Article source: NUS College of Design and Engineering
February 2023 marks the launch of NUS Cities, a global collaborative platform focused on urban sustainability to drive education, research, and advisory services in Asia primarily as well as the opening of SDE1 and 3, an inventive educational architecture developed by the College of Design and Engineering at the National University of Singapore (NUS) with an in-house core team of seasoned practitioners drawn from the Department of Architecture in collaboration with industry firms. Sited in SDE1 and 3, NUS Cities shall serve as a corporate leadership hub for learning and knowledge sharing across research and educational institutions in Singapore as well as internationally.
The Administrative Support Unit located at the southwest end of Ted Ankara College Campus is an annex building. The program content of this structure includes: school bus wash area, storage for snowplow vehicles, warehouse, staff changing and resting rooms, administrative office and school bus companies’ office.
The building mass, which dwells on the slope of the land, extends towards the landscape as if it was rising from the geography itself, emphasizing the existing topographic authenticity. The façade setup with its plain but particular composition, brings a unique identity to this simple rectangular prism building mass. With the help of courtyards, the surface area has been increased and so natural light utilization is optimized.
Formerly the City of Fashion and Design, the couture and fashion professions are taught there in an innovative style within collaborative, flexible and convivial spaces. Present at all floors of the building, they are considered the matrix of the project. Wood in all its forms brings warmth like for Parisian fashion houses and creates the identity of the International Campus. On the ground floor, the interior street created enables the school to open on the city.
Strabrecht College has moved to a new building. The location for the new building is a few steps away from the Strabrechtse heath in Geldrop. A beautiful location surrounded by trees.
The patios, one of the characteristic elements of the old building, are back in the new building. They bring light deep into the building, give the possibility to teach outdoors and provide a scale refinement in the contour that connects to the grain of the surroundings. The new Strabrecht College is surrounded by greenery. By pruning away the low greenery under the trees, the College is displayed as a light masonry building on a green lawn with large windows on the learning areas and the special classrooms.
The project, which won the architectural project competition for the Ted Ankara College Campus with a capacity of 6000 students in 1998, was implemented in 2005 and educational activities have begun. Conceptualized and designed by Semra Uygur and Özcan Uygur, this campus is a city simulation accomplished adopting the principle that education should create its own urban life even if it is in an area remote from the city. As a result of this design principle, TED Ankara College Campus operates as an actual city with the daily circulation routes designed considering the diversity of common indoor-outdoor areas, functional arrangement, meeting of various users, and the requirements emerged within the process.
The Sacred Heart College has a long and proud tradition of physical education, sport and sporting achievement. Through its excellent sports program, students from the College have proudly represented Australia in many national events.
With its undulating brick facade, landscaped courtyards, and generous public walkway, Butler College connects with Princeton’s rich Collegiate Gothic tradition in a fresh and lively way.
Rising from the transformed parking lot south of 76th Street, the new Manufacturing, Technology and Engineering Center (MTEC) becomes a timeless addition to the Richard J Daley campus and sets the framework for a wider master plan. The project unifies the existing complex by creating a campus environment with engaging pathways and collaborative spaces throughout.
Cornell University’s College of Veterinary Medicine is an internationally recognized leader in veterinary education, research, diagnostics, animal care, and biomedical science. The design transforms the original complex an ad-hoc collection of individual buildings into a cohesive campus through strategic demolition of nonadaptable structures, renovation of existing buildings, and new construction. It signals the importance of the College and enables the school to advance research while offering innovative curriculum for training future practitioners and researchers. Through outreach that ranges from Ebola virus prevention to healthy pet clinics, and research ranging from invasive diseases to species tracking, the College works to support communities across the world by leading in research on animal health and infectious disease prevention.
Architecture firm eba uses curved double-glazing to create a new entrance for a Quebec City college.
The Collège Saint-Charles-Garnier, a private high school located in Quebec City, occupies a 1930s neo-classic building extended with various wings overtime. The students needed a welcoming and universally accessible entrance. The client’s demands also involved renovating the existing gymnasium and regrouping the Art studios in a poorly lit basement.
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