concrete jungle (open collection - white border print) · Singapore · 2016

Once, there was a jungle that gave life. To all creatures. And to itself—the all-encompassing, all-consuming, all-composting mother-organism. Along came the hu-monkey and poured concrete all over the natural habitat to turn it into a mac & cheese dispensary. Now all the urban jungle births are creatures of habit. But the more we habituate, urbanize, paint grey over green, the more we need to foster a healthy symbiosis between towers and trees, before the slabs suffocate us. So we try, a little: relaying a green echo of the long-gone jungle from floor to floor to floor, modern cement acts as a superconductor for chlorophyl and for our super-pride to be super-progressive. We pat our backs so hard, it sounds like clapping, when we realize that the new direction of civilization’s advance is back, towards the roots. Our applause drowns out the screams of those activists who demand more, faster, who say that green band-aids look nice but won’t cure our underlying condition: to want more, faster.
 
 
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tags: Singapore, Southeast Asia, cityscape, vertical garden, skyscraper, modern, futuristic, architecture, tower, balcony, building, office, hotel, living room, horizontal