NTU Learning Hub (The Hive)

Singapore, Singapore, Asia Pacific

Completed · Education · Active-Learning University Building · Tropical · 2015

Twelve stacked tutorial rooms arranged in a cluster of tapering concrete towers around a naturally ventilated central atrium, eliminating conventional corridors and lecture halls in favour of 56 tutorial rooms each configured for group-based active learning. The building's form drives passive cross-ventilation, reducing air-conditioning to perimeter zones only.

Innovation highlights

• 56 circular tutorial rooms replacing conventional lecture halls for active learning
• passive cross-ventilation via central atrium reducing cooling to perimeter only
• corridor-free plan — all circulation through social atrium
• pedagogical model embedded in building typology

Client / Developer

Nanyang Technological University

Architect

Heatherwick Studio

Engineer

Arup

Type

Active-Learning University Building

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