學院建築外觀 Rory Gardiner
新加坡國立大學建築與設計專業所在的院系建築，除了滿足使用者的功能需求外，還致力於展示學院的教學抱負。這一理念在一些建築中非常明顯，如採用了工業化生產邏輯的德紹（Dessau）包浩斯建築；哈佛GSD的跨學科合作模式的開放工作室；或者AA Georgian Terrace學院內擁有條形立柱和前梁的社交聚集空間。
At its best, faculty buildings that house schools of architecture and design—apart from serving functional needs of its occupants—strive to demonstrate and represent the pedagogical ambitions of the school itself. This is evident in the Bauhaus Building in Dessau that adopted the logic of industrial production; the open studio trays for cross-disciplinary collaboration in Harvard GSD; or the bar and front members rooms as a social condenser in the AA’s Georgian Terrace school.
建築實現了零能耗 Rory Gardiner
建築空間布局方便空氣流通 Rory Gardiner
建築南側立面 Rory Gardiner
SDE（設計與環境學院）意圖將設計完工的建築作為應對熱帶變化氣候的教學工具。建築師的目的是設計一個零能耗建築，換句話說，建築產生的能源與內部消耗的能源數量一致。第二個目的是將建築作為一個現實中的實驗室，用來學習、測試各種技術和應對嚴酷熱帶氣候的建築措施。
From the outset, it was clear that SDE intended to use the design and the completed building as a pedagogical tool for tackling the challenges of climate change in the tropics. Here, the focus was on creating a NET Zero energy building—that is to say, the building generates as much if not more energy that it consumes within its building footprint. The second ambition was to use the building as a living laboratory for learning and testing various technologies and architectural responses to the harsh tropical climate.
樓梯入口 Rory Gardiner
出挑的頂面 Rory Gardiner
建築師的設計重新驗證了東南亞本土熱帶建築的基本原理，建築師發現馬來西亞房屋具有巨大的出挑屋頂、鬆散的房間布局引導交叉通風、採用平台將建築抬離地面等特徵。因此，建築師的回應策略是採用巨大的出挑屋頂為內部房間遮陽，同時在屋頂安裝1225個光伏電池用來發電。
Our design is a revalidation of the grammar of vernacular tropical architecture in Southeast Asia, namely that of the Malay House from which we find a large over-sailing roof, the loose accumulation of rooms to allow cross ventilation and the use of platforms to raise the building off the ground. Thus our response was to first employ a large over-sailing roof to protect rooms from the sun and at the same time use this large surface for the installation of 1,225 PV cells for energy generation.
互通的過渡空間增加交流與互動 Rory Gardiner
公共區域的論壇空間 Rory Gardiner
開放工作室和教室空間 Rory Gardiner
樓梯空間 Rory Gardiner
細節 Rory Gardiner
波紋穿孔鋁板的可拆卸性允許學生和研究人員測試建築本身的各種立面系統 Rory Gardiner
第一個學習空間是大面積的連續開放工作室，設計目的是促進學生之間的合作和對他人的工作的好奇心。第二個空間更具思考性，研究人員和研究生使用的一系列小房間環繞著景觀空間，第三個空間是中央展示區，它向下延伸到社交廣場，在通向建築和設計工作室的不同路徑上都能夠看到這裡，使得設計對話成為學習的核心活動。第四個空間位於東、西兩側幕牆的後方，用於樣品和模型製作。波紋穿孔鋁板緩和了東部和西部的強烈陽光，同時也具有可拆卸性，允許學生和研究人員測試建築本身的各種立面系統。
The first of these is the large and continuous open studio space designed to foster collaboration and instil curiosity in the work of others. The second is more contemplative in nature, designed as a series of smaller rooms surrounded by landscape to be used by researchers and masters level students. A central presentation space is highly visible from various approaches to the building and the design studios. It drops down to peer into the social plaza making design dialog a central activity of learning. The fourth learning space located behind the east and west curtain walls is intended for proto-typing and model making. Soft undulating perforated aluminium panels moderate the harsh western and eastern sun while remaining demountable to allow students and researchers to test various facade systems on the building itself.
