Building Bridges Over Time

In a world hurtling towards the biggest, newest and brightest, the efforts of Hijjas Kasturi and his wife, Angela Hijjas, stand resolutely as a beacon of hope in conservation.

They have expended their efforts in nurturing art, rehabilitating endangered plants, restoring age-old craft and preserving built-up heritage. The couple show Kenneth Tan that there is romance in protecting heritage and just how this commitment will inextricably, and importantly, connect the past to our present and future.

Under the midday sun, rays of light filter through the trees of Rimbun Dahan, the 14-acre woodland on which Hijjas Kasturi and Angela Hijjas have made their home. Here, the buildings sit in contemplative repose, with the main house overlooking a reflective pool. Beside the house, one finds a Balinese-styled garden filled with stone carvings and, beyond that, hundreds of trees, shrubs, ferns and all other manner of greenery burst in a symphony of life – with mammoth trees forming a protective canopy over a forest floor carpeted by the brown of fallen leaves, twigs and branches.

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