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presentation of chronological tracking of Singapore as a green city and the trend of
the rooftop garden, as well as a speculative design for an alternative Singapore skyline.
Over the past two decades, Salad Dressing’s multidisciplinary practice has attempted to
dissolve the boundary between landscape architecture and ecology. The installation sets
two city models on either side of a dividing mirror. One model city is a representation of
current Singapore; while the other is an alternative city of equal height that is dominated
by the natural world. The model seeks to question the true relationship between the
urban and the natural, exploring nature as a force that is ultimately outside of human
control.
In collaboration with WOHA architects, for the Dubai World Expo, Salad Dressing
was tasked with creating an orchid room at the Singaporean Pavilion. Singapore is one
of the only countries that has a hybrid flower as its national flower. This raises questions
around what is natural and what is made.

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Forest & Whale Render of edible packaging concepts, part of Reuse

Forest & Whale is a multi-disciplinary
design studio based in Singapore founded
in 2016 by Gustavo Maggio and Wendy
Chua. They design products and spatial
experiences, with a focus on social and
sustainable design, pedagogies to instil
creativity in children and young people,
as well as museum design and curatorial
research.
Over the past year, the studio has
focused on a key research and design
project, Reuse, working together with the
Singaporean government in an initiative
to reduce the plastic waste from food
packaging - notably in the Singaporean
food courts known as Hawker Centres.
The project aims to reduce single use
plastic waste, mainly from takeaways,
with a focus on developing circular
systems and material alternatives that
are suitable for Asian culture and waste
management infrastructure.
For cities that have organic composting
facilities, Forest & Whale designed a salad

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