The cloud forest greenhouse at the ‘Gardens by the bay’ in Singapore. This is a completely artificial place with high-tech ‘super trees’ and two giant greenhouses. Not that vegetation does not grow outside, but inside the greenhouses the environment can be cooled so that tourists feel comfortable. Bizarro world. Shown is a peek inside. You can see the waterfalls (some more than 50 m high) and vegetation through the glass panels. But only where a shadow of another building prevents light reflection in this inside-ouside game. © 2018 Fred S. Wouters
Category Archives: architecture
Blue hour underpass
In the ‘blue hour’ at dawn, you have the chance to catch nice images like these. Time it right and the artificial yellowish light has approximately the same intensity as the blue natural light. I like the geometric composition with the many shapes and lines. © 2017 Fred S. Wouters
Weber and Gauss
I took advantage of the cold early morning to shoot this improved statue of the famous Göttingen physicist Weber (left) and mathematician Gauss (right) in high contrast. The thin layer of ice crystals augments the details. I love the whimsical humour of the bottle of beer in Gauss’ hand. It looks absolutely natural and intended and fits with the thoughtful discussion between the two. Even if someone were to remove the bottle (and it’s been there for a long time already), this cannot be unseen anymore. © 2017 Fred S. Wouters
Urban Dragon
A roof ornament of the Longshan temple in Taipei, Taiwan. This (rather large) temple complex is like a little world in the middle of the busy city. I like the stark contrast between the flat and glas panel building right next to the colourful temple building roof. There is no escaping the city. © 2017 Fred S. Wouters
Geometric door frames
This corridor in a small temple in the mountains of north Taiwan had a multitude of door frames; hexagonal, rectangular, round. It kind of reminds me of the interior of a submarine with the highly impractical round door way and the stairs. © 2017 Fred S. Wouters
Off season beach hotel
A tourist looking over the sea from his hotel room balcony in a small holiday village on the Spanish island of Mallorca. Nice geometrically arranged structures against the sea, rocks and sky. The place was pretty deserted as we were visiting the island a couple of days ago, i.e. fairly off season. © 2016, Fred Wouters
Colors & shapes
Tiles on the walls of the “Stadthalle” in Göttingen. More or less the entire building is covered in these half-meter sized tiles. Quite a sight. © 2016 Fred S. Wouters
Breakfast in the atrium
The atrium of the Sheraton Grand Taipei hotel from the highest floor. The tables are arranged in pleasing little clusters. © 2016 Fred S. Wouters
Gauss observatory with star
The Gauss observatory in Göttingen, Germany. Note the big dome on top of the building. This is where Carl-Friedrich Gauss did his famous work. Fittingly, the iron railing around the building is decorated with stars. This image was taken with the Trioplan 50 mm at wide open aperture. This lens does wonderfully whacky things with out-of-focus objects. © 2016 Fred S. Wouters
Discussion corner
Another picture from the Advanced Training Centre at EMBL, Heidelberg. This composition taken from the spiral walkway looking down on a discussion corner with table and chairs appealed to me. Stark colour contrast, simple shapes and a nice arrangement. © Fred S. Wouters