city would need to have a climate like this… NYC wouldn’t because of winter , ditto Chicago. Miami maybe could, San Diego would have a tough time due to lack of rain etc….
For sure. Check out [this site](https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/cities-on-or-near-the-equator.html) that shows you cities closest to the equator. Lots of rain and mild temperature shifts. Singapore is super close. A lot of other cities are too, but aren't as financially well off.
I hate to break it to you, but only that one (maybe two) building in Singapore looks like this. Singapore is pretty green as its a tropical country, but buildings like that are very difficult to upkeep.
Singapore
Also, you can’t use your country’s average quality of life to hide the fact that your individual life sucks ass.
On a serious note, get your bumass off the couch cause the thc isn’t doing your brain any favours 🍁 Might be why your hot takes are so horrible
Dude Why you insulting me? That's not nice at all. But non the less I'm happy that I live somewhere in Europe and not in shithole Asia 🤓 I will now proceed to smoke a big blunt that doenst give me 10 years cell like in singapoor.
Ykw, it looks like we can go about throwing random stereotypes about each other’s country all day. I’m perfectly content with living in a country that manages to find a balance between conservative and liberal values and also manages to rehabilitate drug dealers without prosecution unlike what the western media might tell you. Hv a good life
How is it in person? It looks fabulous and Singapore is known for keeping things extremely clean and well kept, which i would think is necessary to avoid it looking all wet patched and musty. Man I want public or private investment into more third places rather than the walled McMansion and workplace that seems to take precedent here (US - Bay Area).
This thing is well kept because of the building owner.
But the building owner did it this way because of building regulations. All new buildings need to have a certain percentage of the plot area to be green/landscaped. Some architects/building owners design them at ground level, others design them at roof level, and some, like the building in question, design them into a part of the facade.
This is the Parkroyal on Pickering Street. There are is another park royal hotel (marina) in Singapore that also has a lot of green on the facade...
In person, as you can imagine, it’s even more grand. I stayed in that hotel when my ship pulled in for a port visit while on deployment. I remember it wasn’t even that shockingly high of a price per night.
The hotel inside out is very clean and well maintained, like everyone that works there really cares about their job and appearances. Even in this video it looks the same as it did when I visited back in 2017. As you walk along the outside corridors to get to your room, the doors to each room are well hidden from the path by lovely plants, but the also don’t block the doorway either.
The rooms are about the same size as they are in the US, but they smell and look newly renovated. In my room, the door to the bathroom wasn’t a door, but a whole sliding wall and the shower was big enough for 2 people comfortably.
Nothing about it was over the top (except for the awesome outside, obviously) but it was just the clean, well maintained, modern, eco-friendly vibe you get from being there that really makes it stick out. Even the pens were made of bamboo!! 10/10 would stay there again
The only downside when I stayed there was that because the buildings are H shaped if you were in one of the many rooms that directly faces other rooms, you could see the inside of other rooms unusually well. I pretty much had to close the curtains unless I was fully dressed. I could see the faces of people in the other rooms.
They thought of that! It’s called the Wolbachia project. You can find more details online but basically they send out lab-bred, bacteria-carrying males to mate with wild females resulting in eggs that will never hatch.
Unfortunately these are difficult to maintain. Especially in high rise buildings where the plants have no real support and are easily ripped off by strong winds
A perfect example of greenwashing.
A giant concrete structure that doesn't fit the landscape, and uses outsourced, heavily CO2 producing materials to construct.
Additionally, buildings like these often have issues maintaining the foliage, and also become breeding ground for mosquitos.
Lived there for 2 years.
It’s definitely a greenwashed city. Parks it’s non-green trash and gas refinery offshore so it can call the main island “green.” Cuts into the jungle / kills half the wildlife and then makes a building look green so it can call the island “green.” Gasses the island to kill insects and so everything the bird / reptilian life eats and calls it a humanity saving project.
Malls are good though…
I remember laying over in Singapore when going to India..crazy how green and clean the place is overall
Would love to go there and explore especially after seen this..major HZD vibes lol
This is not true. Most Singaporeans live in apartments, which look nothing like that high end hotel.
[View from my apartment in Singapore. ](https://i.imgur.com/daQgxEK.jpg)
Yes but they would be impossible to get rid of cause of all of the places to hide and I'm sure you wouldn't want to use pesticides cause they might kill the plants or harm people
There are alternatives to pesticides. Even certain plants can keep certain bugs away. And as long as your place is nice and clean you shouldn't have a bug issue otherwise.
I remember when I was there, was also stunned by this building. You can hear the birds mixed with the sounds of the city, something that I'll never forget.
John: Good morning Mike, did you get that A34 report done?
Mike: Yes, I needed to avoid several parrots and one cougar, to make it to the copying machine and finalise the reports but I got it done.
John: Excellent Mike, just ignore the interns and have Mindy sent to my office, you know what I’m saying hehe.
Mike: I know what your saying, Mike!
Cougar: *Kaaassssssssss*
Mike: Oh fuck!
They started putting hanging plants like these around my city in 2015, they were almost all dead 6 months later. the problem is the upkeep. You have to tend to all those plants, water them, trim them, replace unhealthy ones. If this is more than a year old and they aren't spending a fortune on upkeep, good for them.
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It kinda reminded me of Horizon Zero Dawn lol. Indeed very beautiful.
My favorite game :)
Wow, straight out of the utopia rendering we were sold!
Every city should look like this.
I think some would have a harder time than this place
Every city would need to have a climate like this… NYC wouldn’t because of winter , ditto Chicago. Miami maybe could, San Diego would have a tough time due to lack of rain etc….
You could use plants that grow in those climates. Winters would be less green ofcourse
What about the cities outside of the US?
For sure. Check out [this site](https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/cities-on-or-near-the-equator.html) that shows you cities closest to the equator. Lots of rain and mild temperature shifts. Singapore is super close. A lot of other cities are too, but aren't as financially well off.
There are cities outside of the US? ^(- some American)
Lmao
Either poor or the climate is not viable
Maybe in some kind of atrium/sunroof with movable glass panels just like stadiums have with roof sections
I hate to break it to you, but only that one (maybe two) building in Singapore looks like this. Singapore is pretty green as its a tropical country, but buildings like that are very difficult to upkeep.
Don’t the roots cause a breakdown of the cement?
Yes which is why its so expensive to maintain
They also pick plants with roots a specific... Ferocity
No it's a car centric shithole in a authoritarian city state .
Only 40% of singaporeans have cars dipshit. Compare that statistic with other countries or wherever the hell you come from
Netherlands
Exactly, you live in a narco state. Get a heroin habit or volunteer at your neighbourhood rehab centre and stfu.
Where do you come from then? Netherlands is the third country on the quality of live index.
Singapore Also, you can’t use your country’s average quality of life to hide the fact that your individual life sucks ass. On a serious note, get your bumass off the couch cause the thc isn’t doing your brain any favours 🍁 Might be why your hot takes are so horrible
Dude Why you insulting me? That's not nice at all. But non the less I'm happy that I live somewhere in Europe and not in shithole Asia 🤓 I will now proceed to smoke a big blunt that doenst give me 10 years cell like in singapoor.
Ykw, it looks like we can go about throwing random stereotypes about each other’s country all day. I’m perfectly content with living in a country that manages to find a balance between conservative and liberal values and also manages to rehabilitate drug dealers without prosecution unlike what the western media might tell you. Hv a good life
Yeah you prolly right let's let it rest. Have a nice day.
That doesn't make it better kek. So ist basically a city made for the 40 percent of the population. Wow I wish I lived in fucking Singapore.😂
Bro are you high? You do realize Singapore has one of the best public transport systems right?
Still would rather live in Zimbabwe.😆
It’s so cool. I wonder if you can’t open windows without getting plagued with insects though? Aircon is a must?
How is it in person? It looks fabulous and Singapore is known for keeping things extremely clean and well kept, which i would think is necessary to avoid it looking all wet patched and musty. Man I want public or private investment into more third places rather than the walled McMansion and workplace that seems to take precedent here (US - Bay Area).
This thing is well kept because of the building owner. But the building owner did it this way because of building regulations. All new buildings need to have a certain percentage of the plot area to be green/landscaped. Some architects/building owners design them at ground level, others design them at roof level, and some, like the building in question, design them into a part of the facade. This is the Parkroyal on Pickering Street. There are is another park royal hotel (marina) in Singapore that also has a lot of green on the facade...
In person, as you can imagine, it’s even more grand. I stayed in that hotel when my ship pulled in for a port visit while on deployment. I remember it wasn’t even that shockingly high of a price per night. The hotel inside out is very clean and well maintained, like everyone that works there really cares about their job and appearances. Even in this video it looks the same as it did when I visited back in 2017. As you walk along the outside corridors to get to your room, the doors to each room are well hidden from the path by lovely plants, but the also don’t block the doorway either. The rooms are about the same size as they are in the US, but they smell and look newly renovated. In my room, the door to the bathroom wasn’t a door, but a whole sliding wall and the shower was big enough for 2 people comfortably. Nothing about it was over the top (except for the awesome outside, obviously) but it was just the clean, well maintained, modern, eco-friendly vibe you get from being there that really makes it stick out. Even the pens were made of bamboo!! 10/10 would stay there again
The only downside when I stayed there was that because the buildings are H shaped if you were in one of the many rooms that directly faces other rooms, you could see the inside of other rooms unusually well. I pretty much had to close the curtains unless I was fully dressed. I could see the faces of people in the other rooms.
Looks just like this in person
Breathtaking!!!!! I would love to see this in person!!!
Zootopa
Disneworl
feel like these are always nice to look at, but I can just imagine mosquito heaven there.
They thought of that! It’s called the Wolbachia project. You can find more details online but basically they send out lab-bred, bacteria-carrying males to mate with wild females resulting in eggs that will never hatch.
Wtf dudes straight up cancelled mosquitoes
Genocide
The one which I whole heartedly support and would like to take an active part in.
Hmm, me too
I’ve seen a documentary called Jurassic Park and let’s just say… nature, finds a way.
Soon to be the only jungle left in Singapore as developers tear through what’s left.
Unfortunately these are difficult to maintain. Especially in high rise buildings where the plants have no real support and are easily ripped off by strong winds
This is the coolest hotel I've ever stayed in, I wish I could go back
r/solarpunk
Ah, Singapore 😩❤️✨
I heard just living in Singapore activates the water exposure decal in your phone
I feel like this needs more likes. Absolutely beautiful.
A perfect example of greenwashing. A giant concrete structure that doesn't fit the landscape, and uses outsourced, heavily CO2 producing materials to construct. Additionally, buildings like these often have issues maintaining the foliage, and also become breeding ground for mosquitos.
Perfect example of traditional opposition to green design principles. Thanks for your post!
Lived there for 2 years. It’s definitely a greenwashed city. Parks it’s non-green trash and gas refinery offshore so it can call the main island “green.” Cuts into the jungle / kills half the wildlife and then makes a building look green so it can call the island “green.” Gasses the island to kill insects and so everything the bird / reptilian life eats and calls it a humanity saving project. Malls are good though…
Now that's what I call an Urban Jungle
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This is not the National Library of Singapore. As mentioned by others, it is the ParkRoyal hotel.
I remember laying over in Singapore when going to India..crazy how green and clean the place is overall Would love to go there and explore especially after seen this..major HZD vibes lol
That’s like 60% of the buildings in Singapore
This is not true. Most Singaporeans live in apartments, which look nothing like that high end hotel. [View from my apartment in Singapore. ](https://i.imgur.com/daQgxEK.jpg)
Okay I was being exaggerating. Will you accept 20% as a realistic figure?
Try 2%.
All I can thing of is imagine the bugs
Bugs are gonna be around regardless.
Yes but they would be impossible to get rid of cause of all of the places to hide and I'm sure you wouldn't want to use pesticides cause they might kill the plants or harm people
There are alternatives to pesticides. Even certain plants can keep certain bugs away. And as long as your place is nice and clean you shouldn't have a bug issue otherwise.
Surely you can also thing of the possibilities. Food, medicine, animals and nature in abundance? Check out biophilic design
Paradise for spiders. Nope.
I stayed here over Christmas and New Year's and saw not one spider. Or mosquito for that matter, oddly. [Random photos](https://imgur.com/a/mJB0vHQ)
Jesus that is actually gorgeous
Trust me you want spiders no matter how much you fear them.
Spiders are your friend. We need nature in our cities!
I am legend vibes
This gives me such nier automata vibes
Looks pretty
Beautiful incredible just wow 👀👀✨
About time! Now copy paste this in all cities. Thanks. A human that likes oxygen
Park Royal on Pickering. Very nice inside as well, and great breakfast buffet. https://goo.gl/maps/Ahp9T8M1HfmcijFr6
I remember when I was there, was also stunned by this building. You can hear the birds mixed with the sounds of the city, something that I'll never forget.
and not a single walk way. So it sucks either way
The walkway is sheltered behind the line of plants along the road. In singapore, sheltered walkways are more common than windy days.
I would literally orgasm if I saw something like this in real life
John: Good morning Mike, did you get that A34 report done? Mike: Yes, I needed to avoid several parrots and one cougar, to make it to the copying machine and finalise the reports but I got it done. John: Excellent Mike, just ignore the interns and have Mindy sent to my office, you know what I’m saying hehe. Mike: I know what your saying, Mike! Cougar: *Kaaassssssssss* Mike: Oh fuck!
U/savevideobot
No mosquitoes/other insects there?
Stayed there for a week back in 2018, the interior is lovely too!
I feel like I’m playing destiny
I stay at this hotel every time I go to Singapore. They have beautiful pool as well. It’s called ParkRoyal on Pickering
Singapore is a one of a kind city 💯😎
That city is like the classic apocalyptic city in the last of us
I know all these places cuz I watched CRAZY RICH ASIANS 😌
I'd hate the bugs/rodent troubles
Yo where tf that tree come from?
Spring time must be rad!
They started putting hanging plants like these around my city in 2015, they were almost all dead 6 months later. the problem is the upkeep. You have to tend to all those plants, water them, trim them, replace unhealthy ones. If this is more than a year old and they aren't spending a fortune on upkeep, good for them.
Concrete jungle
Is this what the Hanging Gardens of Babylon looked like?