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The Singapore heartland is visually well documented, with photographs of ubiquitous neighbourhood scenes and bold architecture all serving up a slice of life in an HDB town.
Mr Kwek Leng Joo, Managing Director of City Developments Ltd and avid photographer, took our heartland images to a higher level, literally, by capturing aerial shots of familiar HDB towns: Tanjong Pagar, Bishan, and Toa Payoh. Four photos were later generously contributed to the Celebrating Life in the Heartlands photo exhibition, organised as part of HDB Community Week 2013.
Given Mr Kwek’s keen eye for photography, the striking photos offer a fresh perspective on well-known HDB towns, presenting sights from angles which few of us would have the opportunity to see. The heartland landscape plays out through Mr Kwek’s lenses: the contrast of high and low-rise developments, the green belts and corridors weaving through and softening the estates, and the roads and highways criss-crossing in and around the towns.
Bird’s eye view of Bishan
Toa Payoh from the air
Another aerial shot of Tanjong Pagar
The planning of each HDB town is a deliberate and careful exercise, intended to optimise land use and at the same time present residents with a self-sufficient, holistic environment in which to live, play, work and learn.
You may read more about the considerations of planning and HDB town here.
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Originally Posted by sherlock
