HDB - public housing in Singapore
Category: Places
Photo and caption by Jenns Hofmann
HDB flats. The name - uninspired, uninviting. Their promise of the joy that comes with owning your own home stolen by its resemblence to a cage; metal grilles on every window and the front door. Why are we so afraid in a city with no crime? Jostling for space in a congested city. Behind every other window the fading memories of the old generation who grew up in some village in rural China or India. A home they never saw again.
Location: Singapore, Singapore
