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Plant-Covered Roofs & Walls By GWS Living Art & Partner | Vulcan Post

Written by: Sade Dayangku | Vulcan Post With the end of the year closing by, we are proud of our hard efforts and partnership with Belalang Inovasi to improve the environment tremendously with green ecosystem and products. They’re called Belalang Inovasi, or Belalang for short, and the company was established in March 2018. The idea of starting a green innovation venture was conceived 2 years prior to that, however, after a business trip to Singapore. Co-founder Quiwan told us, “It was evident that [...]

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Asia’s First Green Roof Top Buses | Singapore Green Roof

Asia’s very first bus with green rooftops! On 5th May 2019, ‘Garden on the Move’ initiative was launched by GWS Living Art at the inaugural Singapore Garden Festival (SGF) Horticultural Show. This initiative sees Asia’s very first green roof bus in an effort to study the effects of green roofs on moving vehicles. The ‘Garden on the Move’ initiative was started by GWS more than 2 years ago. Prior to this initiative, green roofs were primarily static systems. This immovability limited [...]

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Jurong Lake Gardens Opening : SGF Vertical Greenery Competition

Earlier this year, GWS Living Art had the privilege of participating in the inaugural Vertical Greenery Competition at SGF Horticultural Show Jurong Lake Gardens. Keeping the design theme ‘Into the next dimension’ in mind, GWS created a stunning green wall display, Song of the Sea. This gorgeous green wall display draws inspiration from the majestic grandeur of a giant kelp forest and features our GAIAWALL green wall system at its finest. A beam of sunlight penetrates through the GAIAMAT canopy, [...]

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Singapore Jewel Green Wall Green Module System

We are proud to play a part in the latest addition to Singapore’s list of attractions – Jewel. The well- designed mall in the airport exudes a Jurassic Park element with the main waterfall surrounded by elevated planters and flanked by green walkways. The green wall walkways are made up of 32000 pots using our GWS Green Module System. The 800m2 green walls blend seamlessly into the theme of Jewel, complementing the trees and shrubs and make for a [...]

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GWS Living Art wishes our partners, clients and everyone a Happy 2019

Happy 2019 and as we welcome the festive season yet again, it’s good to look back on some of the 2018’s highlights and achievements of GWS Living Art. It was a busy year for the company, having made great strides in the construction industry. A huge thank you to all our partners, clients and everyone who made a difference to our 2018. A quick snapshot of what we have been busy with: Decathlon Stadium Boulevard Green Wall We installed our first Gaiawall [...]

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GaiaMat featured at BEX Asia Exhibition

The GWS GaiaMat was featured at BEX Asia Exhibition held at Marina Bay Sands from 5th-7th September. We are honoured to partner with SGBC & Surbana Jurong this year, bringing a piece of living green into the exhibition hall. The SGBC Booth won the Best Booth Design Award & Green Space Award this year and here’s a snippet of the behind the scenes. GWS Gaiamat on 40 degree platform. GWS Gaiamat green roof was lay-ed almost vertically down, creating a roof for [...]

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Can Singapore Grow Into A City In Nature?

Singapore uses greenery to keep cool, calm and clean. But many of its green areas are ecologically sparse by design. Is the hyper-urbanised city-state nature-loving enough to grow into a city in nature? (A fruitful interview with MoneyFM last week) As seen in articles from eco-business.com. GWS Living Art was proud to be part of eco green community. Providing valuable feedback with MoneyFM which was featured on eco-business.com. By 2030, the tropical city-state aims to cut carbon emissions intensity by 36 [...]

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Self Sustaining Green Bus Stop (Malaysia)

Self-Sustaining Green Bus Stop (Malaysia) Waiting at a bus stop can be unpleasant with the tropical heat and all the pollution from traffic. It was reported by the Straits Times in 2016 that the level of tiny and toxic pollutant particles commuters inhale at a bus stop could be around 3.5 times higher than at ambient level. A green roof is a great and ecological way to alleviate the heat intensity and improve the air quality at a bus stop. [...]

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Singapore Garden Festival Terrarium

Gardens Galore (Singapore Garden Festival Terrarium) The Singapore Garden Festival is soon approaching and we at GWS Living Art are excited to send you into a green paradise. We have lots in store including plants, terrariums, DIY terrarium and green wall kits, monograms and workshops that are sure to get you into the gardening spirit! (Picture Credit: Singapore Garden Festival Website) The Walls are Alive! Build your own green wall with our Green Wall Kits and selection of plants. You could even design [...]

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Dazzle with Green Terrarium Workshop

Dazzle with Green Terrarium Workshop Just a nice terrarium piece can change the look of your living room. It will depend on size and type of terrarium as well as colour and texture of the plants used in the terrarium as well. We’ve compiled a list of home décor using terrariums and will introduce our hands-on terrarium workshop classes where you can make your own DIY terrarium! (Picture credits: Homedit) A living table literally becomes ‘living’ with the addition of desert-like cactus [...]

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