Singapore's Incredible 160-Foot Supertree Statues

Five million people live in a land area smaller than New York City. To make such a small and highly urbanised place liveable, Singapore is embarking on its most ambitious project to date. Three massive gardens - the size of 177 football pitches - will house thousands of plants from all over the planet. This is the country’s most ambitious greening project to date and no one has ever attempted such designs before.
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Forgot to mention the 45km cooling pipes that run underneath the floor which help to reduce the energy by 30%

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how old is this documentary ? these garden opened 9 years ago

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The voice over is just about drowned out by the deafening music!

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A project worthy of Joseph Paxton.

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"gas." Looks more like "steam" to me.

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is this good for the people of sinapur?

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Reclamation is done to build a massive even though gorgeous greenhouse will still be a nightmare for the ruling offficals if it's done in the country that I lived in.

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Mrs Richards: "I paid for a room with a view !" Basil: (pointing to the lovely view) "That is Torquay, Madam." Mrs Richards: "It's not good enough!" Basil: "May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically past?..." Mrs Richards: "Don't be silly! I expect to be able to see the sea!" Basil: "You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky." Mrs Richards: "I'm not satisfied. But I shall stay. But I expect a reduction." Basil: "Why?! Because Krakatoa's not erupting at the moment?

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That's good engineering but the amount of concrete, steel, glass, fuel burnt for ventilation poured into this greenhouse which houses imported non-native vegetation is just a show of grandiose and extravagance. It's not green at all.

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Well said, Sam. 18 super trees are acutally 18 giant chimneys for a wood burning power plant. Think how much CO2 released into the atomosphere. Oh, no!

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@@AubreyZhang Haha it's ironic isn't it.

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Not to mention the amount of sand being imported from India and destroying their land

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28:07 - I Will Replicate the Precast Construction Method Which is Stacking the Precast Blocks On-Site and Producing Precast Blocks Rapidly Used in Many HDB Flats and Gardens by the Bay Supertrees of Singapore in Construction of New Manila International Airport Control Tower Trunks Which will be a Supertall Control Tower Located in Taliptip, Bulacan, Bulacan (Uses Precast Construction Method of Gardens by the Bay Supertrees), As Well as the Construction of Many Vertical Public Housing Located in Squatter Areas and Middle-Class Areas of the Philippines (Uses Precast Construction Method of HDB Flats in Singapore)

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No solar power so close to the equator!?

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I once watched a video that said that places with weather like Singapore actually produce less solar energy than other places. This is due to the monsoon conditions I believe. Power production in Singapore is a big problem. They are planning an undersea cable to import electricity from Australia.

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They added extremely annoying typing sounds… it’s obviously fake and distracting… why do they think that’s necessary? Everyone knows what a keyboard sounds like..

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Turn down the damn music!

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Workers from China Parts from China.

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you mean the dark skinned workers?

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Those are the migrant workers who helped to build the structures. They're making an honest living, not cheat and steal from people. Without them everything are still on the drawing papers

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@@wzt4969 You mean the "dark skinned workers" are not human like you ?

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3:57 They are not workers but group of people from Singapore who are in charge if this project. The workers are either from India or Bangladesh or both.

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Wow, Singapore like to spend money.

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Horrible noises and flashing cameras

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The commentary is so bad and so unnecessary. Every other sentence is another pointless comparison or dramatic statement. The material is already interesting, and there is no need for ridiculous dramatisations.

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They are spending theyr mony for noting. The world is enďing. It wil happen earth quake. All this nuildings they wil come doun. It could nice to help many poor countris

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You mean feed you and your country?

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23:57 to 24:05 🤣🤣🤣

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Strange way of wasting resources and not ecological project at all. Also, why have male architects and engineers have to build anything without air streaming options by natural wind. I worked in different tall buildings and windows couldnt be opened, air conditioning made eyes dry constantly. My patients or my co workers and in other places my customers hated it, that the windows couldnt be opened, they didnt mind heat as much as no sensing the air flow and air circulation. This said, the glas house needed several windows for air circulation and depending on temperature to open and close some of them too. What a waste of money.

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not your money anyways so don't need to say so much..

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So how you know there isn’t any window for circulation? Go to the place and study . Ignorance Ang moh

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800 million US dollars to build a fair. And how much money will it need to sustain it in the future. A real waste of money and precious space. This project is more one of the ego and prestige than of eco. It rather looks that the former minister of national development wanted to let his own footprint behind. Those 18 giant artificial trees look hideous. They are more suitable for a fair. The landscape architect/designer hasn't taken account of the animals and birds. A better alternative for that region was a forest with lakes and waterfalls. Or to emphasis on agriculture because Singapore import most of the vegetables and fruit. Or greenhouses to grow edibles for the people instead of an arboretum.

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Yawn, I think better let singapore be like Amazon jungle. So what have your country done

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Lol we are rich we can do whatever we want .

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Another few left behind natural serene bay location face unrelenting urban development in the island state, replaced by another artificial megastructure. Sigh! 😮😮

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Yawn…

[@PLuMUK54]

Oh the irony! Let's create a huge garden, creating the perfect environment for plants from around the world...but... Build it on reclaimed land. Reclaimed? Reclaimed means to take back what was there, not create new land, destroying the natural environment. "Oh we studied the environmental effects" they will say, but no way was there zero negative impact on the environment. Use mega amounts of concrete, regardless of the effect upon the environment. I do not imagine that they used environmentally friendly versions of concrete. Use mega amounts of steel, ignoring the environmental consequences. Environmentally friendly timber is being used in construction worldwide. It would have been amazing to see a wooden structure. Include plants that cannot survive the searing heat and humidity, so create a cooling system that will lead to mega amounts of greenhouse gases as it pumps air through the system. The "average" office block uses way too much energy, so is not a particularly good comparison. Also, do it in a country that already struggles to produce enough electricity and is planning an underwater power cable linking to Australia to make up the shortfall. Using waste wood is great, but it is not without consequences. A very environmentally friendly project, up there with Dubai and Las Vegas. It claims to use environmentally sustainable technologies, but apart from power generation, what else was there?

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Yawn…

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