Following an international design competition the team, led by
Grant Associates, was selected to prepare the masterplan for
Marina South Gardens in Singapore as part of the National Parks
Board Gardens by the Bay project.  The 54 Hectare masterplan
takes its inspiration from the organisation and physiology of
the orchid.  The orchid is the national flower of Singapore and
is the most cosmopolitan species of flowering plant in the
world.  At the same time it is typically epiphytic or transient
in its colonisation of habitats.  It seemed to us entirely
appropriate to capture the essential qualities and
characteristics of orchids in the layout and underlying
philosophy for these new gardens.  The film and sketches show a
progression of the idea. First the garden takes root on a piece
of new garden infrastructure and grows out towards the City.
Leaves (earthworks) and roots (water, energy, communication
systems) and shoots (paths, roads and links) create an
integrated network across the space and beautiful flower