Patrick Andrew Espiritu's posts with tag: landscape
|  | i always feel that the mall of asia is at a far end of manila. that is why it is only now that i got to set foot in the humongous mall.
we were supposed to go to the UAP conex last saturday but was surprised to learn it ended the day before. opted to linger a little more to take some pics. |
| | the office started a fitness program, thus some employees stay behind after 5 to jog around the park and attend aerobic sessions. took advantage to take snaps and shots. well i jogged too so some pics were taken by my friend, pinky gendrano. |
| | i remember passing thru this place numerous times when i was a kid and much more now i work in fort bonifacio. but i never got to enter and really explore the american war cemetery. the memorial is simple yet powerful in squeezing the emotions from visitors. |
| | yesterday i attended an ACAD 2008 update lecture (for heritage park). the lecture was in one of the buildings fronting this small park. i remember this park a decade ago (i attended a TAISEI design training in amorsolo and passed this park almost everyday for 2 months) and it was far from its present contemporary look. good thing they updated the design of the open space. |
| | on our first trip to singapore, i got to pass by vivo on the way out from sentosa. this time around we got to make vivo our destination, to see if the landscape is worth the visit. its minimalist cum pop art look is still unique coupled with the great fountains in front. still is a worth-see. |
| | the singapore national library has a very contemporary architecture. it stands out in the bugis area where there are a lot of the traditional british looking 2 storey buildings. its landscape design uses plants that project lush tropical appeal, as opposed to the usual manicured look of contemporary gardens. |
| | ate julie and i were just killing time before we go back to our hotel and eventually to the airport (finally to go home). we already rode the bus 80 to vivo city and the 145 to clark quay. we decided to linger in fort canning park and in turn we got to take snaps of the ASEAN sculpture garden and the outdoors of the singapore national museum. |
| | this is singapore's happnin' place. it is supposed to be dazzling at night. it is equally interesting in daytime, seeing the detail and architecture. |
| | there is a large chinese garden in the midst of industrial jurong, singapore. we chanced upon it going to science centre. it was tucked from view behind lush trees so is not quick to spot. but the seclusion is worth the experience as a few hours stay would rejuvenate any person because of the serenity and the refreshing breeze. plus of course the well thought of plan and the manicured landscape. |
| | the science centre is closed on a monday. but the grounds are full of interactive exhibits dispersed with landscape elements, a real learning experience. |
| | probably the most peaceful of the serene gardens at heritage park is the lagoon lawn lots. If you aspire to look at the '1001 gardens you must see before you die', the tranquility makes the area worthy as garden 1002. |
| | my classmates were bombarded with different questions in the last class defense and one recurring inquiry is about fragrant and smelly plants. there are a lot of plants that have not only fragrant flowers but with other parts that are aromatic or at least olfactory stimulants. the flower is the most common part emitting odors as they are the ones needing to attract insects and other pollinators, to make sure that they would be fertilized (pollinated) and bear fruit and eventually viable seeds. for ornamental plant, this plant property is a welcome bonus because it adds a different dimension to any garden, a sense of smell therefore rendering the landscape more than just its functional and aesthetic use. the following are a few ornamentals that would easily grow in any garden in manila. |
my classmates were bombarded with different questions in the last class defense and one recurring inquiry is about fragrant and smelly plants. there are a lot of plants that have not only fragrant flowers but with other parts that are aromatic or at least olfactory stimulants. the flower is the most common part emitting odors as they are the ones needing to attract insects and other pollinators, to make sure that they would be fertilized (pollinated) and bear fruit and eventually viable seeds. for ornamental plant, this plant property is a welcome bonus because it adds a different dimension to any garden, a sense of smell therefore rendering the landscape more than just its functional and aesthetic use.
i will try to post pics of these 'smelly' flowers in the pic section. hope my clasmates who ll catch this post save the info for their future reference.
| | it has been a while since i have been to a zoo. the last time was a year ago in our manila zoological and botanical gardens, and before that in grade school.
ever since avilon zoo in montalban opened, i was looking for an opportunity to go and see the celebrated animal sanctuary, but i thought montalban is in a far far away land. so when my la 148 class decided to visit avilon for our theme park analysis, i grabbed the chance to set foot on the montalban eden. turned out montalban, now rodriguez - rizal province, is not far at all. and seeing the animals is well worth the trip. |
| | a new addition to singapore but fast becoming a prominent city centerpiece. it is fondly called the durian, popular in the city, because of its dome roof resemblance to the spiny fruit. |
| | it has been a while since i sketched manually. to think of it i have not posted anything work-related for quite some time. some things we are working on are hard to explain but i ll post some drawings i made for concepts in my landscape arch 148 class - parks and recreations. they were done in pen and ink and transposed to negative by grace edralin. |
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