August 2, 2012

PRNEWSFOTI/PELLI CLARKE PELLI ARCHITECTS

Ground has broken on the new Yale-NUS College campus. Designed by Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects in collaboration with Forum Architects of Singapore.

Grounds breaks on Yale Singapore campus

NEW HAVEN, CONN.

Ground was recently broken for the Yale-NUS College campus in Singapore, designed by Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects in collaboration with Forum Architects of Singapore.

Jointly created by Yale University and the National University of Singapore, Yale-NUS College is the first college campus established by Yale outside of New Haven, Conn. The campus is scheduled to open in 2015 and is designed to achieve the highest rating under the Green Mark, Singapore’s benchmark for sustainable design.

“Much like the educational mission of the college, the architecture of Yale-NUS is keenly attuned to its antecedents and committed to the ideas and responsibilities of today,” said Fred Clarke, senior principal of Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, in a news release.

“In this way, it is also a vision for the future.”

The 62,000-square-metre campus will feature courtyards punctuated by residential towers and a community of learning and social spaces. At its heart is a campus green flanked by academic and administrative buildings, including the learning commons, auditorium, sports hall, and an open-air, sheltered gathering place — the Agora.

Each of the residential colleges will house 330 students plus faculty. Tower floors are grouped into neighborhoods around skygardens.

The tower designs and those of the courtyards, dining halls, and common rooms will differ in each residential college.

The new campus design is based on original programming, a master plan and early architectural plans developed by KieranTimberlake and Pfeiffer Partners Architects.

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