Siempre resulta bonito ver cómo era antes un paisaje urbano que hoy consideramos uno de los más atrevidos en cuanto a modificación urbanística del mundo.
Aquí os ponemos la foto de la conocidísima zona de Marina Bay donde encontramos varios de los iconos actuales del Singapur moderno y la zona donde transcurre el Gran Premio de Fórmula 1 de Singapur.
Hace tan pocos como 15 años, había sólo tierra donde hoy se levantas las torres del hotel-casino Marina Bay Sands y el museo de la ciencia con forma de flor de loto.
Y si retrocedemos hasta 1969 había sólo mar abierto.
Esto es sólo un ejemplo del afán por reclamar terreno al mar del gobierno de Singapur que les ha llevado a crecer en los últimos años.
FUENTE FOTO: Urban Redevelopment Authority website
Urban Redevelopment Authority website
Just
15 years ago, there was vacant land where the gleaming towers of Marina
Bay Sands now stand and the lotus-shaped ArtScience Museum blossoms.
Go back another 40 years or so to 1969, and it was open sea. Since
the 1970s, land has been reclaimed in phases for Singapore’s most
ambitious urban redevelopment project – Marina Bay.
Out of the waves now rise not just the integrated resort, but Gardens by the Bay and Marina Bay Financial Centre.
Designed by Israeli-born architect Moshe Safdie, the US$5.7-billion
(S$7.8-billion) Marina Bay Sands is the second most expensive building
in the world.
The building, with its 57-storey towers topped by the SkyPark, has
become a defining feature of Singapore’s skyline since it was completed
in 2010. The ArtScience Museum was completed in 2011.
Marina Bay Sands is one of two integrated resorts that also operate a
casino on their premises. The decision to introduce the casinos sparked
a fierce debate in Singapore in 2005. - CHEW HUI MIN
- See more at:
http://www.straitstimes.com/news/singapore/more-singapore-stories/story/singapore-slider-clarke-quay-20141231#sthash.LZ4uovTj.dpuf
Just
15 years ago, there was vacant land where the gleaming towers of Marina
Bay Sands now stand and the lotus-shaped ArtScience Museum blossoms.
Go back another 40 years or so to 1969, and it was open sea. Since
the 1970s, land has been reclaimed in phases for Singapore’s most
ambitious urban redevelopment project – Marina Bay.
Out of the waves now rise not just the integrated resort, but Gardens by the Bay and Marina Bay Financial Centre.
Designed by Israeli-born architect Moshe Safdie, the US$5.7-billion
(S$7.8-billion) Marina Bay Sands is the second most expensive building
in the world.
The building, with its 57-storey towers topped by the SkyPark, has
become a defining feature of Singapore’s skyline since it was completed
in 2010. The ArtScience Museum was completed in 2011.
Marina Bay Sands is one of two integrated resorts that also operate a
casino on their premises. The decision to introduce the casinos sparked
a fierce debate in Singapore in 2005. - CHEW HUI MIN
- See more at:
http://www.straitstimes.com/news/singapore/more-singapore-stories/story/singapore-slider-clarke-quay-20141231#sthash.LZ4uovTj.dpuf
