Category: Research

2DII – Zine Recee

BUKIT TIMAH

an afternoon of recee-ing at bukit timah was enjoyable because –

1. i was alone exploring.

1b. exploring is my favourite past time. i enjoy dicovering new things and people watch.

2. i had the opportunity to take pictures / do photography.

2b. photography is my second nature / job.

3. bukit timah isn’t my hood and it’s a chill area and that made my experience even more enjoyable (+ point!).

i started the day of recee-ing with gorgeous weather. it was a sunday afternoon, the sun was covered by the clouds and it was windy. i alighted at botanical gardens and started my recee there.

bukit timah is basically a residential area, but for the rich. there are no HDBs, only condos (quite a few actually), and mainly landed property. there are quite a few small malls (do not be confused with neighbourhood malls) to cater the people who live nearby. you’d see supermarkets, laundry mats, small bakeries, cafes, bike shops, wine shops, small restaurants, etc. houses are expensive but gorgeous. its a mixture of old houses and newly designed built $$$ ones. it

it wasnt too quiet when i was there because it was a sunday afternoon. there were quite a number of people running around the hood, walking their dogs, doing grocery runs.

i started my route at botanical gardens and walked towards cluny court.

lots of shops and bistros at cluny court. theres a cold storage here as well.

the next few malls include serene centre, crown centre and coronation plaza. they’re the small malls i was referring to.

you’d pretty much most of the things you need nearby. eg, clinics, cafes, bike shops, banks, etc.

i walked to Tan Kah Kee and started my residential recee there.

my route for my residential recee started at Coronation Road > Duchess Road. then i crossed the road and covered Watten Estate > Greenwood Avenue.

because its a residential area, i captured photos of the houses, and the life in the hood. the houses i captured are mainly the really nice and expensive ones, but i didnt forget the old ones too.

apart from the beautiful houses, a few things i captured as well – the life, and cars. i saw a number of them doing their afternoon run and walking their dog. expensive cars caught my attention too.

cars –

 

a few raw ideas for the zine currently:

  1. the architecture of the houses? (old vs new)
  2. the life in bukit timah? (running, animals (dogs, cats, idk what else), walking dogs, people biking, people dining, …)
  3. different types of gates? (the different patterns, geometry, old vs new)
  4. cars?

 HMM.