\u201cBloom or gloom? Orchid farm owner weighs prospects \u201d<\/em> \/ ” Make Orchids flourish again” <\/span><\/p>Collection of initiatives from nParks – Straits Times, 2018<\/em>, <\/span><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe more Garang Farmers will look for new ways of farming (\u2026)\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/em><\/p>Sungei Tengah Orchid Farm<\/em>er<\/span><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Thesis Statement<\/strong> \/\/ The Orchid Cooperative proposes to revitalizes the ailing industry by re-embedding the farms into emerging community horticultural landscapes, and through the wealth of orchid uses, optimize and diversify its cultivation into a shared value chain. Discarding the traditional model of farming, the Orchid Cooperative is anchored by three key thrusts – to synergize multi-stakeholder national interests, support the needs of an ageing population, and advancing high value economic uses.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n \u201cView through the window may influence recovery. “<\/span><\/em><\/p>Ulrich Roger, 1984<\/span><\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n The three cooperative typologies manifests as four nodes along a proposed network between Pearl’s hill and the railway corridor. The operation of each part is interdependent of the other for the entire cooperative to be successful. The nodes of Spooner Road Flats, Kampung Bahru Bus Terminal, Singapore General Hospital and Outram MRT have been chosen for their diverse characters that amplifies the diversity and richness of orchids beyond aesthetics. <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Cooperative I<\/strong> demonstrates the engagement of community stakeholders in need through the alteration and rejuvenation of the lease expiring (Romesh, 2012) Spooner Road Railway flats by 2021. The community of rental flat resident, aged and halfway home residents in the immediate vicinity brings a rich stakeholder group that has direct benefits to communal activities relating to horticulture. Expanding on the principles of horticultural therapy, this node focuses on non-institutitional, less individualized, group activities.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Cooperative II<\/strong> reinforces the principles of nature and its healing properties (RS Ulrich, 1984) by proposing a park connector that cuts through the future Singapore General Hospital that has a strong focus on a green campus. It demonstrates the expansion of facilitating healthcare through nature as the idea of horticulture and therapy has been growing in recent years as more therapeutic gardens started sprouting up, and educational institutions began offering courses in facilitating such aspects of healthcare.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Cooperative III<\/strong> – The Outram Orchid Cooperative demonstrates the synergy of biocultural and bioprospecting interactions of Orchids, and the interests of agrifood ecosystem springboard. Known for a long evolutionary history and roles such as anthropological symbolism, traditional applications in medicine, this facility located at a high traffic juncture between Chinatown and SGH deals with the post-processing of the 90% of Orchid surplus from the entire cooperative and beyond.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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