After independence in 1965 and the subsequent fast population growth, the reduced area of Singapore has grown to now 25% through a continuous land removal from the sea. The estimate is that it will grow by another 100 km2 by 2030. The new Gardens by the Bay is a park of about 1 km2 of reclaimed area, adjacent to the reservoir Marina Reservoir. Built with the idea of transforming Singapore into a "City in the Garden" it consists of two huge domes that mimic natural environments uncommon in Singapore, showing plants from the Mediterranean or tropical areas, and a forest of artificial trees that create an autonomous ecosystem to recycle the water and adjust the temperature of domes and accumulate solar energy. In recent years, Singapore has experienced a high air pollution due to Haze, the ash due to fires in neighboring Malaysia for deforestation, so the new garden built an environment to hang out in the days of more pollution. In 2016, a new epoch dating, the Anthropocene, it was proposed to designate the era since the mid-20th century in which the main causes of territorial changes, structural and climatic, are attributed to humans and its activities. It seems that we have not been able to find a better solution than building private havens.
Alessandro Romeo was born in 1977, he is a documentary photographer based in Sicily, Italy. Since 2012 he joined the editorial staff of "I Siciliani giovani" as photographer and photo editor. In 2013 wins Young Factory, prize for emerging artists, and exposed for the first time abroad, in Budapest. In 2014, with the project 'Synesthesia of Memory' exhibited at Art Factory 04 in a dedicate stand. He has received international prizes awarded by PX3, IPA, MIFA, and he has been exhibited in festivals and art fairs in Roma, Milano, Catania, Siracusa, Palermo, Budapest. Alessandro collaborates
