SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY

This is the first time I am taking photos at the SMU vicinity.


I posted about this water feature before although it was from a different view. In fact, I showed some photos of it from under the water feature inside the Bras Basah circle line MRT station.


Anyway, I am perplexed regarding the design of the landscape bed next to the water feature. There are so many saplings of the Tecoma within the bed and there was a weird looking and heavily pruned Rain Tree with multiple shoots. The circular building facility cladded with panels of the Tristellateia australasiae is one of the main features of this building located in the center of this business district.

PINK

I saw a splash of pink recently at the Cathay Building's 5th floor. It was coming from the Tabebuia rosea (common name: Tecoma Tree) at the vicinity of the SMU and it was enough to get my attention. Sadly, it would have been a newsworthy sight if all the trees flowered with the same intensity and ferocity! I know it is a strange adjective to describe a plant but I sometimes wish plants are more ferocious in their flowering.


Nevertheless, it is still a beautiful sight amongst the greenery and city scrapers.