Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Kampong Ayer (WaterVillage)

Kampong Ayer, or the Water Village (Malay: Kampong Ayer) is an area of Brunei's capital city Bandar Seri Begawan that is situated after the Brunei Bay. 39,000 people live in the Water Village. This represents roughly ten percent of the nation's total population. All of the Water Villagebuildings are constructed on stilts above the Brunei River.

This year after our chinese new year display we've plan to make another display in replacement of chinese new year so we came up to the idea of display that will known of the country, so we've decided that we make a painting display.
And our subject is the Kampong Ayer  (water village) largest water village in the world

The Water Village is really made up of small villages linked together by more than 29,140 meters of foot-bridges, consisting of over 4200 structures including homes, mosques, restaurants, shops, schools, and a hospital. 36 kilometers of boardwalks connect the buildings. Private water taxis provide rapid transit. Most of these taxis resemble long wooden speed boats. From a distance the water village looks like a slum. It actually enjoys modern amenities including air conditioning, satellite television, Internet access, plumbing, and electricity. Some of the residents keep potted plants and chickens. The district has a unique architectural heritage of wooden homes with ornate interiors 

Here's my Master piece of this beautiful water village including there mosque and a shopping mall own by our company , I've painted it in a styrofoam(polystyrene) 4ft x 18ft  using acrylic base paints.
 

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