Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin SIT's academic block with communal sky gardens overlooking the campus green and community park For its 10 th anniversary, the Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) , a university that integrates learning, industry and community so students can apply what they have learned to real-world challenges, is set to open a new eco-campus in Punggol in northeastern Singapore in September 2024. Composed of academic blocks, a library and link bridges, SIT’s Plot 1 campus design capitalizes on its secondary forest surroundings by integrating its learning environments with biophilic indoor-outdoor tropical spaces. Proposing a “Campus-in-a-Park” identity, the university’s academic blocks are organized as a chain of buildings encompassing the central forest courtyard that is transformed into an accessible community park.

As the heart of SIT, it offers memorable nodes for learning, interaction, recreation and rejuvenation. Alina Yeo, Director of Singaporean architectural firm WOHA , discusses the campus’ green credentials. How does the Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) Campus Heart located in Plot 1 take into account the immediate surroundings, landscape and the environment at large, in terms of its architecture, layout and systems design? The courtyard building configuration encompasses and conserves 1.

7 hectares of existing secondary forest that serves as a community park for the public and a green stepping stone for wil.