SIT's academic block with a shared sky garden overlooking campus greenery and community parks
About part 10th Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT), a university that brings together learning, industry and community and enables students to apply what they learn to real-world challenges, will open a new eco-campus in Punggol, northeast Singapore, in September intend to do something. 2024. SIT's Plot 1 campus design, consisting of an academic block, library and link bridge, takes advantage of the secondary forest environment by integrating the learning environment with biophilic indoor and outdoor tropical spaces. Proposing a 'campus in a park' identity, the university's academic block is organized as a series of buildings surrounding a central wooded courtyard that transforms into an accessible community park. As the heart of SIT, it provides a memorable node for learning, socializing, recreation and rejuvenation. Alina Yeo, director of Singapore architecture firm WOHA, talks about the campus' green credentials.
How does the Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) Campus Heart, located in Plot 1, consider its surroundings, landscape, and overall environment in terms of its architecture, layout, and system design?
The courtyard building structure surrounds and protects 1.7 hectares of existing secondary forest, serving as a community park for the public and a green stepping stone for wildlife on their way from Punggol Waterway to Coney Island and beyond. . This is an important and precious green lung, giving Punggol, one of Singapore's most densely populated towns, the breathing space it needs and allowing biodiversity to flourish within this campus heart. Sho. A demarcated campus with no gates or fences, a completely public pedestrianized ground level with 70% porosity, allowing people, animals, landscapes and wind to move freely under the skyscrapers. promotes it. They are designed to touch the ground lightly, creating a seamless indoor-outdoor tropical community space with shade, shelter, sunlight, ventilation and views of the surrounding nature. The building levels are designed to the existing site topography, minimizing basement footprint and excavation extent.
What is the impact of this project on natural areas?
The project will achieve 100% landscape replacement areas, including communal planters, green walls, sky and rooftop gardens, and ecological ponds to provide ecosystem services, create a comfortable microclimate, and encourage social interaction. Integrated with space. Active Beautiful Clean (ABC) natural stormwater management features such as rain gardens and biotopes are incorporated to purify runoff water before it is released into public drains.
Aerial view of SIT (plot 1), a park campus containing a 1.7 hectare nature reserve. … [+]
What can you tell us about the transportation and mobility solutions for your project?
It is a car-only campus, reducing parking spaces by 50% and supporting more than 500 bicycle parking spaces with trip termination facilities throughout the campus. Promote the use of public transport and active mobility. A vertical transportation system (elevator/escalator ) are kept to a minimum. The collaboration loop within SIT Plot 1 includes a series of single-storey link bridges designed as canopy walks connecting the various academic blocks, with informal learning and social pods jutting out from the tops of existing trees .
What impact will this project have on the local community? Does it include local community participation in living design and elements?
SIT is the main anchor of the Punggol Digital District (PDD), which brings together two key elements: education and enterprise. It was developed as part of Singapore's new decentralized economy center along the North Coast Innovation Corridor to bring higher education and the workplace closer to home. Exhibitions were held to obtain feedback from the public at various stages of the District Master Plan. This people-friendly, community-centered district features the integration of tropical community spaces and the activation of public place-making nodes to foster community engagement and interaction. These are organized along two important pedestrian streets that intersect. One is the scenic tree-lined Heritage Trail (existing Punggol Road) that connects Punggol Waterway with the urban campus thoroughfare heading east towards the lifestyle destination Market Village along the Serangoon Reservoir. South to Cape Punggol in the north. Key public spaces include the main transport hub Punggol Coast MRT Station and bus interchange, hawker centres, food courts, food and beverage outlets, retail outlets, community clubs, a protected civic commons, event plazas, community parks, Includes Waterfront Market Village. Additionally, as part of the learning ecosystem, SIT will feature smart playgrounds, exhibition areas, maker spaces, and showcase labs to showcase science and technology. As an applied learning university, many of SIT's programs and projects are community-oriented, with students working with the public or community groups to provide services as part of their training or research innovative solutions to meet specific needs. I will.
