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Campus Master Plan: Including shade roof

The recently completed campus master plan for Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) has been recognized with a prestigious design award from the Society of College and University Planning (SCUP).

The master plan for SUTD’s new campus — designed by Sasaki Associates in collaboration with MKPL—has received a 2011 Honor Award for Excellence in Planning.

The SCUP Excellence in Planning Award is a juried competition held annually in the United States and open to professional consultants and institutions. The award celebrates comprehensive campus plans and building designs that are developed in a collaborative manner with multiple stakeholders including campus planners, architects, administrators, faculty, and consultants. Underscoring the competitiveness of the SCUP awards program, the Master Plan for SUTD was one of only six Honor Awards recognized from a total of 200 submissions received in the 2011 SCUP Awards program. The honor award is the highest level of awards bestowed by the jurors in the competition.

The University’s academic mission and curriculum, developed in partnership with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), is based on bold new paradigms for integrating technology and design education in the fields of Engineering Systems Design, Engineering Product Development, Architecture and Sustainable Design, and Information Systems Technology and Design. These aspirations will serve as a means to promote research and learning, partnerships with industry, and integration with a global, knowledge based economy.

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The Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) master plan provides a unique challenge—to design a new university campus that advances the implementation of a cutting-edge academic vision of interdisciplinary, collaborative,

and project based learning. SUTD’s new campus, which is planned to open in the fall of 2014, will support a projected growth to 7,000 students on a site area of 22 hectares.

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Land use relationship to Learning Spine

To foster SUTD’s innovative curriculum, the master plan puts forth a bold and visionary framework for the campus environment. The design accomplishes this through an east-west pedestrian spine that showcases the University’s interdisciplinary and collaborative mission, gives an address for the major program elements, creates a public face for the

University, and connects to surrounding future development. Multi-functional and interconnected academic buildings will reinforce collaboration, invention, and creativity. Student life facilities, housing, and recreational buildings will be integrated in mixed-use precincts and connected through a range of public spaces and pedestrian links.

Inspiration: Labs and research spaces with visibility to the larger campus community

New relationships between technology and design education.

Conceptual diagram of the campus programatic organization

Inspiration: The MIT Infinite Corridor is reinterpreted and transformed to become the spine at SUTD.

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The Spine

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Sports Center

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Cross Section through Entry Plaza and Design Centre

Conceptual Massing

To create the master plan, Sasaki and MKPL worked with MIT faculty and administrators to explore how the design of the new campus could best support SUTD’s new inter-disciplinary model of education. Successful strategies from MIT were applied in the SUTD master plan, including a re-envisioning of MIT’s famous “infinite corridor” as a strong east-west pedestrian spine to the campus, technologically-advanced classrooms and laboratory spaces, and the location of learning and living spaces in locations that foster collaboration and connection between and among students and faculty.

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Access Road

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Housing P

Design Centre/Auditorium

SpineConnection to MRT and Changi Business Park

Section A: View through Design Centre showing Program Uses with integration of Living-Learning environments

Facilities Academic Cluster B Academic Cluster ASpineConnection to MRT and Changi Business Park

Section B: View towards Design Centre through Academic Clusters

View along Spine

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Entire academic core is within an 8-minute walk

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Feedback Loop Feedback Loop

Voids and Large Internal Volumesfacilitate cross ventilation andmaximise daylight penetration

within the academic clusters

Buildings oriented to face North-South to minimiseexposure to the West-Eastin order to reduce heat gain

Shaded Canopy Structure filters harsh sunlight andhelps create a cool microclimate

Canopy located at a higherlevel with holes cutout in itfacilitate air circulation and

cross ventilation

Green Roofs act as a thermalmass to reduce heat gain and

allow for passive cooling

Courtyards provide natural light and ventilation to thelower level areas

Courtyards provide natural light and ventilation to the lower level areas

Key SuStainability principleS

• Connect to transit• Density and compact development• Building orientation• Minimal western exposure• Water Management

• Shade and air movement• Green roofs• Potential district cooling• Limited on-site parking• Connectivity

Sustainable design strategies are comprehensively integrated, through building orientation and green roofs, building systems, pedestrian and transit access, and storm water management. The overall result will be a campus that has a strong identity, supports a vibrant community, and demonstrates a commitment to engaged learning and student development.

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Pedestrian Bridge to Changi Business Park

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Conceptual Massing: Recreation and Athletics

Sports Field

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Sports Center

Academic Pillar

Academic Pillar

Swimming Pool

Practice Pool

Tennis Courts

Plan Detail: Recreation and Athletics

Section: Recreation and Athletics

Recreation and Athletics with the Living-Learning Corridor as backdrop

The Housing Cluster integrated with the Sports Facilities and the Waterbody

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Plan Detail: Living-Learning Corridor

Conceptual Massing: Living-Learning Corridor

Sports Field

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Academic Pillar

Student Life/ Library

Living/Learning Spine

Undergrad Housing

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Landscape Zones

Gateway Boulevard—A Large Canopy Trees

Entry Markers— B1, B2, B3, B4, & B5 Distinctive Form/Accent Trees

Main Spine Shade & Semi-Shade Tolerant Trees & Palms

Leisure D1—Moisture Tolerant Trees D2—Dense Foliage Trees D3–D7—Light Canopy Foliage Trees

Recreation— E1—Columnar Trees or Single Stem Palm E2—Shade Trees

Neighbourhood Village/Courtyard Ornamental Trees

Buffer & Screen Woodland & Tropical Forest Species Trees & Palms

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Residential District: Rain gardens with restored Chinese Pavilion as a social meeting place

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The master plan for SUTD’s new campus was designed by Sasaki Associates in collaboration with MKPL.

The project team included Sitetectonix Pte Ltd, Max Fordham LLP, J Roger Preston Pte Ltd, KPK Quantity Surveyors Pte Ltd, KTP Consultants Pte Ltd, and Duffill Watts Pte Ltd.