Photo-Traveloque of joon S lee

Ancient Temples of Khmer Empire, Cambodia :     “When the man overwhelmed the nature with their art, the nature caused its effect on the man-made art later.” While visiting the ancient temples of Cambodia, I was struck by a strange imagination - of a scenario where a reincarnated soul, which had transformed into a wandering duck, was swimming across the ocean of time and travelling back to the era of the Khmer Empire at 13th century, for the purpose of seeking enlightenment from its master at Bayun. Such was the evocative power that the ancient temples of the Khmer Empire possessed and the kind of imagination it would evoke. The images presented here attempted to capture the wonders and imaginations that the ancient temples in the giant tree forest had evoked. Great merit had to be given to the Conservation Team from India, who had restored Ta-Prohm Temple with a holistic approach -they had conserved the giant trees and the temple  monument as a co-existent entity, r...

Preface: This is an on-going study to discover the spatial orders and aesthetics, that are embedded in the urban forms and compositions of Singapore City in the course of its evolution and development. The focus will be architectural, emphasizing on the elements of space, form and style.  Usually, the spatial orders and aesthetics of the city are the outcome of urban design, carried out progressively by generation of architects and planners. However, they can also be the outcome of mere coincidence – a chance creation by nature in the evolution of the city. The urban characters of the city will continue to evolve over times as the city grows. Some of them will be transformed for the better, while others will disappear or deteriorate in the redevelopment of the city.  In its casual and informal way, the images presented here can be seen as a record of some of the Spatial Memory of Singapore City.  Boat Quey Riverside (2016) : Old-New Integration UOB Pla...