Thoughful Landscaping

When I was taking up Basic Photography class (just so I would know how to operate my Dad's DSLR), one of our final projects was to take a Human Activity Photo and Landscape Photo.

My husband took me to Bonifacio Global City (BGC) in Taguig. We  first headed to Burgos Circle.



Burgos Circle

So there we were, parked in front of Starbucks. Headed to this Round-about to take photo of that building. Standing in the middle of the round-about, I noticed that, I can place my tripod and point it to that building. I'm not sure if the Landscaping was deliberately planned to direct my eyes towards that commercial place. Yet it did.

 

 

BGC Landscpe
(from High Street Mall Standpoint)

Next stop was High Street Mall. I noticed that the newly landscaped ground of this mall have trees that points toward that middle orange building over there. See? The buildings aligned in one vanishing point. In photography class we were taught to find a vanishing point to establish a focal point.

I'm not sure if it was deliberately planned to direct our eyes in that direction. It was well planned. I just wish when designers and community planners design, they incorporate the existing surroundings. Not grandstanding to the point it's disturbing.