This project investigates and re-imagines a forthcoming scenario for Singapore’s stations as garden stations. This garden station typology blurs the boundaries between man-made and nature to revolutionise the character of Singapore’s current MRT network.

Ascending Gardens prioritises the preservation and promotion of natural elements by designing stations that coexist harmoniously with their surrounding environment. It maintains equilibrium within the garden heart whilst catering to modern transit needs.

Singapore, a nation known for its mastery of combining comfort and control under the name ‘The Air-Conditioned Nation’, faces the risk of unsustainability. To address this issue, garden stations can be incorporated into network as infrastructures to counteract reliance on air conditioning by utilising natural cooling techniques that offer commuters optimal comfort. A sustainable timber superstructure form is used to optimise the stack effect while considering a dynamic form which is flexible and adaptable according to its environment and context.