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Japanese Garden (Japanese: 星和園, romanized: Seiwa-en, Chinese: 星和园) is a park and garden located in Jurong East, Singapore. Built in 1974 by JTC Corporation , it covers 13.5 hectares (135,000 m 2 ) of land.
Chinese Garden, Japanese Garden and Jurong Country Club Jurong Lake ( Chinese : 裕廊湖 ; Malay : Tasik Jurong ; Tamil : ஜூரோங் ஏரி ) is a 70ha freshwater lake and reservoir located in the western region of Singapore formed with the damming of Sungei Jurong further downstream.
The Singapore Botanic Gardens is a 166-year-old tropical garden located at the fringe of the Orchard Road shopping district in Singapore. It is one of three gardens, and the only tropical garden, to be honoured as a UNESCO World Heritage Site . [ 1 ]
The Gardens by the Bay (GBTB) is an urban park spanning 105 hectares (260 acres) in the Central Region of Singapore, adjacent to the Marina Reservoir.The park consists of three waterfront gardens: Bay South Garden in Marina South, Bay East Garden with the Founders' Memorial in Marina East and Bay Central Garden in the Downtown Core and Kallang. [2]
Chinese Garden [a] is a park in Jurong East, Singapore. Built in 1975 by the JTC Corporation , the Chinese Garden's concept is based on Chinese gardening art. [ 2 ] The main characteristic is the integration of architectural features with the natural environment. [ 3 ]
The station was first announced on 29 August 2012 as part of the Thomson line (TSL). [7] [8] Contract T228 for the design and construction of Gardens by the Bay Station and associated tunnels was awarded to Nishimatsu Construction Co. Ltd – Bachy Soletanche Singapore Pte Ltd Joint Venture at S$331 million (US$247 million) in July 2014.
A week before its opening, there was an open house event for the Jurong stretch of the East-West Line (EWL), which included Chinese Garden station. [14] As announced by MRT Corporation chairman Michael Fam on 10 March 1988, [15] Chinese garden station opened on 5 November that year as part of the first portion of Phase II of the MRT system.
Japanese gardens are designed to be seen from the outside, as in the Japanese rock garden or zen garden; or from a path winding through the garden. Use of rocks: in a Chinese garden, particularly in the Ming dynasty , scholar's rocks were selected for their extraordinary shapes or resemblance to animals or mountains, and used for dramatic effect.