Site study -Fort canning 1

Actually ,We (my group) went to Fort canning a few days ago but i have been so busy with work that im updating it only now.

Okay,So for my  5 member group, I have Kai xiang, Cecilla, Syhidah and Dawson. Dawson is our leader. We went to Fort canning park right after our history lesson. It's lucky that majority of us are Singaporeans cause that would mean that we know where is the location of our site.Another thing that i am quite thankful is that the site is near our school. HOWEVER, the place that we have to cover is so BIG!

As it was impromptu, I find that the timing we picked to go there was bad. To walk there was so hot especially cause it was in the afternoon where the sun is the hottest.. however surprisingly, when we went there i find that gradually i cooled down because of the abundant trees that gave shade and there was beeze!. I think the place felt cooling cause it was on top of a hill.

When we reached there we discussed how we were going to do this project and highlighted the main areas of where we wanted to go.Each of us selected a place where we would conduct our own site study and we went as a group to find the different places. 

The Christain cemetery

Location Surroundings and Site

• Near to Dhoby Ghaut District.
• Behind Park Mall
• Near YWMCA Fort canning lodge
• National Meuseum of singapore
• Two exit points which i think are from Dhoby Ghaut and Clarke Quay
   ( We walked all the way from the Dhoby Ghaut side to Clarke Quay)
• Close Proximity to transportation (A close walk away from Dhoby Ghaut)
• The original portion of the cemetery, as found in the register of Lands Held on Grants issued by Sir Stamford Raffles and J. Crawfurd, was listed as “Lot 576. Burial Ground” and as being 2 acres (8,100m²) in area.
•  i could not find any building regulations for the cemetary.
  
  History
• Before it was a cemetary,the place was known as “Forbidden Hill”, and was once the seat of royalty for the Malay rulers in 1300s which is why the name of the cemetary is called Forbidden Hill Cemetery.
• The cemetery was discontinued at the end of 1822, and all traces of it had been wiped out by the different rebuilding developments and programmes. One of these major projects was the construction of the fort that came to be known as Fort Canning because the cemetey was located at a good strategical defence from comming enemy ships which was why Fort Canning was built over it.
• Raffles was our founder and he was a british. Therefore, this brought along impact as the developers brought british influence to the surrounding buildings that we see today.
•  By late 1977, only three original monuments still stood in their original locations. In the clearing of the graves, the authorities did, however, save a number of plaques which were then bricked into the west wall of the cemetery.
  Climate:
• Sunny
• High humidiy
• Clean airToday:
• The buildings of fort canning are not used any more and only serves as a reminder of Singapore's colonial period.
• It has now become as a park for people to jog and excecise.   
• Instead of a cemetary, there is a big field of grass.(Real Grass/Fake grass alike)
  The fake grass there are for people to sit on the grass as they don't like the feeling of wet grass.
  When i took a look at the graves:  The graves are very grand compared to modern day graves. Some of the graves even have a hint of the gothic characteristic such as the fonts used on the graves or the way how the graves were built.
  Take for example this particular grave, there is vertical emphasis as well as an indication of a buttress.These two mentioned are gothic architecture characteristics and can be seen on the grave 'sculpture'.
  
  
  And that's all i think about site studies.
  I'll end off this post with group pictures! :)