April Sketchwalk at Kallang Basin

Credits: sketch by Kwan Boon Choon

This month’s sketchwalk will be at a small scenic stretch of park along the banks of Rochor River and Kallang Basin with a clear view of our Stadium and waterways and the opposite bank of Tanjong Rhu. The park is situated along Republic Avenue, next to the brutalist Golden Mile Complex, also known as “Little Thailand”. Feel free to go for some mookata or Thai food after sketching!

April Sketchwalk on 27 Arpil, 2019

START
Time: 9:30 AM
Location: Park along Republic Avenue, next to Merdeka Bridge
(https://goo.gl/maps/6Ebno5JjFbUrxMnG8)

END
Time: 12:15 PM
Location: Same as Starting Location.

Nearest MRT: Nicoll Highway (Circle Line)

Locations to sketch:
- Kallang Basin
- Rochor River
- Golden Mile Complex
- Merdeka Bridge

Places to eat and shop:
- Golden Mile Complex
- Golden Mile Tower
- Kallang Wave Mall

Result of July Sketchwalk at Kallang Basin

Today, after a ten year clean-up effort, which was initiated in 1977, Kallang Basin has transformed into one of the most popular recreation hub in Singapore. As part of the city centre Marina Reservoir and the Kallang Riverside development, the Kallang Basin has become a venue for dragon boat training, sand volleyball, rock climbing and many other indoor and outdoor recreations and sports. For July sketchwalk, I did 9 pages of sketches in Moleskine. I Will go back and fill in Tanjong Rhu area on the left to link Golden Mile Complex to MBS, Singapore Flyer on the extreme left of the sktech. Total 11 pages of Moleskine.

Singapore Biennale 2011

Only photo from right bottom was taken from local papers The Straits Times, Friday 15 April 2011. I was there during the downpour. I was sitting at the far left end wall.

"A staff of Toast Box cafe at Old Kallang Airport about to wade through ankle-deep water after the place was hit by a flood yesterday when drains along Stadium Link leading to Old Kallang Airport Road overflowed."
by Fiona Low, ST

"The daily double whammy of sweltering noon heat, followed by intense thunderstorms later in the day, can be expected until June as Singapore goes through what is known as the inter-monsoon season.

Heavy rains in the late afternoon yesterday caused minor flooding in several areas. Drains along Stadium Links leading to Old Kallang Airport Road overflowed. Parts of the East Coast Parkway and Tampines Expressway were also afftected.

At Old Kallang Airport, several areas were flooded with ankle-deep water. The site is one of the venues for this year's Singapore Biennale and sees more than 400 visitors daily.

Staff from Toast Box cafe there said the outlet had experienced about three floods in the past week though yesterday's situation was the most serious. "